Musicals Set in the 1900s – The Full List of Shows
With the rise of technology, changing fashions, and new societal ideas, musicals set in the early 1900s capture a world on the edge of transformation. These shows bring the opening years of the 20th century to life. Here’s the full list of musicals set in the 1900s (1900-1909).
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Musicals Fully Set in the 1900s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1900s
Musicals Fully Set in the 1900s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Brian Crawley
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Norman Campbell, Donald Harron, Elaine Campbell, and Mavor Moore
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Jule Styne, Yip Harburg, and Nunnally Johnson
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, Allan Knee, and James Graham
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: David Heneker and Beverley Cross
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, and Arnold Schulman
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1935)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Ben Hecht, and Charles MacArthur
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Bob Merrill and George Abbott
When It’s Set: The Early 1900s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, and Hugh Wheeler
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Dave Malloy
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Albert Hague, Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, and David Shaw
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, and Sally Benson
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, Fay Kanin, and Michael Kanin
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1900s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt, Jan Levy Tranen, and Austin Pendleton
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields, George Abbott, and Betty Smith
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
When It’s Set: 1900s-1940s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
When It’s Set: 1900s-1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
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: 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: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Rick Besoyan
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, Ben Elton, and Frederick Forsyth
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Gertrude Stein, and Frank Galati
When It’s Set: 1890s-1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
When It’s Set: 1900s-1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
When It’s Set: 1890s-1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
When It’s Set: 1880s-1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: The Avett Brothers and John Logan
When It’s Set: 1880s, 1900s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, and Marsha Norman
When It’s Set: 1900s-1940s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Jerome Moross and John La Touche
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Mel Marvin, Gary Pearle, Mary Kyte, and Others
When It’s Set: 1890s-1900s