Musicals Set in the 1960s – The Full List of Shows
Amid political upheaval and a wave of cultural change, musicals set in the 1960s reflect themes of revolution, self-expression, and breaking of tradition. These shows capture the spirit of a transformative decade. Here’s the full list of musicals set in the 1960s.
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Musicals Fully Set in the 1960s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1960s
Musicals Fully Set in the 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater and Chazz Palminteri
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: James Goldman, John Kander, and William Goldman
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: The Heather Brothers
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Mel Brooks
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Larry Gallagher and Others
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner, and Joseph Stein
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Bob Merrill and Michael Stewart
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and Terrence McNally
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: David Heneker, John Taylor, Hugh Williams, Margaret Vyner, and Ray Cooney
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster, Pearl S. Buck, and Charles K. Peck, Jr.
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Eleanor Bergstein and Others
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Garson Kanin
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Peter Duchan
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Kim Rosenstock, Will Connolly, and Michael Mitnick
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Alan Menken, Dennis Green, and Howard Ashman
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Clifford Odets, and William Gibson
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Walter Marks and Ernest Kinoy
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Mark O’Donnell, and Thomas Meehan
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Bob Merrill and Nunnally Johnson
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Elmer Bernstein, Carolyn Leigh, and Max Shulman
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jack Lawrence, Stan Freeman, and Jerome Chodorov
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Manos Hadjidakis, Joe Darion, and Jules Dassin
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, David Newman, and Robert Benton
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: The Beatles
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, and Abram S. Ginnes
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Joe Iconis
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: David Arnold, Richard Thomas, and Richard Bean
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Don Appell
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Creators: Meredith Willson
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Samuel Taylor
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Jule Styne and Bob Merrill
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Neil Simon
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Noël Coward
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn, and Peter Stone
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Steve Brown and Justin Greene
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Ray Davies and Joe Penhall
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, and Neil Simon
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Albert Hague and Allan Sherman
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Justin Levine, Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance, and Adam Rapp
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Leon Carr, Earl Shuman, and Joe Manchester
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Harold Rome, Howard Da Silva, and Felix Leon
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Peter Stone
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Hal Hester, Danny Apolinar, and Donald Driver
When It’s Set: The 1960s
Musicals Partially Set in the 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Neil Diamond and Anthony McCarten
When It’s Set: 1960s-1990s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Edward Kleban, Linda Kline, and Lonny Price
When It’s Set: 1950s-1980s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: The Legendary Motown Catalog and Dominique Morisseau
When It’s Set: 1960s-1970s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Charles Hart
When It’s Set: 1940s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Floyd Mutrux, Colin Escott, and Others
When It’s Set: 1950s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Douglas McGrath
When It’s Set: 1960s-1970s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Willy Russell
When It’s Set: 1960s-1980s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Buena Vista Social Club and Marco Ramirez
When It’s Set: 1950s-1990s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas
When It’s Set: 1950s-1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
When It’s Set: 1960s-1970s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
When It’s Set: 1930s, 1950s, 1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Stuart Ross and Others
When It’s Set: 1950s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Bob Marley and Lee Hall
When It’s Set: 1950s-1980s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, and Arthur Laurents
When It’s Set: 1910s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
When It’s Set: 1930s-1980s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Tommy Greenwald
When It’s Set: 1950s-1990s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2025)
Creators: Warren Leight, Isaac Oliver, and Others
When It’s Set: 1950s, 1960s, 2020s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
When It’s Set: 1950s-1970s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Berry Gordy and Others
When It’s Set: 1930s, 1950s-1980s
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner
When It’s Set: 1700s, 1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, and Alexander Dinelaris
When It’s Set: 1960s-1990s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Phillip George, David Lowenstein, and Others
When It’s Set: 1960s-1970s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Clark Baxtresser, Pierce Siebers, Corey Lubowich, Joey Richter, and Brian Rosenthal
When It’s Set: 1950s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Richard Hawley and Chris Bush
When It’s Set: 1960s, 1980s, 2010s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jabara, Colman Domingo, Robert Cary, Des McAnuff, and Others
When It’s Set: 1960s-1980s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton
When It’s Set: 1960s-1970s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Peter Allen, Nick Enright, and Martin Sherman
When It’s Set: 1960s-1990s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, and Mariana Elder
When It’s Set: 1950s-1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Paul Simon and Derek Walcott
When It’s Set: 1950s-1970s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Rick Elice and Others
When It’s Set: 1960s-1990s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Darren Clark and Jethro Compton
When It’s Set: 1910s-1980s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Ed Curtis and Others
When It’s Set: 1950s-1960s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
When It’s Set: 1950s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
When It’s Set: 1950s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Roger Bean and Others
When It’s Set: 1960s-1970s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Ingrid Michaelson and Bekah Brunstetter
When It’s Set: 1960s, 1970s, 2020s
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
When It’s Set: 1940s-1960s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, Kees Prins, and Others
When It’s Set: 1950s-1980s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: David Kirshenbaum and Jack Heifner
When It’s Set: 1960s-1970s
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Scott Frankel, Michael Korie, and Doug Wright
When It’s Set: 1930s-1960s
Musicals Set Around the 1960s
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
When It’s Set: Around the 1950s-1960s
Music: Gary Geld Lyrics/Book: Peter Udell Book: Ossie Davis, Philip Rose
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
When It’s Set: Around the 1950s-1960s
Music: Marvin Laird Lyrics/Book: Joel Paley
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
When It’s Set: Around the 1950s-1960s