41+ Summer Musicals – The Full List of Shows
Last Updated: May 6, 2025
Looking for a musical that captures the energy of the summer season? Whether the plot mentions or is set during summertime, these shows bring the brightness of that time of year to center stage. Here’s a full list of summer musicals, sorted alphabetically
And here’s Theatre Trip’s playlist – “Musical Theatre Songs for Summer”➝
Summer Musicals
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics: Tom Jones Book: N. Richard Nash
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Summery Songs: “Gonna Be Another Hot Day”
Music/Lyrics/Book: James Goldman, John Kander, William Goldman
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1962)
Summery Songs: “Summer is Over”
Music: Robert Reale Lyrics/Book: Willie Reale
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Summery Songs: “Alone”, “The Kite”
Music/Lyrics: Norman Campbell Lyrics/Book: Donald Harron, Elaine Campbell, Mavor Moore
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1965)
Summery Songs: “Where Did the Summer Go To”, “Ice Cream”
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Moss Hart
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1933)
Summery Songs: “Heat Wave”
Music: Arthur Schwartz Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Fields Book: Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Summery Songs: “The Sea Song”, “Coney Island Boat”
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1945)
Summery Songs: “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over”
Music/Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Book: Greg Garcia, Mike O’Malley
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Summery Songs: “Coconut Telegraph Medley”, “Margaritaville”
Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Summery Songs: “The Baseball Game”
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Summery Songs: “Flying Over Sunset”
Music: Ray Henderson Lyrics/Book: Buddy DeSylva Lyrics: Lew Brown Book: Laurence Schwab
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Summery Songs: “Keep Your Sunny Side Up”, “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1971)
Summery Songs: “Summer Nights”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser Book: Lesser Samuels
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Summery Songs: “Summertime Love”
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Gordon Greenberg, Chad Hodge
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Summery Songs: “Song of Freedom”, “Let’s Say It With Firecrackers”
Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown Book: Andrew Bergman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Summery Songs: “Out of the Sun”, “Hawaii”
Music/Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda Book: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Summery Songs: “Piragua”, “When the Sun Goes Down”
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Summery Songs: “Too Darn Hot”
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)
Summery Songs: “June”, “July”, “August”
Music/Lyrics: Howard Goodall Lyrics/Book: Stephen Clark
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Summery Songs: “Summer’s Day”
Music/Lyrics: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus Book: Catherine Johnson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1999)
Summery Songs: “Our Last Summer”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Concept: Craig Lucas, Norman René
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1980)
Summery Songs: “The Girls of Summer”
Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe Book: Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: 1964 Film/Contemporary Musical (2004)
Summery Songs: “Let’s Go Fly a Kite”, “Jolly Holiday”
Music: Noel Gay Lyrics/Book: Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Summery Songs: “The Sun Has Got His Hat On”
Music/Lyrics: Billy Joel Concept: Twyla Tharp
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Summery Songs: “Summer, Highland Falls”
Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1990)
Summery Songs: “Waiting for Life”
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Libretto: DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward
Musical Type: Opera (1935)
Summery Songs: “Summertime”
Music: Charles Strouse Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz Book: Joseph Stein Revisions: David Thompson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1986)
Summery Songs: “Blame It on the Summer Night”, “Three Sunny Rooms”
Music/Lyrics: Joy Huerta, Benjamin Velez Book: Lisa Loomer, Nell Benjamin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Summery Songs: “Flying Away”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Julian Slade Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Summery Songs: “I Sit in the Sun”, “Sand in My Eyes”
Music: Walter Kent Lyrics: Kim Gannon Book: Sally Benson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Summery Songs: “Things Are Gonna Hum This Summer”, “Summertime is Summertime”
Music: Duncan Sheik Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater
Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)
Summery Songs: “The Song of Purple Summer”
Music: Kurt Weill Lyrics: Langston Hughes Book: Elmer Rice
Musical Type: Opera (1947)
Summery Songs: “Ain’t It Awful, the Heat?”
Music/Lyrics: David Kirshenbaum Book: Hunter Foster
Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)
Summery Songs: “The Summer You’ll Always Remember”
Sunday in the Park with George
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1984)
Summery Songs: “It’s Hot Up Here”
Music: Jerry Bock Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick Book: Joseph Stein, Will Glickman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Summery Songs: “Summer Is”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Simon Lyrics/Book: Derek Walcott
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Summery Songs: “Satin Summer Nights”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Summery Songs: “A Summer in Ohio”
Music/Lyrics: Rob Rokicki Book: Joe Tracz
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Summery Songs: “The Last Day of Summer”
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman, Glenn Slater Book: Doug Wright
Musical Type: 1989 Film/Contemporary Musical (2007)
Summery Songs: “Under the Sea”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Summery Songs: “Song of a Summer Night”, “Warm All Over”
Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Summery Songs: “One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make”
Music: Galt MacDermot Lyrics/Adaptation: John Guare Adaptation: Mel Shapiro
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1971)
Summery Songs: “Summer, Summer”
Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome Book: Arthur Kober, Joshua Logan
Musical Type: Golden Age (1952)
Summery Songs: “Summer Afternoon”
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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 and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
