Unconventional Musicals
The following list includes unconventional musicals that stray from traditional musical structures, music, or plots. Additional musical lists are available in the musical database.
Unconventional Musicals
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: Kyle Jarrow
Musical Type: Contemporary (2007)
Creators: Joshua Schmidt and Jason Loewith
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1990)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1997)
Creators: Laurence O’Keefe, Keythe Farley, and Brian Flemming
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1981)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, and Richard Stilgoe
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Gerald Jay Markoe and Michael Colby
Musical Type: Golden Age (1956)
Creators: Robb Stewart, Neville Phillips, and Robin Chancellor
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Melvin Van Peebles
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1966)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)
Creators: George Reinblatt, Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, and Melissa Morris
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Sammy Fain, Yip Harburg, and Fred Saidy
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1998)
Creators: Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Musical Type: Contemporary (2019)
Creators: Dave Malloy
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1972)
Creators: Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Jule Styne and Bob Merrill
Musical Type: Contemporary (2015)
Creators: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Musical Type: Golden Age (1954)
Creators: Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1984)
Creators: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alistair Lloyd Webber, Richard Stilgoe, David Yazbek, and Nick Coler
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)
Creators: Paul Shapera
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1974)
Creators: Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Nathan Lane
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1971)
Creators: Claibe Richardson and Kenward Elmslie
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1973)
Creators: Richard O’Brien
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1992)
Creators: Alan Menken, David Spencer, and Alan Brennert