Original Musicals – The Complete List

Original Golden Age Musicals

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Allegro

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II

Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)

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Ankles Aweigh

Music: Sammy Fain  Lyrics: Dan Shapiro  Book: Guy Bolton, Eddie Davis

Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)

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Bells Are Ringing

Music: Jule Styne  Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

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Brigadoon

Music: Frederick Loewe  Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner

Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)

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By the Beautiful Sea

Music: Arthur Schwartz  Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Fields  Book: Herbert Fields

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

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Can-Can

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Abe Burrows

Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)

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Chrysanthemum

Music: Robb Stewart  Lyrics/Book: Neville Phillips, Robin Chancellor

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

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Finian’s Rainbow

Music: Burton Lane  Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg  Book: Fred Saidy

Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)

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Flahooley

Music: Sammy Fain  Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg  Book: Fred Saidy

Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)

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Free As Air

Music/Lyrics/Book: Julian Slade  Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Reynolds

Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)

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Goldilocks

Music: Leroy Anderson  Lyrics: Joan Ford  Lyrics/Book: Jean Kerr, Walter Kerr

Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)

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Happy Hunting

Music: Harold Karr  Lyrics: Matt Dubey  Book: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

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Irma La Douce

Music: Marguerite Monnot  Lyrics/Book: Alexandre Breffort, Julian More, David Heneker, Monty Norman

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

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Jamaica

Music: Harold Arlen  Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg  Book: Fred Saidy

Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)

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Lady in the Dark

Music: Kurt Weill  Lyrics: Ira Gershwin  Book: Moss Hart

Musical Type: Golden Age (1941)

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Little Mary Sunshine

Music/Lyrics/Book: Rick Besoyan

Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)

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Magdalena

Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos  Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest  Book: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Homer Curran

Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)

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Me and Juliet

Music: Richard Rodgers  Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II

Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)

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Mexican Hayride

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields

Musical Type: Golden Age (1944)

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Look Ma, I’m Dancin’!

Music/Lyrics: Hugh Martin  Book: Jerome Lawrence, Robert E. Lee

Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)

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Miss Liberty

Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin  Book: Robert E. Sherwood

Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)

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Mr. Wonderful

Music/Lyrics: Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George Weiss  Book: Joseph Stein, Will Glickman

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

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Pacific 1860

Music/Lyrics/Book: Noël Coward

Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)

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Paint Your Wagon

Music: Frederick Loewe  Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner

Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)

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Plain and Fancy

Music: Albert Hague  Lyrics: Arnold Horwitt  Book: Joseph Stein, Will Glickman

Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)

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Redhead

Music: Albert Hague  Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Fields  Book: Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, David Shaw

Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)

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Salad Days

Music/Lyrics/Book: Julian Slade  Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Reynolds

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

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Something for the Boys

Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter  Book: Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields

Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)

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The Body Beautiful

Music: Jerry Bock  Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick  Book: Joseph Stein, Will Glickman

Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)

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The Boy Friend

Music/Lyrics/Book: Sandy Wilson

Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)

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The Girl in Pink Tights

Music: Sigmund Romberg  Lyrics: Leo Robin  Book: Jerome Chodorov, Joseph Fields

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

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The Music Man

Music/Lyrics/Book: Meredith Willson

Musical Type: Golden Age (1957)

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Texas, Li’l Darlin’

Music: Robert Emmett Dolan  Lyrics: Johnny Mercer  Book: John Whedon, Sam Moore

Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)

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Top Banana

Music/Lyrics: Johnny Mercer  Book: Hy Kraft

Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)

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Original 1970s Musicals

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A Chorus Line

Music: Marvin Hamlisch  Lyrics: Edward Kleban  Book: James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)

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Company

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: George Furth

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)

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Dude

Music: Galt MacDermot  Lyrics/Book: Gerome Ragni

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)

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Follies

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: James Goldman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)

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Grease

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)

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I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road

Music: Nancy Ford  Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)

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In Trousers

Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)

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Over Here!

Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman  Book: Will Holt

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)

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Pacific Overtures

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: John Weidman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

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Philemon

Music: Harvey Schmidt  Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)

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Pippin

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Roger O. Hirson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)

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The Act

Music: John Kander  Lyrics: Fred Ebb  Book: George Furth

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1977)

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The Last Sweet Days of Isaac

Music: Nancy Ford  Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)

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The Rocky Horror Show

Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard O’Brien

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)

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Original 1980s Musicals

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3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down

Music: Michael Rupert  Lyrics/Book: Jerry Colker

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)

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A Slice of Saturday Night

Music/Lyrics/Book: The Heather Brothers

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

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Baby

Music: David Shire  Lyrics: Richard Maltby, Jr.  Book: Sybille Pearson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)

