Musicals Set in the 1910s – The Full List of Shows
Last Updated: May 25, 2025
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
Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman Adaptations: Jeremy Sams, Ray Roderick
Musical Type: 1968 Film/Contemporary Musical (2002)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Robb Stewart Lyrics/Book: Neville Phillips, Robin Chancellor
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Leroy Anderson Lyrics: Joan Ford Lyrics/Book: Jean Kerr, Walter Kerr
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht Book: Elisabeth Hauptmann, Michael Feingold
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Sammy Cahn Book: Stephen Longstreet
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Martin Charnin, Raymond Jessel Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Harry Tierney Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy Book: James Montgomery, Joseph Stein, Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1919)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics/Book: Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1917)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Homer Curran
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe Book: Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: 1964 Film/Contemporary Musical (2004)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music/Lyrics: Ricky Ian Gordon Lyrics/Book: Richard Nelson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Charles Chilton, Theatre Workshop, Inc.
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Joseph Stein Revisions: David Thompson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1986)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Victor Young Lyrics/Book: Stella Unger Book: Victor Wolfson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music/Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Joseph Stein, Robert Russell
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Martin Silvestri Lyrics/Book: Joel Higgins
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1993)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music/Lyrics: Noël Coward Book: Harry Kurnitz
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music/Lyrics/Book: Meredith Willson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Schuyler Green Book: Philip Bartholomae, Guy Bolton
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1915)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh Book: N. Richard Nash
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
When It’s Set: The 1910s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1910s
Music: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics: Jan Levy Tranen Book: Austin Pendleton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
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: Various
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Music/Lyrics/Book: Christopher Curtis Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
When It’s Set: 1890s, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s
Music/Lyrics: Paul Gordon Book: John Caird
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music: Lucy Simon Lyrics: Michael Korie, Amy Powers Book: Michael Weller
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Jerome Weidman, George Abbott
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Isobel Lennart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1920s
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: 1880s-1930s
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1973)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1910s
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Adolph Green, Betty Comden Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1960s
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: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1940s
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Frank Galati
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
When It’s Set: 1910s, 1950s
Music/Book: Matt Gould Lyrics/Book: Carson Kreitzer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
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: Jerry Herman Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1974)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
When It’s Set: 1860s, 1910s
Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Arthur Kopit
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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: Pre-Contemporary (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: David Pomeranz, David Friedman Lyrics/Book: Kathie Lee Gifford
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1940s
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
When It’s Set: 1880s-1920s
Music/Lyrics/Book: Shaina Taub
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
When It’s Set: 1910s, 1920s, 1970s
Music/Lyrics: David Heneker Lyrics/Book: Warner Brown
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1980)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1920s
Music/Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1940s
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Music/Lyrics: Darren Clark Lyrics/Book: Jethro Compton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1980s
Music: Jerome Moross Lyrics/Book: John La Touche
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
When It’s Set: 1900s-1910s
Music/Lyrics: Meredith Willson Book: Richard Morris
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
When It’s Set: 1880s, 1910s
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1991)
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Music: Vincent Youmans Lyrics: Edward Heyman Book: Brian Hooker
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
When It’s Set: 1870s, 1910s
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Mel Marvin, Gary Pearle, Mary Kyte
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1979)
When It’s Set: 1890s-1910s
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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 and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
