Musical Lists

Musicals Set in Germany

The following list features stage musicals set in Germany, including works that are set fully or partially within the country. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.


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Musicals Fully Set in Germany

Musicals Partially Set in Germany



Cabaret

Music: John Kander  Lyrics: Fred Ebb  Book: Joe Masteroff

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)

Setting: Germany (Berlin)


Grand Hotel

Music/Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston  Book: Luther Davis

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

Setting: Germany (Berlin)


Pardon My English

Music: George Gershwin  Lyrics: Ira Gershwin  Book: Herbert Fields, Morrie Ryskind

Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)

Setting: Germany


Spring Awakening

Music: Duncan Sheik  Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Setting: Germany


The Book Thief

Music/Lyrics: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson  Book: Jodi Picoult, Timothy Allen McDonald

Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)

Setting: Germany



Call Me Madam

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse

Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)

Setting: Germany (Fictional), USA (Washington, D.C.)


Frankenstein

Music: Mark Baron  Lyrics/Book: Jeffrey Jackson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Setting: Arctic, Germany, Switzerland, At Sea


Harmony

Music: Barry Manilow  Lyrics/Book: Bruce Sussman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Setting: Denmark, Germany, USA (California, NYC)


Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Trask  Book: John Cameron Mitchell

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

Setting: Germany (Berlin), USA (Kansas)


LoveMusik

Music: Kurt Weill  Lyrics: Various  Book: Alfred Uhry

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Setting: Germany, USA (California, NYC)


Passing Strange

Music/Lyrics/Book: Stew  Music: Heidi Rodewald

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Setting: Germany (Berlin), Netherlands (Amsterdam), USA (California)


Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Music/Lyrics: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jabara, Various  Book: Colman Domingo, Robert Cary, Des McAnuff

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Setting: Germany, USA (California, Massachusetts, NYC)


The Rothschilds

Music: Jerry Bock  Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick  Book: Sherman Yellen

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)

Setting: England (London), Germany