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List of musicals: M to Z

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This is a list of musicals, including Broadway musicals, West End musicals, and musicals that premiered in other places, as well as film musicals, whose titles fall into the M–Z alphabetic range. (See also List of notable musical theatre productions, List of operettas, List of Bollywood films, List of rock musicals.)

See List of musicals: A to L for additional titles.

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Mack & Mabel 1974 Broadway Jerry Herman Herman Michael Stewart
The Mad Show 1966 Off-Broadway Mary Rodgers Various artists Larry Siegel and Stan Hart
Made in Dagenham 2014 West End David Arnold Richard Thomas Richard Bean Based on the film of the same name
The Madwoman of Central Park West 1979 Broadway Various artists Various artists Arthur Laurents and Phyllis Newman
Maggie May 1964 West End Lionel Bart Bart Alun Owen
The Magic Basket 1940 Australia Alfred Wheeler Bronnie Taylor Bronnie Taylor 38 amateur productions
Magic Gum Tree 1934 Australia Arline Sauer Arline Sauer 26 amateur productions
The Magic Mrs. Piggle Wiggle 2001 Off-off-Broadway Chad Henry Henry Henry
The Magic of Lassie 1978 Film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Sherman, Sherman and Jean Holloway
The Maid of the Mountains 1917 West End Harold Fraser-Simson Harry Graham Frederick Lonsdale
Make a Wish 1951 Broadway Hugh Martin Martin Preston Sturges
Make Me a Song 2007 Off-Broadway revue William Finn Finn
Making Tracks 1999 Off-Broadway Woody Pak Brian Yorkey Welly Yang
Mame

+ film (1974)

1966 Broadway Jerry Herman Herman Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Notable songs: "Mame", "We Need a Little Christmas" and "If He Walked Into My Life".
Mamma Mia!

+ film (2008)

1999 West End Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson Ulvaeus, Andersson, and Stig Anderson Catherine Johnson Compiled from songs by ABBA. Notable songs: "Dancing Queen", "Does Your Mother Know", and "Mamma Mia".
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 2018 Film Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson Ulvaeus, Andersson, and Stig Anderson Ol Parker Compiled from songs by ABBA. Sequel to the 2008 film Mamma Mia!.
Mam'zelle Champagne 1906 Broadway revue Cassius Freeborn Edgar Allan Woolf Woolf Noted for Harry K. Thaw murdering Stanford White during the opening night performance.
The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular 2002 Australian Bruce Rowland, Lee Kernaghan and Garth Porter Kernaghan and Porter David Atkins and Ignatius Jones
Man of La Mancha 1965 Broadway Mitch Leigh Joe Darion Dale Wasserman Notable song: "The Impossible Dream".
A Man of No Importance 2002 Off-Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Terrence McNally Based on the 1994 Film of the same name.
The Man With a Load of Mischief 1966 Off-Broadway John Clifton Ben Tarver and Clifton Tarver
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977 Animated film Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and Buddy Baker Sherman and Sherman Various writers
March of the Falsettos 1981 Off-Broadway William Finn Finn Finn It would later be half of Falsettos.
Margie 1946 Film Alfred Newman Newman F. Hugh Herbert, Ruth McKenney and Richard Bransten
Marguerite 2008 West End Michel Legrand Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer Claude-Michel Schönberg, Boublil and Jonathan Kent
Marie Christine 1999 Broadway Michael John LaChiusa LaChiusa LaChiusa
Marinka 1945 Broadway Emmerich Kálmán George Marion, Jr. Marion, Jr. and Karl Farkas
Marry Me a Little 1981 Off-Broadway revue Stephen Sondheim Sondheim
Martin Guerre 1997 West End Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil and Stephen Clark Schönberg and Boublil
Mary Poppins

+ film (1964)

2004 West End Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman and George Stiles Sherman, Sherman and Anthony Drewe Julian Fellowes Based on the film of the same name. Notable songs: "Chim-Chim-Cheree" and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
Mary Poppins Returns 2018 Film Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman David Magee Sequel to the 1964 film Mary Poppins.
Matador 1987 West End Mike Leander and Edward Seago Leander and Seago Peter Jukes Notable song: "A Boy from Nowhere".
Matilda

+ film (2022)

