65+ Musicals with Narrators – The Full List of Shows
These musicals with narrators feature a character or ensemble member who directly guides the audience through the story. The list includes shows with traditional narrators, storytelling characters, and other forms of direct narration.
Musicals With Narrators
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater and Chazz Palminteri
The Narrator: Calogero
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Joseph Robinette
The Narrator: Jean Shepherd
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Janis Joplin, Randy Johnson, and Others
The Narrator: Janis Joplin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Clark Baxtresser
The Narrator: The Narrator
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
The Narrator: Balladeer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Eddie Perfect, Scott Brown, and Anthony King
The Narrator: Beetlejuice
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson
The Narrator: Street Singer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Willy Russell
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers
The Narrator: The Storyteller
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Joe Masteroff
The Narrator: Emcee
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wilbur, John La Touche, Stephen Sondheim, Dorothy Parker, John Caird, Hugh Wheeler, and Lillian Hellman
The Narrator: Voltaire
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: John Hawkins, Richard Hill, Nevill Coghill, and Martin Starkie
The Narrator: Chaucer
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
The Narrators: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, and Terrence McNally
The Narrator: Frank Abagnale, Jr.
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
The Narrator: Potemkin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Tim Rice, Richard Nelson, and Danny Strong
The Narrator: The Arbiter
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Irene Sankoff and David Hein
The Narrators: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
The Narrators: Dessa and Ruth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Thomas Meehan
The Narrator: Santa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
The Narrator: Che
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Martin Short, and Daniel Goldfarb
The Narrator: Martin Short
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein
The Narrator: Tevye
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Meredith Stepien, Mark Swiderski, Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden
The Narrator: Molag
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Kim Rosenstock, Will Connolly, and Michael Mitnick
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron
The Narrator: Adult Alison
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Bob Dylan and Conor McPherson
The Narrator: Dr. Walker
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Anaïs Mitchell
The Narrator: Hermes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Narrators: Aaron Burr, Eliza Hamilton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Jeff Whitty, James Magruder, and The Go-Go’s
The Narrator: Mopsa
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell
The Narrator: Hedwig
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Alicia Keys, Kristoffer Diaz, and Others
The Narrator: Ali
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and David Lindsay-Abaire
The Narrator: Rob
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason
The Narrator: Old Max
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert
The Narrator: Voice of the Book / Narrator
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Justin Paul, Benj Pasek, and Timothy Allen McDonald
The Narrator: Ladahlord
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Marshall Brickman, and Rick Elice
The Narrators: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
The Narrator: Judas Iscariot
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Taliep Petersen and David Kramer
The Narrator: Kat Diamond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Julian Fellowes
The Narrator: Bert
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Jeff Richmond, Nell Benjamin, and Tina Fey
The Narrators: Cady, Damian, and Janis
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Robert Longden and Hereward Kaye
The Narrator: Ishmael
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Ricky Ian Gordon and Richard Nelson
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Jonathan Christenson
The Narrators: The Players
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
The Narrator: Reciter
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: George Stiles, Anthony Drewe, and Willis Hall
The Narrator: Storyteller
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson
The Narrator: Leading Player
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally
The Narrators: Multiple
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Studney and Kevin Murphy
The Narrator: The Lecturer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
The Narrator: Mark Cohen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Bob Carlton and Others
The Narrator: Newscaster
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
The Narrator: The Amazing Karnak
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
The Narrator: Uncle Billy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Chris D’Arienzo and Others
The Narrator: Lonny
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
The Narrator: The Cat in the Hat
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, and Robert Horn
The Narrators: Storyteller 1 and 2
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, and Jule Styne
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: John Du Prez and Eric Idle
The Narrator: Historian
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton
The Narrator: Joe Gillis
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Carol Hall, Larry L. King, and Peter Masterson
The Narrator: Bandleader
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson, Jodi Picoult, and Timothy Allen McDonald
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Darren Clark and Jethro Compton
The Narrators: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Paul Shapera
The Narrator: Kate
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin, and Don McKellar
The Narrator: Man in Chair
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
The Narrator: El Gallo
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Albert Hague and Allan Sherman
The Narrators: Multiple
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
The Narrator: Older Anuncia
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Marc Teitler and Nancy Harris
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Rupert Holmes
The Narrator: Mr. William Cartwright (The Chairman)
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Richard O’Brien
The Narrator: Narrator
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
The Narrator: Interlocutor
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Kyle Jarrow and Others
The Narrator: The French Narrator
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Jeff Wayne, Paul Vigrass, Gary Osborne, Jerry Wayne, and Doreen Wayne
The Narrator: The Journalist
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
The Narrator: Tommy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century/Contemporary (1990/2001)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
The Narrator: Jon
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
The Narrators: Officer Lockstock and Little Sally
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Matt Sax and Eric Rosen
The Narrator: The Clown MC