Unconventional Musicals – A Complete List

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A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant

Music/Lyrics/Book: Kyle Jarrow

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Genre: Satire

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Adding Machine

Music/Lyrics/Book: Joshua Schmidt  Lyrics/Book: Jason Loewith

Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)

Genre: Drama

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Assassins

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: John Weidman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)

Genre: Drama

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Bat Boy

Music/Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe  Book: Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)

Genre: Comedic Horror

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Cats

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

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)

Genre: Fantasy

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Charlotte Sweet

Music: Gerald Jay Markoe  Lyrics: Michael Colby

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)

Genre: Melodrama

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Chrysanthemum

Music: Robb Stewart  Lyrics/Book: Neville Phillips, Robin Chancellor

Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)

Genre: Melodrama

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Don’t Play Us Cheap

Music/Lyrics/Book: Melvin Van Peebles

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)

Genre: Fantasy

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Evening Primrose

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: James Goldman

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)

Genre: Fantasy

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Evil Dead

Music/Lyrics/Book: George Reinblatt  Music: Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Genre: Comedic Horror / Parody

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Flahooley

Music: Sammy Fain  Lyrics/Book: Yip Harburg  Book: Fred Saidy

Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)

Genre: Fairy Tale / Satire

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Ghost Quartet

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Genre: Song Cycle

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Trask  Book: John Cameron Mitchell

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)

Genre: Drama

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Jerry Springer: The Opera

Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard Thomas, Stewart Lee

Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)

Genre: Fantasy

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Little Shop of Horrors

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)

Genre: Comedic Horror

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Octet

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)

Genre: Avant-Garde

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Pippin

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz  Book: Roger O. Hirson

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)

Genre: Dramedy

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Prettybelle

Music: Jule Styne  Lyrics/Book: Bob Merrill

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)

Genre: Dark Comedy

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Ride the Cyclone

Music/Lyrics/Book: Brooke Maxwell, Jacob Richmond

Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)

Genre: Dark Comedy / Horror

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Salad Days

Music/Lyrics/Book: Julian Slade  Lyrics/Book: Dorothy Reynolds

Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)

Genre: Fantasy

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Starlight Express

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

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)

Genre: Fantasy

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Sweeney Todd

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: Hugh Wheeler

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)

Genre: Horror

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The Dolls of New Albion

Music/Lyrics/Book: Paul Shapera

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Genre: Science Fiction

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The Frogs

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim  Book: Burt Shevelove, Nathan Lane

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)

Genre: Fantasy / Satire

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The Grass Harp

Music: Claibe Richardson  Lyrics/Book: Kenward Elmslie

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)

Genre: Dramedy

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The Rocky Horror Show

Music/Lyrics/Book: Richard O’Brien

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)

Genre: Comedic Horror / Spoof

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The Who’s Tommy

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

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

Genre: Drama

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Weird Romance

Music: Alan Menken  Lyrics: David Spencer  Book: Alan Brennert

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)

Genre: Science Fiction