Musicals Set in the 1800s – The Full List of Shows
These musicals set in the 1800s bring history to life with sweeping stories, rich period details, and timeless themes. From grand romances to political revolutions, these shows capture the spirit of the 19th century. Here’s the full list of musicals set in the 1800s.
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Musicals Fully Set in the 1800s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1800s
Musicals Fully Set in the 1800s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens, and Mike Ockrent
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Clark Baxtresser
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel, Jerome Coopersmith, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart, and Mark Bramble
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Roger Miller and William Hauptman
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Sig Herzig, and Fred Saidy
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
When It’s Set: The 1870s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Cole Porter and Abe Burrows
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1945)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
When It’s Set: The 1870s-1880s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Gerald Jay Markoe and Michael Colby
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Friedman and Peter Kellogg
When It’s Set: The Late 1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
When It’s Set: The 1840s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Harold Rome and Leonard Gershe
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Lee Pockriss and Anne Croswell
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: George Weiss, Robert Goldman, Glenn Paxton, and Abe Burrows
When It’s Set: The 1810s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Creators: Frank Loesser, John Fearnley, Beverly Cross, and Tommy Steele
When It’s Set: The 1830s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Jay Presson Allen
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Peter Stone
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, and Jean-Marc Natel
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein, and Allan Knee
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt, and Tim Maner
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss, and Morton DaCosta
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Robert E. Sherwood
When It’s Set: The 1880s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: John Logan and Others
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Dave Malloy
When It’s Set: The 1810s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Jonathan Christenson
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Alan Menken, Jack Feldman, and Harvey Fierstein
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Lionel Bart
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Noël Coward
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
When It’s Set: The 1850s-1860s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
When It’s Set: The 1850s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Cyril Ornadel, Leslie Bricusse, and Wolf Mankowitz
When It’s Set: The 1820s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Ron Grainer and Ronald Millar
When It’s Set: The 1840s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, and Morton DaCosta
When It’s Set: The 1880s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Johnny Mercer, Lawrence Kasha, and David Landay
When It’s Set: The 1850s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Gary Geld, Peter Udell, Philip Rose, and James Lee Barrett
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Edvard Grieg, Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Milton Lazarus
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Arna Bontemps, and Countee Cullen
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
When It’s Set: The 1840s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, George Abbott, and Jerome Weidman
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Jack Murphy, and Gregory Boyd
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Sigmund Romberg, Leo Robin, Jerome Chodorov, and Joseph Fields
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Peter Rutherford and James Millar
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Rupert Holmes
When It’s Set: The 1860s
Musical Type: Opera (1879)
Creators: Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Opera (1928)
Creators: Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht
When It’s Set: The 1830s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang
When It’s Set: The 1840s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass, Gary Osborne, Jerry Wayne, and Doreen Wayne
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Zippel, and Charlotte Jones
When It’s Set: The 1800s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Creators: Ralph Blane, Charles O’Neal, and Abe Burrows
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, Claudia Shear, and Tim Federle
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn, Roger O. Hirson, and Ketti Frings
When It’s Set: The 1880s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Frank Loesser and George Abbott
When It’s Set: The 1890s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers
When It’s Set: 1770s-1830s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan
When It’s Set: 1890s, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: George M. Cohan, Mary Cohan, Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal
When It’s Set: 1870s-1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
When It’s Set: 1890s-1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
When It’s Set: 1700s-1800s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
When It’s Set: 1890s-1940s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson, Susan Birkenhead, and George C. Wolfe
When It’s Set: 1890s-1940s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
When It’s Set: 1850s, 1940s, 1950s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Gertrude Stein, and Frank Galati
When It’s Set: 1890s-1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry
When It’s Set: 1860s, 1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
When It’s Set: 1890s-1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Keith Herrmann and Barry Harman
When It’s Set: 1800s, 1980s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
When It’s Set: 1880s-1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
When It’s Set: 1800s, 1980s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: The Avett Brothers and John Logan
When It’s Set: 1880s, 1900s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
When It’s Set: 1880s, 1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Sherman Yellen
When It’s Set: 1700s-1810s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Meredith Willson and Richard Morris
When It’s Set: 1880s, 1910s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Creators: Vincent Youmans, Edward Heyman, and Brian Hooker
When It’s Set: 1870s, 1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Mel Marvin, Gary Pearle, Mary Kyte, and Others
When It’s Set: 1890s-1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Bernard J. Taylor
When It’s Set: 1770s-1800s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Gipsy Kings, John Cameron, Stephen Clark, and Helen Edmundson
When It’s Set: 1790s-1810s