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Birds of Paradise

Music/Book: David Evans  Lyrics/Book: Winnie Holzman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)

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Blood Brothers

Music/Lyrics/Book: Willy Russell

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)

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City of Angels

Music: Cy Coleman  Lyrics: David Zippel  Book: Larry Gelbart

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

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Grind

Music: Larry Grossman  Lyrics: Ellen Fitzhugh  Book: Fay Kanin

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)

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March of the Falsettos

Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)

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My One and Only

Music: George Gershwin  Lyrics: Ira Gershwin  Book: Peter Stone, Timothy S. Mayer

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)

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Nunsense

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)

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Pump Boys and Dinettes

Music/Lyrics/Book: John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, Jim Wann

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)

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Rags

Music: Charles Strouse  Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Joseph Stein  Revisions: David Thompson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)

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Starmites

Music/Lyrics/Book: Barry Keating  Book: Stuart Ross

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)

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The Rink

Music: John Kander  Lyrics: Fred Ebb  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)

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Falsettoland

Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn  Book: James Lapine

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

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Falsettos

Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn  Book: James Lapine

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

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Hannah…1939

Music/Lyrics/Book: Bob Merrill

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Trask  Book: John Cameron Mitchell

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

Music: Jimmy Roberts  Lyrics/Book: Joe DiPietro

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

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John & Jen

Music/Book: Andrew Lippa  Lyrics/Book: Tommy Greenwald

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)

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Little by Little

Music: Brad Ross  Lyrics: Ellen Greenfield, Hal Hackady

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)

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Lucky in the Rain

Music: Jimmy McHugh  Lyrics: Dorothy Fields, Harold Adamson  Book: Sherman Yellen

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

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Nuncrackers

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

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Nunsense II

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

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Nunsense A-Men!

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

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Nunsense Jamboree

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)

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Ruthless!

Music: Marvin Laird  Lyrics/Book: Joel Paley

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

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Steel Pier

Music: John Kander  Lyrics: Fred Ebb  Book: David Thompson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

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The Drowsy Chaperone

Music/Lyrics: Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison  Book: Bob Martin, Don McKellar

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

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The Fix

Music: Dana P. Rowe  Lyrics/Book: John Dempsey

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

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The Life

Music/Book: Cy Coleman  Lyrics/Book: Ira Gasman  Book: David Newman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

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Zombie Prom

Music: Dana P. Rowe  Lyrics/Book: John Dempsey

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1993)

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Original 2000s Musicals

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13

Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown  Book: Dan Elish, Robert Horn

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

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Altar Boyz

Music/Lyrics: Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker  Book: Kevin Del Aguila

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

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Avenue Q

Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx  Book: Jeff Whitty

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

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Bare

Music/Book: Damon Intrabartolo  Lyrics/Book: Jon Hartmere

Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)

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BKLYN: The Musical

Music/Lyrics/Book: Mark Schoenfeld, Barri McPherson

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

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Bombay Dreams

Music: A.R. Rahman  Lyrics: Don Black  Book: Meera Syal, Thomas Meehan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)

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Caroline, or Change

Music: Jeanine Tesori  Lyrics/Book: Tony Kushner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

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Closer to Heaven

Music/Lyrics: Pet Shop Boys  Book: Jonathan Harvey

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

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Dear Edwina

Music: Zina Goldrich  Lyrics/Book: Marcy Heisler

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

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Glory Days

Music/Lyrics: Nick Blaemire  Book: James Gardiner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

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In the Heights

Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda  Book: Quiara Alegría Hudes

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

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Meshuggah-Nuns!

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)

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Next to Normal

Music: Tom Kitt  Lyrics/Book: Brian Yorkey

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

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Nunsensations!

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

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Nunset Boulevard

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

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Ordinary Days

Music/Lyrics: Adam Gwon

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

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Passing Strange

Music/Lyrics/Book: Stew  Music: Heidi Rodewald

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

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The Beautiful Game

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics/Book: Ben Elton

Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)

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The Great American Trailer Park Musical

Music/Lyrics: David Nehls  Book: Betsy Kelso

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

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The Last Five Years

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

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The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

Music/Book: Eric Rockwell  Lyrics/Book: Joanne Bogart

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

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The Story of My Life

Music/Lyrics: Neil Bartram  Book: Brian Hill

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

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[title of show]

Music/Lyrics: Jeff Bowen  Book: Hunter Bell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

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Urinetown

Music/Lyrics: Mark Hollmann  Lyrics/Book: Greg Kotis

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

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Yank!

Music: Joseph Zellnik  Lyrics/Book: David Zellnik

Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)

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