2011 West End Tim Minchin Minchin Dennis Kelly Based on a children's novel (Matilda) by Roald Dahl. Had its Broadway premiere in 2013.
Maybe Happy Ending 2017 South Korea Will Aronson Hue Park Directed by Kim Dong-yeon (director)
Maytime 1917 Broadway Sigmund Romberg Rida Johnson Young Young
Me and Juliet 1953 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein
Me and My Dick 2009 University of Michigan A.J. Holmes, Carlos Valdes and Darren Criss Holmes, Valdes and Criss Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden and Eric Kahn Gale Performed by StarKid Productions.
Me and My Girl 1937 West End Noel Gay Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose Furber and Rose Notable song: "The Lambeth Walk".
The Me Nobody Knows 1970 Broadway Gary William Friedman Will Holt Robert H. Livingston, Herb Schapiro and Stephen M. Joseph
Mean Girls 2017 Broadway Jeff Richmond Nell Benjamin Tina Fey Based on the 2004 film of the same name.
Meet Me in St. Louis

+ film (1944)

1989 Broadway Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane Martin and Blane Hugh Wheeler Based on the film of the same name. Notable song: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
Meet Mister Future 2006 Off-Broadway Scott Frankel Michael Korie Korie
Meet the Feebles 1989 Film Peter Dasent Dasent Various writers
Mein Freund Bunbury 1964 German Gerd Natschinski Jürgen Degenhardt Helmut Bez and Jürgen Degenhardt based on Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
Memphis 2009 Broadway David Bryan Bryan and Joe DiPietro DiPietro
Menopause 2001 Off-off-Broadway Various artists Jeanie Linders Linders
Merlin 1983 Broadway Elmer Bernstein Don Black Richard Levinson and William Link
Merrily We Roll Along 1981 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim George Furth Notable songs: "Good Thing Going" and "Not a Day Goes By".
Metropolis 1989 West End Joseph Brooks Dusty Hughes and Brooks Hughes Based on the 1927 movie.
Mexican Hayride 1944 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields
The Mighty Kong 1998 Film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman William J. Keenan Based on the 1933 movie King Kong.
Milk and Honey 1961 Broadway Jerry Herman Herman Don Appell
Millennials 2022 Off-West End Elliot Clay Elliot Clay Elliot Clay
Millennium Dome Show 2000 Millennium Dome Peter Gabriel (issued as OVO) Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel Based on The Story of OVO
Million Dollar Quartet 2010 Broadway Various artists Various artists Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Minimum Wage 2007 Off-Broadway Sean Altman, Charlie LaGreca, Jeff LaGreca, Michael Gribbin, and Rob Utesch Sean Altman, Charlie LaGreca, and Jeff LaGreca Charlie LaGreca and Jeff LaGreca Notable songs:"All These Dreams", "Kooky, The Happy Burger Clown" and "Minimum Wage Theme"
A Minister's Wife 2011 Off-Broadway Joshua Schmidt Jan Tranen Austin Pendleton Based on George Bernard Shaw's Candida.
Les Misérables 1980 French Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
Les Misérables 1985 West End Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer Schönberg, Boublil, Trevor Nunn, and John Caird Notable songs: "I Dreamed a Dream", "On My Own" and "Do You Hear the People Sing?".
Les Misérables

+ film (2012)

1987 Broadway Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer Schönberg, Boublil, Trevor Nunn, and John Caird
Miss 1917 1917 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse
Miss Liberty 1949 Broadway Irving Berlin Berlin Robert E. Sherwood
Miss Saigon 1989 West End Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. Schönberg and Boublil Notable song: "Last Night of the World".
MJ the Musical 2022 Broadway Michael Jackson Jackson Lynn Nottage
Moana 2016 Animated film Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa'i Miranda and Foa'i Jared Bush
Moby Dick 1992 West End Robert Longden and Hereward Kaye Longden and Kaye Longden
Monkey Business 2009 Off-off-Broadway Ronnie L. McGhee McGhee McGhee
Moon Landing 2007 Off-off-Broadway Stephen Edwards Edwards Edwards
More Than You Deserve 1973 Off-Broadway Jim Steinman Steinman Michael Weller
The Most Happy Fella 1956 Broadway Frank Loesser Loesser Loesser Notable song: "Standin' on the Corner".
Motown 2013 Broadway Various artists Various artists Berry Gordy
Moulin Rouge!

