Tap Dance Musicals
The following list includes tap dance musicals that incorporate tap dance at some point in the production. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
Tap Dance Musicals
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics: Tom Jones Book: N. Richard Nash
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1963)
Tap Number: “Everything Beautiful Happens at Night”
Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer Book: Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble
Musical Type: 1933 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1980)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: John Kander Lyrics/Book: Fred Ebb Book: Norman L. Martin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Tap Number: “Go Visit Your Grandmother”
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Edward Kleban Book: James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Tap Number: “I Can Do That”
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Lynn Ahrens Book: Mike Ockrent
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1994)
Tap Number: “Abundance and Charity”
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
Music: Frank Lazarus, Various Lyrics/Book: Dick Vosburgh
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Tap Number: “Doin’ the Production Code”
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Chad Beguelin Lyrics: Tim Rice, Howard Ashman
Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)
Tap Number: “Friend Like Me”
Music/Lyrics: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin Book: Craig Lucas
Musical Type: 1951 Film/Contemporary Musical (2014)
Tap Number: “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise”
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Tap Number: “Anything Goes”
Music/Lyrics: Elyssa Samsel, Kate Anderson Book: Timothy Allen McDonald
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Tap Number: “Out of Character”
Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa Book: John August
Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)
Tap Number: “Red, White and True”
Music: Elton John Lyrics/Book: Lee Hall
Musical Type: Contemporary (2005)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Various
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: David Foster Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead Book: Bob Martin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Tap Numbers: “A Little Versatility”
Bring In ‘Da Noise, Bring In ‘Da Funk
Music: Daryl Waters, Zane Mark Music/Lyrics: Ann Duquesnay Lyrics: George C. Wolfe Lyrics/Book: Reg E. Gaines
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Loften Mitchell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Tap Numbers: “It Don’t Mean a Thing”
Music/Lyrics: Paul Williams Book: Alan Parker
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)
Tap Number: “Fat Sam’s Grand Slam”
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Woody Allen
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Tap Number: “Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do”
Music: John Kander Lyrics/Book: Fred Ebb Book: Bob Fosse
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Tap Number: “A Tap Dance”
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Ken Ludwig
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Jim Wise Lyrics/Book: George Haimsohn, Robin Miller
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross Book: George Abbott, Douglass Wallop
Musical Type: Golden Age (1955)
Tap Number: “Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, Mo.”
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Tap Number: “You Mustn’t Be Discouraged”
Music: Tom Kitt Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: James Lapine
Musical Type: Contemporary (2021)
Tap Number: “Funny Money”
Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: James Goldman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Tap Number: “Who’s That Woman?”
Music/Lyrics: Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez Book: Jennifer Lee
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Tap Number: “In Summer”
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Isobel Lennart
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1964)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: George M. Cohan Lyrics: Mary Cohan Book: Michael Stewart, John Pascal, Francine Pascal
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)
Tap Number: “All Aboard for Broadway”
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Arthur Laurents
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Tap Number: “All I Need Is the Girl”
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Gordon Greenberg, Chad Hodge
Musical Type: 1942 Film / Contemporary Musical (2014)
Tap Numbers: “Steppin’ Out With My Baby”, “Shaking the Blues Away”, “Song of Freedom”, “You’re Easy to Dance With”
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Larry Buttrose, Kathryn Riding
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music/Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, Willie Gilbert
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Jelly Roll Morton, Luther Henderson Lyrics: Susan Birkenhead Book: George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Taliep Petersen Lyrics/Book: David Kramer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)
Tap Number: “Lucky Day”
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack
Musical Type: Golden Age (1948)
Tap Number: “Bianca”
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Tap Number: “We Are What We Are”
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1924)
Tap Number: “Fascinating Rhythm”, “The Half of It, Dearie, Blues”
Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics/Book: Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse
Musical Type: Pre-Jazz Age (1917)
Soft Shoe Number: “Sir Galahad”
Music/Lyrics: Peter Allen Book: Harvey Fierstein, Charles Suppon
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1988)
Tap Number: “Speakeasy Christmas”
Music: Brad Carroll Lyrics/Book: Peter Sham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Tap Number: “Tap Your Troubles Away”
Music/Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, George Stiles, Anthony Drewe Book: Julian Fellowes
Musical Type: 1964 Film/Contemporary Musical (2004)
Tap Number: “Step in Time”
Music: Noel Gay Lyrics/Book: Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1937)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Jeff Richmond Lyrics: Nell Benjamin Book: Tina Fey
Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)
Tap Number: “Stop”
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George Weiss Book: Joseph Stein, Will Glickman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Tap Number: “Too Close for Comfort”
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Peter Stone, Timothy S. Mayer
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Jack Feldman Book: Harvey Fierstein
Musical Type: 1992 Film/Contemporary Musical (2011)
Tap Number: “King of New York”
Music: Vincent Youmans Lyrics: Irving Caesar Lyrics/Book: Otto Harbach Book: Frank Mandel
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1985)
Tap Number: “Tackle That Temptation With a Time-Step”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Tap Number: “A Hat and Cane Song”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)
Tap Number: “The Hollywood Blondes”
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics/Book: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Tap Number: “Life Is Like a Train”
Music: Guy Dubuc, Marc Lessard Music/Lyrics: Andreas Carlsson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Arthur Sullivan Lyrics: W.S. Gilbert Adaptation: Rupert Holmes
Musical Type: Opera (1879) / Contemporary (2025)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Michael Bennett
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Tap Number: “Chapter 4, Number 1909”
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: David Lindsay-Abaire
Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)
Tap Number: “Morning Person”
Music/Lyrics: Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle Book: Flournoy Miller, Aubrey Lyles
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1921)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed Book: Adolph Green, Betty Comden
Musical Type: 1952 Film/Late 20th Century Musical (1983)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman Lyrics: Scott Wittman Book: Matthew López, Amber Ruffin
Musical Type: Contemporary (2022)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Tap Number: “Betty-Jean’s Specialty”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Karey Kirkpatrick Music/Lyrics: Wayne Kirkpatrick Book: John O’Farrell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: John Du Prez Music/Lyrics/Book: Eric Idle
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: David Thompson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Morrie Ryskind Original Libretto: George S. Kaufman
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Tap Number: “Strike Up the Band”
Music: Jule Styne Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Music/Lyrics: Carol Hall Book: Larry L. King, Peter Masterson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1978)
Tap Number: “The Angelette March”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone
Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)
Tap Number: “Turn It Off”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Sandy Wilson
Musical Type: Golden Age (1953)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison Book: Bob Martin, Don McKellar
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Jason Howland Lyrics: Nathan Tysen Book: Kait Kerrigan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2023)
Tap Number: “La Dee Dah With You”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Tap Numbers: “I Wanna Be a Producer”, “Along Came Bialy”, “Springtime”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Tap Number: “Time Warp”
Music/Lyrics: John Kander, Fred Ebb Book: David Thompson
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Tap/Soft Shoe Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Kyle Jarrow
Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)
Tap Number: “I’m Not a Loser”
Music: Henry Krieger Lyrics: Robert Lorick Book: Charles Blackwell
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1983)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1991)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/Book: Dick Scanlan Book: Richard Morris
Musical Type: Contemporary (2002)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Matthew White, Howard Jacques
Musical Type: 1935 Film / Contemporary Musical (2011)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: David Ives, Paul Blake
Musical Type: 1954 Film/Contemporary Musical (2000)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Tap Number: “Puttin’ On The Ritz”
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Last Reviewed: March 3, 2026