Musicals Set in France

Musicals Fully Set in France

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Amélie

Music/Lyrics: Daniel Messé  Lyrics: Nathan Tysen  Book: Craig Lucas

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Amour

Music: Michel Legrand  Lyrics/Book: Didier van Cauwelaert, Jeremy Sams

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Setting: France (Paris)

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An American in Paris

Music/Lyrics: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin  Book: Craig Lucas

Musical Type: 1951 Film/Contemporary Musical (2014)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Bad Cinderella

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: David Zippel  Book: Emerald Fennell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)

Setting: France

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Beauty and the Beast

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice  Book: Linda Woolverton

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)

Setting: France

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Black and Blue

Music/Lyrics: Various

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Can-Can

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Abe Burrows

Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Carnival!

Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill  Book: Michael Stewart

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)

Setting: France

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Coco

Music: André Previn  Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Cyrano

Music: Michael J. Lewis  Lyrics/Book: Anthony Burgess

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Dear World

Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman  Book: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek  Book: Jeffrey Lane

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

Setting: France (French Riviera)

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Divorce Me, Darling!

Music/Lyrics/Book: Sandy Wilson

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)

Setting: France (French Riviera, Nice)

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Fanny

Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome  Book: S.N. Behrman, Joshua Logan

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

Setting: France (Marseille)

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Fifty Million Frenchmen

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Herbert Fields

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Gigi

Music: Frederick Loewe  Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Goodtime Charley

Music: Larry Grossman  Lyrics: Hal Hackady  Book: Sidney Michaels

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)

Setting: France

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Irma La Douce

Music: Marguerite Monnot  Lyrics/Book: Alexandre Breffort, Julian More, David Heneker, Monty Norman

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

Setting: France (Paris)

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La Cage aux Folles

Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman  Book: Harvey Fierstein

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)

Setting: France (Saint-Tropez)

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Les Misérables

Music/Lyrics: Claude-Michel Schönberg  Lyrics: Alan Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)

Setting: France

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Lucky in the Rain

Music: Jimmy McHugh  Lyrics: Dorothy Fields, Harold Adamson  Book: Sherman Yellen

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Marguerite

Music: Michel Legrand  Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer  Lyrics/Book: Alain Boublil  Book: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Jonathan Kent

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Martin Guerre

Music/Book: Claude-Michel Schönberg  Lyrics/Book: Alain Boublil  Lyrics: Edward Hardy, Stephen Clark

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Setting: France (Artigat)

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Moulin Rouge!

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: John Logan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)

Setting: France (Paris)

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My Life with Albertine

Music/Lyrics: Ricky Ian Gordon  Lyrics/Book: Richard Nelson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Phantom

Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston  Book: Arthur Kopit

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)

Setting: France (Paris)

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Rex

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick  Book: Sherman Yellen

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

Setting: France (Calais)

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Seventh Heaven

Music: Victor Young  Lyrics/Book: Stella Unger  Book: Victor Wolfson

Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)

Setting: France (Paris)

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The Baker’s Wife

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Joseph Stein

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

Setting: France

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The Boy Friend

Music/Lyrics/Book: Sandy Wilson

Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)

Setting: France

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Music: Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics/Book: Jack Murphy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Setting: France

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The Grand Tour

Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman  Book: Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)

Setting: France (Paris, St. Nazaire)

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: James Lapine, Peter Parnell

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)

Setting: France (Paris)

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The Phantom of the Opera

Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Charles Hart  Lyrics/Book: Richard Stilgoe

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)

Setting: France (Paris)

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You Never Know

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Rowland Leigh

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)

Setting: France (Paris)

Musicals Partially Set in France

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& Juliet

Music/Lyrics: Max Martin, Various  Book: David West Read

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Setting: England, France (Paris), Italy

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A Tale of Two Cities

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jill Santoriello

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Setting: England (London), France

