Musicals Set in the 1930s – The Full List of Shows
With the glamour of Hollywood, the swing of big-band music, and the hardships of the Great Depression, musicals set in the 1930s capture a decade of contrasts. These shows bring the era to life in all its resilience and style. Here’s the list of musicals set in the 1930s.
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Musicals Fully Set in the 1930s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1930s
Musicals Fully Set in the 1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones, and N. Richard Nash
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Harry Warren, Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer, Michael Stewart, and Mark Bramble
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Frank Lazarus, Dick Vosburgh, and Others
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Creators: Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Moss Hart
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Sheldon Epps and Others
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Ken Ludwig
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Jim Wise, George Haimsohn, and Robin Miller
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Sandy Wilson
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Moss Hart
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, George Abbott, Robert Russell, and David Thompson
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and John McGowan
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Larry Grossman, Ellen Fitzhugh, and Fay Kanin
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Bob Merrill
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Hilliard, and Ben Hecht
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Cole Porter, Susan Birkenhead, and Arthur Kopit
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Harold Rome and Jerome Weidman
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Brad Carroll and Peter Sham
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman, and Morrie Ryskind
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, and Yip Harburg
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Creators: Noel Gay, Douglas Furber, and L. Arthur Rose
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Arthur Laurents
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: Cole Porter, Romney Brent, Steve Mackes, and Michael Whaley
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1931)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman, and Morrie Ryskind
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1936)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and George Abbott
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and John O’Hara
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Herbert Fields, and Morrie Ryskind
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Opera (1935)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, and Dorothy Heyward
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Studney and Kevin Murphy
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joe Masteroff
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Henry Krieger and Bill Russell
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Matthew López, and Amber Ruffin
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: James McDonald, David Vos, Robert Gerlach, and Ed Linderman
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Jule Styne, Bob Merrill, and Peter Stone
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Creators: Marc Blitzstein
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, Herbert Stothart, L. Frank Baum, and John Kane
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Matthew White, and Howard Jacques
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Henry Mancini, Frank Wildhorn, Leslie Bricusse, and Blake Edwards
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Joseph Fields, and Jerome Chodorov
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
When It’s Set: The 1930s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1930s
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: 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 (2023)
Creators: David Foster, Susan Birkenhead, and Bob Martin
When It’s Set: 1930s, 2020s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Loften Mitchell and Others
When It’s Set: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and A.J. Carothers
When It’s Set: 1930s, 1990s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Christopher Curtis and Thomas Meehan
When It’s Set: 1890s, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Lucy Simon, Michael Korie, Amy Powers, and Michael Weller
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
When It’s Set: 1930s-1950s
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: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
When It’s Set: 1930s, 1950s, 1960s
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: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
When It’s Set: 1930s-1980s
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: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh, and Neil Simon
When It’s Set: 1930s-1950s
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 (2013)
Creators: Berry Gordy and Others
When It’s Set: 1930s, 1950s-1980s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: George Fenton, Simon Chamberlain, Don Black, and Terry Johnson
When It’s Set: 1930s-1940s
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: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Carol Hall, Larry L. King, and Peter Masterson
When It’s Set: 1930s, 1970s
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 (1991)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Peter Stone
When It’s Set: 1910s-1930s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright
When It’s Set: 1930s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: PigPen Theatre Co. and Rick Elice
When It’s Set: 1930s, Present
Musicals Set Around the 1930s
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Creators: Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows
When It’s Set: Around the 1930s-1950s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard, and Andreas Carlsson
When It’s Set: Around the 1930s-1950s