100+ Musicals Set in New York – The Full List
Whether you’re doing some research, putting on a show, or simply looking for new musicals to get into, it’s good to get familiar with what’s out there. And that’s why we’ve put together this list for you! A full list of musicals set in New York are included below.
This list is broken down into the following categories – “Musicals Fully Set in NYC”, “Musicals Partially Set in NYC”, “Musicals Set in New York State”, “Musicals Partially Set in New York State”, and “Musicals Set in a Fictional NYC”. Each category is sorted alphabetically.
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Musicals Fully Set in NYC
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: David Thompson, Norman L. Martin
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1971)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Neil Diamond Book: Anthony McCarten
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Setting: New York City
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Glenn Slater Book: Chazz Palminteri
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: John Bucchino Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Setting: New York City
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Edward Kleban Book: James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Edward Kleban Book: Linda Kline, Lonny Price
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael R. Jackson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Setting: New York City
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: George Abbott, Betty Smith
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Setting: New York City
Music: Thomas “Fats” Waller Lyrics: Various Concept: Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Duncan Sheik Book: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Setting: New York City
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Martin Charnin Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)
Setting: New York City
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)
Setting: New York City
Music: Billy Goldenberg Lyrics: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman Book: Jerome Kass
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Setting: New York City
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Music/Lyrics: Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil Book: Douglas McGrath
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Paul Williams Book: Alan Parker
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mark Schoenfeld, Barri McPherson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Scott Goodman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1999)
Setting: New York City
Music: Various Book: Loften Mitchell Concept: Rosetta LeNoire
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Woody Allen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Setting: New York City
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Fields Book: Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: George Furth
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Adam Guettel Book: Craig Lucas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Setting: New York City
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Melvin Van Peebles
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1972)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Moss Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Setting: New York City
Music: Steve Margoshes Lyrics: Jacques Levy Book: José Fernandez
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Jerome Weidman, George Abbott
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner Book: Austin Winsberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Setting: New York City
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: George Abbott, Robert Russell, David Thompson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Isobel Lennart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Setting: New York City
Gettin’ the Band Back Together
Music/Lyrics: Mark Allen Book: Ken Davenport, The Grundleshotz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard Lyrics/Book: Bruce Joel Rubin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Setting: New York City
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Clifford Odets, William Gibson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Setting: New York City
Music: Galt MacDermot Lyrics/Book: Gerome Ragni, James Rado
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Hilliard Book: Ben Hecht
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Nunnally Johnson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Setting: New York City
Music: Elmer Bernstein Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh Book: Max Shulman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Setting: New York City
Miracle on 34th Street (Here’s Love)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Meredith Willson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Setting: New York City
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Setting: New York City
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Setting: New York City
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome Book: Jerome Weidman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Jack Lawrence, Stan Freeman Book: Jerome Chodorov
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Setting: New York City
Music: Joshua Salzman Lyrics: Ryan Cunningham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Setting: New York City
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics/Book: Brian Yorkey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Book: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, Sara Wordsworth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
Setting: New York City
Music: Harry Tierney Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy Book: James Montgomery, Joseph Stein, Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1919)
Setting: New York City
Music: Barbara Anselmi Lyrics/Book: Brian Hargrove
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Bill Jacob, Patti Jacob Book: Melville Shavelson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Helen Park, Max Vernon Book: Jason Kim
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Setting: New York City
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Moss Hart
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Ellie Greenwich & Friends Book: Anne Beatts
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1984)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Setting: New York City
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Glenn Slater Book: Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss Book: Morton DaCosta
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1981)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Concept: Craig Lucas, Norman Rene
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1980)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Charles Strouse Book: Warren Leight
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Setting: New York City
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jason Robert Brown Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Juliana Nash Lyrics/Book: Julia Jordan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Setting: New York City
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Joseph Dougherty
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: George Abbott
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: John Kander, Fred Ebb Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Book: David Thompson, Sharon Washington
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Setting: New York City
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Jack Feldman Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)
Setting: New York City
Music: Joshua Salzman Lyrics/Book: Ryan Cunningham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Setting: New York City
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Setting: New York City
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Setting: New York City
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics/Book: Ogden Nash Book: S.J. Perelman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Adam Gwon
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jerry Herman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Duke Ellington, Various Book: Cheryl L. West
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Setting: New York City
Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David Book: Neil Simon
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Setting: New York City
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Joseph Stein, David Thompson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1986)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Elizabeth Swados
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert Lyrics: Clifford Grey, B.G. De Sylva, P.G. Wodehouse, Anne Caldwell Book: Guy Bolton