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Allegiance

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jay Kuo  Book: Marc Acito, Lorenzo Thione

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Setting: France, Italy, USA (California, Washington, D.C., Wyoming)

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Anastasia

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Setting: France (Paris), Russia

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Aspects of Love

Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Don Black, Charles Hart

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

Setting: France, Italy

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Ben Franklin in Paris

Music: Mark Sandrich, Jr.  Lyrics/Book: Sidney Michaels  Additional Songs: Jerry Herman

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)

Setting: France (Paris), USA (New Jersey)

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Candide

Music/Lyrics: Leonard Bernstein  Lyrics: Richard Wilbur, John La Touche, Stephen Sondheim, Dorothy Parker  Book: John Caird, Hugh Wheeler, Lillian Hellman

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

Setting: Argentina, France (Paris), Italy, Portugal, Spain, Uruguay, At Sea

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Flowers for Mrs Harris

Music/Lyrics: Richard Taylor  Book: Rachel Wagstaff

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Setting: England (London), France (Paris)

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Music: Jule Styne  Lyrics: Leo Robin  Book: Joseph Fields, Anita Loos

Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)

Setting: France (Paris), USA (NYC), At Sea

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Lempicka

Music/Book: Matt Gould  Lyrics/Book: Carson Kreitzer

Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)

Setting: France (Paris), USA (California)

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Little Me

Music: Cy Coleman  Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh  Book: Neil Simon

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)

Setting: France, Monte Carlo, USA (California, Illinois, New York)

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Lorelei

Music: Jule Styne  Lyrics: Leo Robin, Adolph Green, Betty Comden  Book: Anita Loos, Joseph Fields, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)

Setting: France (Paris), USA (NYC), At Sea

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Loving Repeating

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Gertrude Stein  Adaptation: Frank Galati

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Setting: France (Paris), Italy, USA (California, Illinois, Maryland)

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Lucky Stiff

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)

Setting: England (London), France, Monaco, USA (New Jersey)

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Miss Liberty

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Robert E. Sherwood

Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)

Setting: France (Paris), USA (NYC)

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Motown: The Musical

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Berry Gordy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Setting: Caribbean, England, France, USA (California, Michigan)

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No Strings

Music/Lyrics: Richard Rodgers  Book: Samuel Taylor

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)

Setting: France, Monte Carlo

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Nymph Errant

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Romney Brent, Steve Mackes, Michael Whaley

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)

Setting: England, France (Neuville, Paris), Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey

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Oh, Captain!

Music/Lyrics: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans  Book: Al Morgan, José Ferrer

Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)

Setting: England (London), France (Paris), At Sea

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Roberta

Music: Jerome Kern  Lyrics/Book: Otto Harbach

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)

Setting: France (Paris), USA

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Silk Stockings

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath, Abe Burrows

Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)

Setting: France (Paris), Russia

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Sunday in the Park with George

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: James Lapine

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)

Setting: France (Paris, Seine), USA

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The Devil Wears Prada

Music: Elton John  Lyrics: Shaina Taub, Mark Sonnenblick  Book: Kate Wetherhead

Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)

Setting: France (Paris), USA (NYC)

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The Girl in Pink Tights

Music: Sigmund Romberg  Lyrics: Leo Robin  Book: Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

Setting: France, USA (NYC)

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The Glorious Ones

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics/Books: Lynn Ahrens

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Setting: France, Italy

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Music: Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics/Book: Nan Knighton

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Setting: England, France (Paris)

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Music/Lyrics: Meredith Willson  Book: Richard Morris

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)

Setting: France (Paris), Monte Carlo, USA (Colorado, Missouri), At Sea

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Tovarich

Music: Lee Pockriss  Lyrics: Anne Croswell  Book: David Shaw

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)

Setting: France (Paris), Russia

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Victor/Victoria

Music: Henry Mancini, Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse  Book: Blake Edwards

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)

Setting: France (Paris), USA (Illinois)

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