Tap Dance Musicals – The Complete List
The following list includes 60+ 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: 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: Jazz Age/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: Jazz Age/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: 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”