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1920)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Julius J. Epstein
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955) / Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Bee Gees Book: Nan Knighton, Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, Robert Stigwood
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Abe Burrows, Marian & Richard Bissell
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Setting: New York City
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Michael Bennett
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1973)
Setting: New York City
Music: James Van Heusen Lyrics: Sammy Cahn Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Bono, The Edge Book: Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Setting: New York City
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Langston Hughes Book: Elmer Rice
Musical Type: Opera (1947)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Setting: New York City
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Neil Simon
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Setting: New York City
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Craig Carnelia Book: John Guare
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: George Abbott, Jerome Weidman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa Book: Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Setting: New York City
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Neil Simon
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1993)
Setting: New York City
Music: Paul McKibbins Lyrics/Book: BT McNicholl Book: Michael Small
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Setting: New York City
Music/Book: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Ira Gasman Book: David Newman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Setting: New York City
Music: Gary William Friedman Lyrics: Will Holt Book: Bob Livingston, Herb Schapiro
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1970)
Setting: New York City
Music: Tommy Wolf Lyrics: Fran Landesman Book: Jay Landesman, Theodore J. Flicker
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: 1967 Film/Contemporary Musical (2001)
Setting: New York City
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1984)
Setting: New York City
Music: Henry Krieger Lyrics: Robert Lorick Book: Charles Blackwell
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1983)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa Book: George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Andrew Lippa
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Setting: New York City
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Dick Scanlan Book: Richard Morris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary/Contemporary (1990/2001)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Setting: New York City
Music/Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Book: Hy Kraft
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Setting: New York City
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Barne, Kit Buchan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Setting: New York City
Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Setting: New York City
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Setting: New York City
Music: Howard Marren Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead Book: Jeffrey Sweet
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1984)
Setting: New York City
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1981)
Setting: New York City
Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Setting: New York City
Musicals Partially Set in NYC
Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer Book: Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble
Musical Type: 1933 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1980)
Setting: USA (NYC, Pennsylvania)
3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down
Music: Michael Rupert Lyrics/Book: Jerry Colker
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Setting: USA (California, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Tom Kitt Lyrics/Book: Cameron Crowe
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Setting: USA (NYC, Various)
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Setting: USA (Minnesota, NYC, Ohio)
Music/Lyrics: Walter Marks Book: Ernest Kinoy
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Setting: USA (New Jersey, NYC)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard Oberacker Lyrics/Book: Robert Taylor
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Setting: USA (NYC, Ohio)
Music: David Shire Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr. Book: John Weidman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Setting: USA (New Jersey, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Patrik Komljenović
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Setting: Asia, England, USA (California, NYC)
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Setting: Scotland / USA (NYC)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Joe Iconis Book: Lance Rubin, Jason SweetTooth Williams
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Setting: Ecuador / USA (NYC)
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Setting: USA (NYC, Ohio)
Music/Book: Barry Manilow Lyrics/Book: Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Setting: Cuba / USA (NYC)
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Ken Ludwig
Musical Type: Jazz Age/Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Setting: USA (Nevada, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Paul Gordon Book: John Caird
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Setting: USA (New England, NYC)
Music: Jim Wise Lyrics/Book: George Haimsohn, Robin Miller
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Setting: USA (NYC) / At Sea
Music: Matthew Sklar Lyrics: Chad Beguelin Book: Bob Martin, Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Setting: USA (NYC) / Fictional
Music: Brendan Milburn Lyrics: Valerie Vigoda Book: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Setting: The Antarctic / USA (NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Dick Scanlan, Sherie Rene Scott
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Setting: USA (Kansas, NYC)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kim Rosenstock, Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Setting: USA (NYC, South Dakota)
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Leo Robin Book: Joseph Fields, Anita Loos
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Setting: France (Paris) / USA (NYC) / At Sea
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Dennis Green Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
Setting: USA (Indiana, NYC)
Music: Leroy Anderson Lyrics: Joan Ford Lyrics/Book: Jean Kerr, Walter Kerr
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Setting: USA (New York, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Setting: Cuba / USA (NYC)
Music: Barry Manilow Lyrics/Book: Bruce Sussman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Setting: Denmark, Germany, USA (California, NYC)
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Gordon Greenberg, Chad Hodge
Setting: USA (Connecticut, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Andrew Bergman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Setting: USA (Hawaii, Nevada, NYC)
Music: Justin Paul Lyrics: Benj Pasek Book: Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Setting: England (Dover, London) / USA (NYC) / At Sea
Music/Lyrics: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz Book: Arnold Schulman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Setting: USA (NYC, South Dakota, Washington)
Music/Book: Andrew Lippa Lyrics/Book: Tom Greenwald
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1995)
Setting: USA (NYC, Other) / Canada
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics/Book: Maxwell Anderson
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Setting: USA (NYC [New Amsterdam])
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Frank Galati
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Setting: USA (NYC, Tennessee)
Music/Lyrics: Brian Gari Book: Allan Knee
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1987)
Setting: USA (Nevada, NYC)
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Glenn Slater Book: Janus Cercone, Warren Leight
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Setting: USA (Kansas, NYC)
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Setting: USA (New York, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Peter Allen Book: Harvey Fierstein, Charles Suppon
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1988)
Setting: USA (Pennsylvania, NYC)
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Setting: USA (NYC, Washington, D.C.)
