Religious Musicals
The following list includes religious musicals that explore religious beliefs, traditions, or faith-based themes. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
Religious Musicals
Music: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics: Jan Levy Tranen Book: Austin Pendleton
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael R. Jackson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant
Music/Lyrics/Book: Kyle Jarrow
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Genre: Comedy / Satire
Music/Lyrics: Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker Book: Kevin Del Aguila
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Genre: Comedy / Satire
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Music/Book: Damon Intrabartolo Lyrics/Book: Jon Hartmere
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Traditional Book: Langston Hughes
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Genre: Drama / Religious
Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics: Don Black Book: Ivan Menchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Genre: Drama
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1947)
Genre: Fantasy / Romance
Music: Vernon Duke Lyrics: John La Touche Book: Lynn Root
Musical Type: Golden Age (1940)
Genre: Fantasy
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1945)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford Book: Lawrence D. Cohen
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Genre: Horror
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: John Caird
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Genre: Drama / Religious
Music: David Evans Lyrics: Douglas J. Cohen Book: Stuart Hample
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Dick Scanlan, Sherie Rene Scott
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Genre: Autobiography
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joseph Stein
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Genre: Drama
Music: Tom Snow Lyrics/Book: Dean Pitchford Book: Walter Bobbie
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: John-Michael Tebelak
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Genre: Drama / Religious
Music/Lyrics/Book: Scott Brown, Anthony King
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1950)
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Music: Galt MacDermot Lyrics/Book: Gerome Ragni, James Rado
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1967)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht Book: Elisabeth Hauptmann, Michael Feingold
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1929)
Genre: Comedy / Satire
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard Thomas, Stewart Lee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Genre: Fantasy
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Genre: Drama / Religious
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Glenn Slater Book: Janus Cercone, Warren Leight
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Music/Lyrics: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: Alan Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)
Genre: Drama
Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos Lyrics: Robert Wright, George Forrest Book: Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Homer Curran
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Genre: Adventure
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics: Adam Guettel
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Nicky Ager Lyrics/Book: Debbie Isitt
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Roger O. Hirson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Genre: Dark Comedy
Music: Gary Geld Lyrics/Book: Peter Udell Book: Ossie Davis, Philip Rose
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Genre: Comedy / Satire
Music/Book: Dan Studney Lyrics/Book: Kevin Murphy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Satire
Music: David Pomeranz, David Friedman Lyrics/Book: Kathie Lee Gifford
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Genre: Biography
Music/Lyrics/Book: Michael John LaChiusa
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Genre: Drama
Music: Gary Geld Lyrics/Book: Peter Udell Book: Philip Rose, James Lee Barrett
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally Book: Robert Horn
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Glenn Slater Book: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Duncan Sheik Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Music/Lyrics: The Avett Brothers Book: John Logan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Genre: Drama
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: George Abbott, Jerome Weidman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Genre: Comedy
Music/Book: Jerry Bock Lyrics/Book: Sheldon Harnick Book: Jerome Coopersmith
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Genre: Romance
Music/Lyrics/Book: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Genre: Comedy / Satire
Music/Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Genre: Drama
Music: Claibe Richardson Lyrics/Book: Kenward Elmslie
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: James Lapine, Peter Parnell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)
Genre: Drama
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Philip LaZebnik
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Genre: Drama / Religious
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II Book: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Martin Charnin Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)
Genre: Comedy
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Brian Crawley
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Genre: Drama
Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Jim Steinman Book: Patricia Knop, Gale Edwards
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Genre: Drama
Music/Lyrics/Book: Matt Gould, Griffin Matthews
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Genre: Autobiography
Last Reviewed: December 4, 2025