Spring Musicals – 27 Lovely Shows for the Season
Whether you’re doing some research, putting on a show, or simply looking for new musicals to get into, it’s good to get familiar with what’s out there. And that’s why we’ve put together this list for you! The following list is broken down into two categories – “Spring Musicals” and “Musicals That Mention Spring”.
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Spring Musicals
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Songs About Spring: “Frogs Have So Much Spring”, “I Feel So Much Spring”
Music: Robert Reale Lyrics/Book: Willie Reale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Songs About Spring: “It’s Spring”, “Seeds”
Music/Lyrics: Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel Book: Jerome Coopersmith Additional Songs: Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Songs About Spring: “Finding Words for Spring”
Music/Book: Damon Intrabartolo Lyrics/Book: Jon Hartmere
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Songs About Spring: “Spring”
Music/Lyrics: Gary Barlow Book: Tim Firth
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Songs About Spring: “Spring Fete”, “The Flowers of Yorkshire”
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Songs About Spring: “The Lusty Month of May”
Music: John Hawkins, Richard Hill Lyrics/Book: Nevill Coghill Book: Martin Starkie
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Songs About Spring: “April Song”
Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics/Book: E.Y. Harburg Book: Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Songs About Spring: “The Springtime Cometh”
Music: Chris Miller Lyrics: Nathan Tysen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Songs About Spring: “Spring Cleaning”
Music/Lyrics: Michael John LaChiusa Book: Sybille Pearson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Songs About Spring: “Did Spring Come to Texas?”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Anaïs Mitchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Songs About Spring: “Wedding Song”, “Livin’ It Up On Top”, “Flowers”
Music: Harold Arlen Lyrics: Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Songs About Spring: “Spring Fever”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Noël Coward
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Songs About Spring: “Later Than Spring”
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Music/Lyrics: Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Book: Lawrence Kasha, David Landay
Musical Type: 1954 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1982)
Songs About Spring: “Spring, Spring, Spring”
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II Book: Joshua Logan
Musical Type: Golden Age (1949)
Songs About Spring: “Younger Than Springtime”
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II Book: Tom Briggs, Louis Mattioli
Musical Type: 1945 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1996)
Songs About Spring: “It Might As Well Be Spring” / “Reprise”
Music/Lyrics: Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Songs About Spring: “Church Ladies’ Easter”
The Happiest Girl in the World
Music: Jacques Offenbach Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg Book: Fred Saidy, Henry Mayers
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Songs About Spring: “Five Minutes of Spring”
Music: Lucy Simon Lyrics/Book: Marsha Norman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1991)
Songs About Spring: “Winter’s on the Wing”, “Spring Music”
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Songs About Spring: “Spring”
Music: John Williams Lyrics: James Harbert Book: Edward Anhalt
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Songs About Spring: “Improbable as Spring”
Music/Lyrics: Ralph Blane Book: Charles O’Neal, Abe Burrows
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Songs About Spring: “It Must Be Springtime”, “April Face”
Musicals That Mention Spring
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Moss Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Songs That Mention Spring: “Easter Parade”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser Book: Lesser Samuels
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Songs That Mention Spring: “The Spring Courting”
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Gordon Greenberg, Chad Hodge
Musical Type: Contemporary/Jukebox (2014)
Songs That Mention Spring: “Easter Parade”
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Songs That Mention Spring: “March”, “April”, “May”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: 1967 Film/Contemporary Musical (2001)
Songs That Mention Spring: “Springtime for…”
Music/Lyrics: Tom Lehrer Adaptation: Cameron Mackintosh, Robin Ray
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1980)
Songs That Mention Spring: “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park”
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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 holds a BA in theatre, a TESOL drama certificate, and has worked and interned with Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.