Music/Lyrics: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans Book: Abram S. Ginnes
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Setting: USA (New Jersey, NYC)
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Leo Robin, Adolph Green, Betty Comden Book: Anita Loos, Joseph Fields, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1974)
Setting: France (Paris) / USA (NYC) / At Sea
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Various Book: Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Setting: Europe (Germany) / USA (California, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Howard Goodall Lyrics/Book: Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Setting: USA (Massachusetts, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1974)
Setting: USA (California, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Setting: USA (Connecticut, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: George Furth
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1981)
Setting: USA (California, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Robert E. Sherwood
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Setting: France (Paris) / USA (NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George Weiss Book: Joseph Stein, Will Glickman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Setting: USA (Florida, New Jersey, NYC)
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Peter Stone, Timothy S. Mayer
Musical Type: Jazz Age/Pre-Contemporary (1983)
Setting: Africa (Morocco) / USA (NYC)
Music: Vincent Youmans Lyrics: Irving Caesar Lyrics/Book: Otto Harbach Book: Frank Mandel
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Setting: USA (New Jersey, NYC)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Music: Burton Lane Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Setting: England (London) / USA (NYC)
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Setting: USA (Illinois, NYC, Ohio)
Music/Lyrics: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová Book: Enda Walsh
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Setting: Ireland (Dublin) / USA (NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Dwight Taylor, Reginald Lawrence
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Setting: Greece, USA (NYC), Fictional
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1996)
Setting: USA (New Jersey, New York, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: John Weidman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Setting: USA (California, Florida, NYC)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Setting: Japan / USA (NYC)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black, Richard Maltby Jr.
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1982)
Setting: USA (California, NYC)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Don Black
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
Setting: USA (California, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: David Heneker Lyrics/Book: Warner Brown
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1980)
Setting: USA (California, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Peter Allen Book: Nick Enright, Martin Sherman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Setting: Australia / USA (NYC)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Simon Lyrics/Book: Derek Walcott
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Setting: Puerto Rico / USA (Arizona, New York, NYC)
Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Leo Robin Book: Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Setting: France / USA (NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison Book: Bob Martin, Don McKellar
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Setting: USA (NYC, Other)
Music: John Kander Lyrics/Book: Greg Pierce
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Setting: USA (Connecticut, NYC)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Setting: USA (NYC, Ohio)
Music/Lyrics: Rob Rokicki Book: Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Setting: USA (California, New Jersey, NYC) / Fictional
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Carole Bayer Sager Book: Neil Simon
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Setting: USA (California, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Matthew White, Howard Jacques
Musical Type: 1935 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)
Setting: England (London) / Italy (Venice) / USA (NYC)
Music/Lyrics: David Kirshenbaum Book: Jack Heifner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Setting: USA (NYC, Texas)
Music/Lyrics: Ervin Drake Book: Budd Schulberg, Stuart Schulberg
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Setting: USA (California, NYC)
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: David Ives, Paul Blake
Musical Type: 1954 Film/Contemporary Musical (2000)
Setting: USA (NYC, Vermont)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Matt Gould, Griffin Matthews
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Setting: Africa / USA (NYC)
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics/Book: Jack Murphy Book: Gregory Boyd
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Setting: USA (NYC) / Fictional
Musicals Set in New York State
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Lee Adams Book: Mel Brooks
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music/Book: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Lorenz Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music/Book: David Evans Lyrics/Book: Winnie Holzman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1987)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Eleanor Bergstein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Doug Wright
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead Book: Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: 1956 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1997)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music/Lyrics: Billy Joel
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa Book: Jules Feiffer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Schuyler Green Book: Philip Bartholomae, Guy Bolton
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1915)
Setting: USA (New York)
Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome Book: Arthur Kober, Joshua Logan
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Setting: USA (New York)
Musicals Partially Set in New York State
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Garson Kanin
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Setting: USA (New Jersey, New York, Washington, D.C.)
Music: Keith Herrmann Lyrics/Book: Barry Harman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1987)
Setting: USA (New York) / Vienna
Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Book: Morton DaCosta
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Setting: USA (Louisiana, New York)
Musicals Set in a Fictional NYC
Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx Book: Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Setting: NYC (Fictional)
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Steinman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Setting: NYC (Fictional)
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Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She holds a BA in theatre, a TESOL drama certificate, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.