50+ Tap Dance Musicals – The Full List of Shows
Are you looking to produce a show that features one or more talented tap dancers? Or are you a fan of tap dancing and want to know which musicals feature this timeless art form? Here’s the full list of tap dance musicals and musicals with tap dancing in them, sorted alphabetically.
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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: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: David Thompson, Norman L. Martin
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1971)
Tap Number: “Go Visit Your Grandmother”
Music: Harry Warren Lyrics: Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer Book: Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble
Musical Type: 1933 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1980)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Edward Kleban Book: James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Tap Number: “I Can Do That”
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine
Music: Frank Lazarus, Various Lyrics/Book: Dick Vosburgh
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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: Cole Porter Book: Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1934)
Tap Number: “Anything Goes”
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: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Bring In ‘Da Noise, Bring In ‘Da Funk
Music/Lyrics/Book: Daryl Waters, Ann Duquesnay, Zane Mark, George C. Wolfe, Reg E. Gaines
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1995)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Paul Williams Book: Alan Parker
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1976)
Tap Numbers: “Fat Sam’s Grand Slam”
Music: John Kander Lyrics/Book: Fred Ebb Book: Bob Fosse
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Tap Number: “A Tap Dance”
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Ken Ludwig
Musical Type: Jazz Age/Pre-Contemporary (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/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: James Goldman
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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: 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: Contemporary (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: Pre-Contemporary (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: Pre-Contemporary (1992)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Taliep Petersen Lyrics/Book: David Kramer
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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: Pre-Contemporary (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”
Music: Brad Carroll Lyrics/Book: Peter Sham
Musical Type: Contemporary (2010)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Jerry Herman Book: Michael Stewart
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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: Jazz Age/Pre-Contemporary (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: Pre-Contemporary (1985)
Tap Number: “Tackle That Temptation With a Time-Step”
Music/Lyrics/Book: Dan Goggin
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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: Pre-Contemporary (1978)
Tap Number: “Life Is Like a Train”
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Michael Bennett
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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: F.E. Miller, Aubrey Lyles, George C. Wolfe
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1921)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics: Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed Book: Adolph Green, Betty Comden
Musical Type: 1952 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1983)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
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: Pre-Contemporary (1997)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1927)
Tap Number: “Strike Up the Band”
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Music/Lyrics: Carol Hall Book: Larry L. King, Peter Masterson
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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: Irving Berlin Book: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1925)
Tap Number: “The Bell Hops”
Music/Lyrics: Lisa Lambert, Greg Morrison Book: Bob Martin, Don McKellar
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1998)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan
Musical Type: 1967 Film/Contemporary Musical (2001)
Tap Numbers: “I Wanna Be a Producer”, “Along Came Bialy”, “Springtime”
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: Pre-Contemporary (1983)
Tap Numbers: Multiple
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green Book: Peter Stone
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (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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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.