Musicals Set in the 1920s – The Full List of Shows
With the rise of jazz, the glamour of speakeasies, and shifting social norms, musicals set in the 1920s capture a decade of excitement and change. These shows bring to life the Roaring Twenties in all its vibrancy. Here’s the full list of musicals set in the 1920s.
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Musicals Fully Set in the 1920s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1920s
Musicals Fully Set in the 1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1928)
Creators: Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Paul Williams and Alan Parker
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Woody Allen and Others
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Maury Yeston, Peter Stone, and Thomas Meehan
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Creators: Cole Porter and Herbert Fields
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Tina Landau
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Joseph Fields, and Anita Loos
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Laurence Schwab
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston and Luther Davis
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Marc Blitzstein and Joseph Stein
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Creators: Con Conrad, Gus Kahn, Philip Bartholomae, and Otto Harbach
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1924)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and Fred Thompson
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Creators: Peter Allen, Harvey Fierstein, and Charles Suppon
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Harold Adamson, and Sherman Yellen
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1928)
Creators: Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers, Clifford Grey, and Greatrex Newman
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Peter Stone, and Timothy S. Mayer
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Joe DiPietro
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Creators: Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, and Frank Mandel
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and P.G. Wodehouse
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1920)
Creators: Jerome Kern, Clifford Grey, Guy Bolton, Victor Herbert, Anne Caldwell, Buddy DeSylva, and P.G. Wodehouse
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955) / Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Julius J. Epstein
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1921)
Creators: Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Flournoy Miller, and Aubrey Lyles
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Morrie Ryskind, and George S. Kaufman
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Sandy Wilson
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1922)
Creators: Jerome Kern, George Grossmith, Jr., and P.G. Wodehouse
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Creators: Sigmund Romberg, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Frank Mandel
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and Herbert Fields
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, and Kait Kerrigan
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and N. Richard Nash
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Frank Loesser
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Creators: Cole Porter and Herbert Fields
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Andrew Lippa
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlan, and Richard Morris
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Lee Pockriss, Anne Croswell, and David Shaw
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Creators: Cole Porter and Rowland Leigh
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joseph Stein
When It’s Set: The 1920s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1920s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and Herbert Fields
When It’s Set: 400s, 1920s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Thomas “Fats” Waller, Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Others
When It’s Set: 1920s-1930s
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 (2009)
Creators: Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, and Ivan Menchell
When It’s Set: 1920s-1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
When It’s Set: 1920s, 1940s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Loften Mitchell and Others
When It’s Set: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lucy Simon, Michael Korie, Amy Powers, and Michael Weller
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Harold Rome, S.N. Behrman, and Joshua Logan
When It’s Set: 1920s-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: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson
When It’s Set: 1920s-1950s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
When It’s Set: 1920s-1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, and Arthur Laurents
When It’s Set: 1910s-1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman
When It’s Set: 1920s-1930s
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: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Bill Jacob, Patti Jacob, and Melville Shavelson
When It’s Set: 1920s-1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Matt Gould and Carson Kreitzer
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Jule Styne, Leo Robin, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Anita Loos, Joseph Fields, Kenny Solms, and Gail Parent
When It’s Set: 1920s-1940s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Alfred Uhry, and Others
When It’s Set: 1920s-1950s
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: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee
When It’s Set: 1920s-1940s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
When It’s Set: 1900s-1920s
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: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin, and Don McKellar
When It’s Set: 1920s, Present
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Peter Stone
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s