55+ One Act Musicals – The Full List of Shows
These one-act musicals tell their stories in a single continuous act, offering a more compact alternative to traditional full-length musicals. The list includes works across a range of genres and production sizes.
One-Act Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn
Cast Size: 11+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cast Size: 6
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Ryan Scott Oliver
Cast Size: 5+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: John Bucchino and Harvey Fierstein
Cast Size: 10
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante
Cast Size: 26
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens, and Mike Ockrent
Cast Size: 18+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, Rachel Axler, and Kait Kerrigan
Cast Size: 11+
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Cast Size: 10
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Michael R. Jackson
Cast Size: 7
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Kyle Jarrow
Cast Size: 10
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater, and Jessie Nelson
Cast Size: 12+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, and Kevin Del Aguila
Cast Size: 5
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Michael Mayer
Cast Size: 15+
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Cast Size: 12+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers
Cast Size: 15+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Cast Size: 12+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Nick Blaemire, Madeline Smith, and Others
Cast Size: 25+
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Janet Hood and Bill Russell
Cast Size: 30+
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Cast Size: 10
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Cast Size: 7
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Miranda Cooper, Jennifer Decilveo, and Chris Bush
Cast Size: 5+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, and Lindsay Anderson
Cast Size: 25+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner, and Austin Winsberg
Cast Size: 7
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Stuart Ross and Others
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron
Cast Size: 9
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Robert Wright, George Forrest, Maury Yeston and Luther Davis
Cast Size: 15+
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell
Cast Size: 2
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa
Cast Size: 10
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim
Cast Size: 12+
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Mel Marvin and Timothy Mason
Cast Size: 15+
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: John Forster, Delia Ephron, and Judith Kahan
Cast Size: 20+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth
Cast Size: 11
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: William Finn
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Barbara Anselmi and Brian Hargrove
Cast Size: 13
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler
Cast Size: 6-15
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Cast Size: 9
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Brad Ross, Ellen Greenfield, and Hal Hackady
Cast Size: 3
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Howard Goodall and Stephen Clark
Cast Size: 7
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers
Cast Size: 17+
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: William Finn
Cast Size: 5
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Craig Lucas, and Norman René
Cast Size: 2
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Will Aronson and Hue Park
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair
Cast Size: 2
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, and Susan Blackwell
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Cast Size: 10+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Adam Gwon
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Cast Size: 12+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Rick Hip-Flores
Cast Size: 15+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Douglas Lyons, Greg Borowsky, and Melvin Tunstall III
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Kate Diaz and Tina Landau
Cast Size: 5
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Cast Size: 7
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: George Keating, Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall, and Others
Cast Size: 6
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias
Cast Size: 7+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss
Cast Size: 6
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black
Cast Size: 1
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin
Cast Size: 9
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: David Yazbek and Itamar Moses
Cast Size: 15+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, and Mariana Elder
Cast Size: 10
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Nic Doodson, Andrew Kay, and Others
Cast Size: 9
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman
Cast Size: 13
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Cast Size: 2
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk
Cast Size: 4
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Cast Size: 2
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Cast Size: 13+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Max Vernon
Cast Size: 10+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe
Cast Size: 15
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Cast Size: 6
Musical Type: Late 20th Century/Contemporary (1990/2001)
Creators: Jonathan Larson
Cast Size: 3
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell
Cast Size: 4 + 1 Pianist
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley
Cast Size: 11+
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Jeffrey Lunden and Arthur Perlman
Cast Size: 7
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, James Taylor, and Nina Faso
Cast Size: 6+
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jeff Lynne, John Farrar, and Douglas Carter Beane
Cast Size: 9+