Musicals Set in the 1900s
The following list features stage musicals set in the 1900s (1900-1909), including works set only partially in the decade. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
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Musicals Fully Set in the 1900s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1900s
Musicals Fully Set in the 1900s
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
Music/Lyrics: Steven Lutvak Lyrics/Book: Robert L. Freedman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Andrew Lippa Lyrics/Book: Brian Crawley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics: Norman Campbell Lyrics/Book: Donald Harron, Elaine Campbell, Mavor Moore
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Nancy Ford Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Fields Book: Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Yip Harburg Book: Nunnally Johnson
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Allan Knee, James Graham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics: David Heneker Book: Beverley Cross
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz Book: Arnold Schulman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1935)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: George Abbott
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
When It’s Set: The Early 1900s
Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: 1944 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1989)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Albert Hague Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Fields Book: Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, David Shaw
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Walter Kent Lyrics: Kim Gannon Book: Sally Benson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music/Lyrics: Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz Book: Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Music: Lucy Simon Lyrics/Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
When It’s Set: The 1900s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1900s
Music: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics: Jan Levy Tranen Book: Austin Pendleton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: George Abbott, Betty Smith
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1940s
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1920s
Music/Lyrics: Paul Gordon Book: John Caird
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music/Lyrics: George M. Cohan Lyrics: Mary Cohan Book: Michael Stewart, John Pascal, Francine Pascal
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
When It’s Set: 1870s-1930s
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1910s
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1940s
Music: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead Book: George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1940s
Music/Lyrics/Book: Rick Besoyan
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics/Book: Glenn Slater Book: Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Gertrude Stein Adaptation: Frank Galati
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1930s
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1920s
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Terrence McNally
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: John Weidman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1930s
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
When It’s Set: 1880s-1920s
Music/Lyrics: The Avett Brothers Book: John Logan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
When It’s Set: 1880s, 1900s
Music/Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1940s
Music: Jerome Moross Lyrics/Book: John La Touche
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Mel Marvin, Gary Pearle, Mary Kyte
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1900s
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Last Reviewed: May 25, 2025