15 Western Musicals Set in the American West
These western musicals are set in or influenced by the imagery and themes of the American West. The list includes shows with frontier settings, cowboy culture, rural communities, and stories shaped by western identity.
Western Musicals
Musical Type: Golden Age (1946)
Creators: Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Herbert Fields
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Western
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1961)
Creators: Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Western
Musical Type: Contemporary (2004)
Creators: David Friedman and Peter Kellogg
Genre: Comedy / Western
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Harold Rome and Leonard Gershe
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Western
Musical Type: Jazz Age (1930)
Creators: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton, and John McGowan
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Western
Musical Type: Golden Age (1959)
Creators: Rick Besoyan
Genre: Comedy / Spoof / Western
Musical Type: Golden Age (1943)
Creators: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Western
Musical Type: Golden Age (1951)
Creators: Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Western
Musical Type: Contemporary (2001)
Creators: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Western
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1982)
Creators: Gene de Paul, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn, Johnny Mercer, Lawrence Kasha, and David Landay
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Western
Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1975)
Creators: Robert Waldman and Alfred Uhry
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Western
Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)
Creators: Jeff Blim, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang
Genre: Comedy / Parody / Western
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Meredith Willson and Richard Morris
Genre: Biography / Comedy / Western
Musical Type: Golden Age (1958)
Creators: Moose Charlap, Norman Gimbel, Cy Feuer, Ernest Martin, and Dan Cushman
Genre: Comedy / Western
Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1960)
Creators: Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh, and N. Richard Nash
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Western