160+ Original Musicals – The Full List of Shows
These original musicals tell entirely new stories created for the stage, rather than adapting books, movies, plays or other existing source material. These shows are built from fresh ideas, characters, and worlds, sorted by time period.
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Original Jazz Age Musicals
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Creators: Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1932)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Moss Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Creators: Cole Porter and Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Creators: Kay Swift, Paul James, and Donald Ogden Stewart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and John McGowan
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Ray Henderson, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Laurence Schwab
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1935)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Ben Hecht, and Charles MacArthur
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Creators: Con Conrad, Gus Kahn, Philip Bartholomae, and Otto Harbach
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1924)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and Fred Thompson
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Creators: Noel Gay, Douglas Furber, and L. Arthur Rose
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1931)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman, and Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1936)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and George Abbott
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Herbert Fields, and Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Morrie Ryskind, and George S. Kaufman
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1922)
Creators: Jerome Kern, George Grossmith, Jr., and P.G. Wodehouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1938)
Creators: Marc Blitzstein
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1926)
Creators: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Creators: Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, and Laurence Schwab
Original Golden Age Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Sammy Fain, Dan Shapiro, Guy Bolton, and Eddie Davis
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Arthur Schwartz, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Cole Porter and Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Robb Stewart, Neville Phillips, and Robin Chancellor
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Creators: Burton Lane, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Sammy Fain, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Leroy Anderson, Joan Ford, Jean Kerr, and Walter Kerr
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Harold Karr, Matt Dubey, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Marguerite Monnot, Alexandre Breffort, Julian More, David Heneker, and Monty Norman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)
Creators: Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin, and Moss Hart
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Rick Besoyan
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Hugh Martin, Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Creators: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Robert Wright, George Forrest, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, and Homer Curran
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)
Creators: Cole Porter, Herbert Fields, and Dorothy Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Irving Berlin and Robert E. Sherwood
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George Weiss, Joseph Stein, and Will Glickman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Noël Coward
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Creators: Albert Hague, Arnold Horwitt, Joseph Stein, and Will Glickman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Albert Hague, Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, and David Shaw
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Cole Porter, Herbert Fields, and Dorothy Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Creators: Robert Emmett Dolan, Johnny Mercer, John Whedon, and Sam Moore
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, and Will Glickman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Creators: Sandy Wilson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Sigmund Romberg, Leo Robin, Jerome Chodorov, and Joseph Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)
Creators: Meredith Willson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Johnny Mercer and Hy Kraft
Original 1960s Musicals
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: James Goldman, John Kander, and William Goldman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, and Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: David Heneker, John Taylor, Hugh Williams, Margaret Vyner, and Ray Cooney
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Garson Kanin
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Jule Styne, Adolph Green, Betty Comden, and Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Elmer Bernstein, Carolyn Leigh, and Max Shulman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Jack Lawrence, Stan Freeman, and Jerome Chodorov
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Jerry Herman and Don Appell
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Samuel Taylor
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Creators: Al Carmines and María Irene Fornés
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Noël Coward
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Creators: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh, and N. Richard Nash
Original 1970s Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood, and Nicholas Dante
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Galt MacDermot and Gerome Ragni
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: William Finn
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and Will Holt
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb and George Furth
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Creators: Nancy Ford and Gretchen Cryer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Richard O’Brien
Original 1980s Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Michael Rupert and Jerry Colker
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: The Heather Brothers
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr., and Sybille Pearson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: David Evans and Winnie Holzman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: Willy Russell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)
Creators: Cy Coleman, David Zippel, and Larry Gelbart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Larry Grossman, Ellen Fitzhugh, and Fay Kanin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: William Finn
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Peter Stone, and Timothy S. Mayer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, and Jim Wann
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)
Creators: Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Joseph Stein, and David Thompson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)
Creators: Barry Keating and Stuart Ross
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally
Original 1990s Musicals
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: William Finn and James Lapine
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Bob Merrill
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Creators: Jimmy Roberts and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Andrew Lippa and Tommy Greenwald
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Creators: Brad Ross, Ellen Greenfield, and Hal Hackady
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields, Harold Adamson, and Sherman Yellen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Marvin Laird and Joel Paley
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: John Kander, Fred Ebb, and David Thompson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison, Bob Martin, and Don McKellar
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Ira Gasman, and David Newman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)
Creators: Dana P. Rowe and John Dempsey
Original 2000s Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker, and Kevin Del Aguila
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: A.R. Rahman, Don Black, Meera Syal, and Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Pet Shop Boys and Jonathan Harvey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Nick Blaemire and James Gardiner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Creators: Adam Gwon
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Stew and Heidi Rodewald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Creators: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: David Nehls and Betsy Kelso
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Neil Bartram and Brian Hill
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Creators: Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Creators: Joseph Zellnik and David Zellnik
Original 2010s Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Michael R. Jackson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Mark Allen, Gaby Alter, Tommy Newman, and Gordon Greenberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin, and Jason SweetTooth Williams
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda, and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Yve Blake
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Meredith Stepien, Mark Swiderski, Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner, and Austin Winsberg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: Mark Allen, Ken Davenport, and The Grundleshotz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Fat Mike, Soma Snakeoil, Jeff Marx, and David Goldsmith
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan, and Sara Wordsworth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Barbara Anselmi and Brian Hargrove
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Creators: Helen Park, Max Vernon, and Jason Kim
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Justin Huertas
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Robert J. Sherman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Joe Iconis
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Will Aronson and Hue Park
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Juliana Nash and Julia Jordan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and Joe DiPietro
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Jeff Bowen, Hunter Bell, and Susan Blackwell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard, and Andreas Carlsson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Danny Abosch and Joshua Borths
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Douglas Lyons, Greg Borowsky, and Melvin Tunstall III
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Andrew R. Butler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Jeanine Tesori and David Henry Hwang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and John O’Farrell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Tom Kitt and John Logan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Creators: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Creators: Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, and Mariana Elder
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Paul Shapera
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Nick Lang, and Matt Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Creators: John Kander and Greg Pierce
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Sting, Brian Yorkey, John Logan, and Lorne Campbell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2018)
Creators: Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Creators: Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin, and Bob Martin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Jim Barne and Kit Buchan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Preston Max Allen
Original 2020s Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Jason Howland, Nathan Tysen, Rachel Axler, and Kait Kerrigan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Creators: Keith Harrison and Laura Schein
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Creators: Tom Kitt, Michael Korie, and James Lapine
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Nick Lang, and Matt Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Kate Diaz and Tina Landau
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Creators: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, and Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2024)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Creators: Michael R. Jackson