New Musicals – A Full List of Shows from 2020-2022
Are you looking for some exciting new musicals to get into this year? Below you’ll find a list of all the newest musical releases. The following musicals premiered between 2020-2022. And as musicals come out this year, they will be added to the list, so make sure to check back in!
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2020 Musicals
A Killer Party
Music: Jason Howland Lyrics: Nathan Tysen Book: Rachel Axler, Kait Kerrigan
A Little More Alive
Music/Lyrics/Book: Nick Blaemire
A VHS Christmas Carol
Music/Lyrics/Book: Clark Baxtresser
Back to the Future
Music: Alan Silvestri Lyrics: Glen Ballard Book: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Cambodian Rock Band
Music/Lyrics/Book: Lauren Yee
Cinderella
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: David Zippel Book: Emerald Fennell
Dreamland
Music/Lyrics/Book: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen
Emojiland
Music/Lyrics/Book: Keith Harrison, Laura Schein
Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort
Music/Lyrics: Jack Feldstein Book/Lyrics: Paul Doust
Frankie!
Music/Lyrics/Book: Elise Marra
We Won’t Sleep
Music/Lyrics: Ari Afsar Book: Lauren M. Gunderson
2021 Musicals
Breathe
Music/Lyrics: Various Conceived By: Jodi Picoult, Timothy Allen McDonald
Flying Over Sunset
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: James Lapine
Hex
Music: Jim Fortune Lyrics: Rufus Norris Book: Tanya Ronder
In Pieces
Music/Lyrics: Joey Contrera
Mr. Saturday Night
Music: Jason Robert Brown Lyrics: Amanda Green Book: Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Ratatouille
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Michael Breslin, Patrick Foley
Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Hogue
The Visitor
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics/Book: Brian Yorkey Book: Kwame Kwei-Armah
Tokyo Rose
Music/Lyrics/Book: Maryhee Yoon, Cara Baldwin
2022 Musicals
MJ The Musical
Music/Lyrics: Michael Jackson, Various Book: Lynn Nottage
Mrs. Doubtfire
Music/Lyrics: Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick Book: K. Kirkpatrick, John O’Farrell
Space Dogs
Music/Lyrics/Book: Nick Blaemire, Van Hughes
Other Decades
• Golden Age Musicals (1940 – 1959)
• Post-Golden Age Musicals (1960 – 1969)
• Musicals of the 2020s → You are here!
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Author: Stacy Karyn
Stacy Karyn is the founder of Theatre Trip, author of The Thespian’s Bucket List, and creator of The Cast Album List. She has a TESOL drama certificate, a BA in theatre, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
