Musical Lists

Sung-Through Musicals

The following list includes sung-through musicals where the story is told through music with little or no spoken dialogue. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.


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Sung-Through Musicals

Nearly Sung-Through Musicals



A VHS Christmas Carol

Music/Lyrics: Clark Baxtresser

Musical Type: Contemporary (2020)

Cast Size: 14


American Idiot

Music: Green Day  Lyrics/Book: Billie Joe Armstrong  Book: Michael Mayer

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Cast Size: 15+


Bumblescratch

Music/Lyrics/Book: Robert J. Sherman

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Cast Size: 13+


Cats

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, Richard Stilgoe

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)

Cast Size: 20+


Charlotte Sweet

Music: Gerald Jay Markoe  Lyrics: Michael Colby

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)

Cast Size: 8


Evita

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Tim Rice

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

Cast Size: 10+


Goblin Market

Music: Polly Pen  Lyrics: Peggy Harmon

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)

Cast Size: 2


Here Lies Love

Music/Lyrics: David Byrne  Music: Fatboy Slim

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Cast Size: 12+


Jesus Christ Superstar

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Tim Rice

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1968)

Cast Size: 20+


Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Tim Rice

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)

Cast Size: 20+


Les Misérables

Music/Lyrics: Claude-Michel Schönberg  Lyrics: Alan Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)

Cast Size: 30+


Little by Little

Music: Brad Ross  Lyrics: Ellen Greenfield, Hal Hackady

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)

Cast Size: 3


Miss Saigon

Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg  Lyrics: Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby, Jr.

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

Cast Size: 15+


Movin’ Out

Music/Lyrics: Billy Joel  Concept: Twyla Tharp

Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)

Cast Size: 15+


Murder Ballad

Music/Lyrics: Juliana Nash  Lyrics/Book: Julia Jordan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Cast Size: 4


Ordinary Days

Music/Lyrics: Adam Gwon

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Cast Size: 4


Song and Dance

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Don Black, Richard Maltby, Jr.

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)

Cast Size: 1


Starlight Express

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alistair Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe, David Yazbek, Nick Coler

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)

Cast Size: 25+


Suffs

Music/Lyrics/Book: Shaina Taub

Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)

Cast Size: 15+


Tell Me on a Sunday

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Don Black

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)

Cast Size: 1


The Golden Apple

Music: Jerome Moross  Lyrics/Book: John La Touche

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

Cast Size: 30+


The Human Comedy

Music: Galt MacDermot  Libretto: William Dumaresq

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)

Cast Size: 20+


The Likes of Us

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Tim Rice

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age/Contemporary (1965/2005)

Cast Size: 14+


These musicals are nearly sung-through with just a tiny bit of spoken dialogue. Also, a book writer has been credited in the following.


A New Brain

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

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

Cast Size: 10


American Idiot

Music: Green Day  Lyrics/Book: Billie Joe Armstrong  Book: Michael Mayer

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Cast Size: 10+


Aspects of Love

Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Don Black, Charles Hart

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

Cast Size: 25+


Bare

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

Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)

Cast Size: 21+


Caroline, or Change

Music: Jeanine Tesori  Lyrics/Book: Tony Kushner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Cast Size: 16+


Chess

Music: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus  Lyrics: Tim Rice  Book: Richard Nelson, Danny Strong

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)

Cast Size: 15+


Come From Away

Music/Lyrics/Book: Irene Sankoff, David Hein

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Cast Size: 12+


Falsettoland

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

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

Cast Size: 7


Falsettos

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

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

Cast Size: 7


Hadestown

Music/Lyrics/Book: Anaïs Mitchell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Cast Size: 13+


Hamilton

Music/Lyrics/Book: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Cast Size: 13+


In Trousers

Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)

Cast Size: 4


Jekyll & Hyde

Music: Frank Wildhorn  Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

Cast Size: 14+


Jerry Springer: The Opera

Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard Thomas, Stewart Lee

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

Cast Size: 15+


John & Jen

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

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)

Cast Size: 2


Lizzie

Music/Lyrics: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt  Music/Lyrics/Book: Tim Maner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Cast Size: 4


Love Never Dies

Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics/Book: Glenn Slater  Book: Ben Elton, Frederick Forsyth

Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)

Cast Size: 25+


March of the Falsettos

Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)

Cast Size: 5


Martin Guerre

Music/Book: Claude-Michel Schönberg  Lyrics/Book: Alain Boublil  Lyrics: Edward Hardy, Stephen Clark

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Cast Size: 20+


Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Cast Size: 16+


Next to Normal

Music: Tom Kitt  Lyrics/Book: Brian Yorkey

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Cast Size: 6


Once on This Island

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

Cast Size: 10+


Parade

Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown  Book: Alfred Uhry

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

Cast Size: 20+


Passing Strange

Music/Lyrics/Book: Stew  Music: Heidi Rodewald

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Cast Size: 7


Ragtime

Music: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens  Book: Terrence McNally

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Cast Size: 20+


Rent

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jonathan Larson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Cast Size: 13+


Seussical

Music/Book: Stephen Flaherty  Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens

Musical Type: Contemporary (2000)

Cast Size: 15+


Side Show

Music: Henry Krieger  Lyrics/Book: Bill Russell

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Cast Size: 25+


Sunset Boulevard

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics/Book: Don Black, Christopher Hampton

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)

Cast Size: 45+


Sweeney Todd

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: Hugh Wheeler

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)

Cast Size: 14+


The Dolls of New Albion

Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Shapera

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Cast Size: 12+


The Last Five Years

Music/Lyrics/Book: Jason Robert Brown

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

Cast Size: 2


The Most Happy Fella

Music/Lyrics/Book: Frank Loesser

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

Cast Size: 12+


The Phantom of the Opera

Music/Book: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: Charles Hart  Lyrics/Book: Richard Stilgoe

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)

Cast Size: 25+


The Pirate Queen

Music/Book: Claude-Michel Schönberg  Lyrics: John Dempsey  Lyrics/Book: Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby, Jr.

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Cast Size: 20+


The Who’s Tommy

Music/Lyrics/Book: Pete Townshend  Book: Des McAnuff

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

Cast Size: 14+


The Woman in White

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber  Lyrics: David Zippel  Book: Charlotte Jones

Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)

Cast Size: 14+