16 Musicals Set in Greece – The Full List of Shows
These musicals set in Greece take place fully or partially within the country, from specific cities and regions to broader historical settings. The list includes shows that use Greece as a central setting or feature the country for a significant part of the story.
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Musicals Partially Set in Greece
Musicals Fully Set in Greece
Musical Type: Golden Age (1942)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Setting: Greece
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Alan Menken, David Zippel, Kristoffer Diaz, Robert Horn, and Kwame Kwei-Armah
Setting: Ancient Greece
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Manos Hadjidakis, Joe Darion, and Jules Dassin
Setting: Greece
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Catherine Johnson
Setting: Greece
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and George Abbott
Setting: Greece
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Nathan Lane
Setting: Ancient Greece
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jacques Offenbach, Yip Harburg, Fred Saidy, and Henry Mayers
Setting: Greece (Athens)
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jeffrey Stock, Susan Birkenhead, and James Magruder
Setting: Greece
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Gipsy Kings, John Cameron, Stephen Clark, and Helen Edmundson
Setting: Greece
Musicals Partially Set in Greece
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: Cole Porter, Romney Brent, Steve Mackes, and Michael Whaley
Setting: England, France (Neuville, Paris), Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Creators: Cole Porter, Dwight Taylor, and Reginald Lawrence
Setting: Greece, USA (NYC), Fictional
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jeff Lynne, John Farrar, and Douglas Carter Beane
Setting: Greece, USA (California)
Musicals That Mention Greece
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Larry Gelbart
Song Mentioning Greece: “Funeral Sequence”
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Song Mentioning Greece: “Ah! Paris”
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stephan Elliott, Allan Scott, and Others
Song Mentioning Greece: “I’ve Never Been to Me”
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Song Mentioning Greece: “Round and Round”