15 Western Musicals – The Full List of Shows
Looking for musicals that bring the exciting spirit of the wild west to the stage? The shows below focus on classic frontier themes like saloons, cowboys, outlaws, and open plains. Here’s a full list of western musicals, sorted alphabetically.
Western Musicals
Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Genre: Romantic Comedy / Western
Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster Adaptation: Ronald Hanmer, Phil Park
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Genre: Romantic Comedy / Western
Music: David Friedman Lyrics/Book: Peter Kellogg
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Genre: Comedy / Western
Music/Lyrics: Harold Rome Book: Leonard Gershe
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Genre: Dramedy / Western
Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Guy Bolton, John McGowan
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Music/Lyrics/Book: Rick Besoyan
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Genre: Comedy / Spoof / Western
Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics/Book: Oscar Hammerstein II
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy / Western
Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics/Book: Alan Jay Lerner
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Genre: Romantic Dramedy / Western
Music: Harvey Schmidt Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Genre: Dramedy / Western
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Music/Lyrics: Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Book: Lawrence Kasha, David Landay
Musical Type: 1954 Film/Pre-Contemporary Musical (1982)
Genre: Romantic Comedy / Western
Music: Robert Waldman Lyrics/Book: Alfred Uhry
Musical Type: Pre-Contemporary (1975)
Genre: Fairy Tale / Western
Music/Lyrics/Book: Jeff Blim Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Genre: Comedy / Parody / Western
Music/Lyrics: Meredith Willson Book: Richard Morris
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Genre: Semi-Biography / Western
Music: Moose Charlap Lyrics: Norman Gimbel Book: Cy Feuer, Ernest Martin, Dan Cushman
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Genre: Dramedy / Western
Music: Cy Coleman Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh Book: N. Richard Nash
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Genre: Dramedy / Western
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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 and a TESOL drama certificate, with experience working and interning in Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters.
