Musicals Set in the 1910s – The Full List of Shows
With the rise of jazz, shifting social norms, and the impact of war, musicals set in the 1910s explore a decade of transformation. These shows bring to life a world that’s on the brink of modernity. Here’s the full list of musicals set in the 1910s.
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Musicals Fully Set in the 1910s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1910s
Musicals Fully Set in the 1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Jeremy Sams, and Ray Roderick
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Robb Stewart, Neville Phillips, and Robin Chancellor
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Leroy Anderson, Joan Ford, Jean Kerr, and Walter Kerr
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann, and Michael Feingold
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, and Stephen Longstreet
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Martin Charnin, Raymond Jessel, and Thomas Meehan
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1919)
Creators: Harry Tierney, Joseph McCarthy, James Montgomery, Joseph Stein, and Hugh Wheeler
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1917)
Creators: Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton, and P. G. Wodehouse
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, and Homer Curran
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Julian Fellowes
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Charles Chilton, Theatre Workshop, Inc., and Others
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Joseph Stein, and David Thompson
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Victor Young, Stella Unger, and Victor Wolfson
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Bob Merrill, Joseph Stein, and Robert Russell
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Martin Silvestri and Joel Higgins
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Noël Coward and Harry Kurnitz
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Meredith Willson
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Peter Stone
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1915)
Creators: Jerome Kern, Schuyler Green, Philip Bartholomae, and Guy Bolton
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh, and N. Richard Nash
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1910s
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: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Various Artists
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan
When It’s Set: 1890s, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Paul Gordon and John Caird
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lucy Simon, Michael Korie, Amy Powers, and Michael Weller
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, and George Abbott
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Isobel Lennart
When It’s Set: 1910s-1920s
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 (1967)
Creators: Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, and Arthur Laurents
When It’s Set: 1910s-1960s
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 (2022)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Frank Galati
When It’s Set: 1910s, 1950s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
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 (1974)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry
When It’s Set: 1860s, 1910s
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: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: David Pomeranz, David Friedman, and Kathie Lee Gifford
When It’s Set: 1910s-1940s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
When It’s Set: 1880s-1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Shaina Taub
When It’s Set: 1910s, 1920s, 1970s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: David Heneker and Warner Brown
When It’s Set: 1910s-1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, and Marsha Norman
When It’s Set: 1900s-1940s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Darren Clark and Jethro Compton
When It’s Set: 1910s-1980s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Jerome Moross and John La Touche
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe
When It’s Set: 1880s, 1910s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Meredith Willson and Richard Morris
When It’s Set: 1880s, 1910s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Peter Stone
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
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