+ film (2001)

2018 Broadway Various artists Various artists John Logan Based on the 2001 film of the same name.
Movin' Out 2002 Broadway Billy Joel Joel Joel
Mozart! 1999 Austrian Sylvester Levay Michael Kunze Kunze
Mozart, l'opéra rock 2009 French Dove Attia, Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau, Nicolas Luciani, Rodrigue Janois and François Castello Vincent Baguian and Patrice Guirao Dove Attia and François Chouquet Notable songs: "Tatoue-moi", "Vivre à en crever", "L'Assasymphonie", "Le bien qui fait mal", "J'accuse mon père" and "C'est bientôt la fin".
Mr. Cinders 1929 West End Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers Clifford Grey and Greatorex Newman Grey and Newman
Mr. President 1962 Broadway Irving Berlin Berlin Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Mr. Saturday Night 2021 Broadway Jason Robert Brown Amanda Green Billy CrystalLowell GanzBabaloo Mandel
Mr. Wonderful 1956 Broadway Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George David Weiss Bock, Holofcener and Weiss Joseph Stein and Will Glickman
Mrs. Doubtfire 2019 Broadway Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell Based on the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs Henderson Presents 2015 West End George Fenton and Simon Chamberlin Don Black Terry Johnson Based on the film of the same name
Mrs. Patterson 1954 Broadway James Shelton (songwriter) Shelton Charles Sebree and Greer Johnson
Mrs. Santa Claus 1996 Film Jerry Herman Herman Mark Saltzman Choreography by Rob Marshall
Much Ado 1997 Off-West End Bernard J. Taylor Taylor Taylor
Mulan 1998 Film Jerry Goldsmith and Matthew Wilder Goldsmith and Wilder Robert D. San Souci
Mulan II 2004 Film Joel McNeely Joel McNeely Michael Lucker, Chris Parker, and Roger S. H. Schulman
The Muppet Christmas Carol 1992 Film Paul Williams and Miles Goodman Williams Jerry Juhl Muppet adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
The Muppet Movie 1979 Film Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher Williams and Ascher Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl Notable song: "The Rainbow Connection"
Murder Ballad 2012 Off-Broadway Juliana Nash Nash and Julia Jordan Jordan
Murder for Two 2011 Off-Broadway Joe Kinosian Kellen Blair Kinosian and Blair
Muriel's Wedding 2017 Roslyn Packer Theatre, Sydney Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall, ABBA Miller-Heidke, Nuttall, ABBA P. J. Hogan Based on the 1994 film of the same name
Music
2021
Film Sia, Labrinth, Craig DeLeon Sia
The Music Man

+ film (1962)
+ film (2003)

1957 Broadway Meredith Willson Willson Willson and Franklin Lacey Notable song: "Seventy-Six Trombones".
Mutiny! 1985 West End David Essex Richard Crane Crane
My Fair Lady

+ film (1964)

1956 Broadway Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Lerner Notable songs: "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" and "I Could Have Danced All Night".
My Favorite Year 1992 Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Joseph Dougherty
My Life With Albertine 2003 Off-Broadway Ricky Ian Gordon Gordon and Richard Nelson Nelson
My Little Pony 2017 Film Daniel Ingram Ingram and Michael Vogel G. M. Berrow Based on the television series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
Notable songs: "We Got This Together", "I'm The Friend You Need", "Time to Be Awesome", "One Small Thing", "Open Up Your Eyes" and "Rainbow".
My Marcello 2021 Concept Album Rosabella Gregory Dina Gregory Corey Brunish Based on the movie For Roseanna. Stars Tony winner and star of Frozen, Santino Fontana.
My Name Is Ben 2019 Regional Claire McKenzie Scott Gilmour Gilmour
My One and Only 1983 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Peter Stone and Timothy S. Mayer A revised version of the Gershwins' 1927 musical Funny Face.
My Scary Girl 2008 South Korean Will Aronson Kyoung-Ae Kang Kang
My Son Pinocchio 2006 Kansas City Stephen Schwartz Stephen Schwartz David Stern A retelling of the classic tale of Pinocchio, told from the perspective of his maker and father Geppetto
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1985 Broadway Rupert Holmes Holmes Holmes Notable song "The Writing on the Wall".

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Napoleon 2000 Canadian Timothy Williams Andrew Sabiston Williams and Sabiston
Narnia 1985 Off-off-Broadway Thomas Tierney Ted Drachman Jules Tasca
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 2016 Broadway Dave Malloy Malloy Malloy Electropop opera, Based on Leo Tolstoy's War & Peace
Nate the Great 2018 Regional Brett Ryback Ryback and John Maclay Maclay
Nativity! 2017 Birmingham Debbie Isitt and Nicky Ager Isitt Isitt Based on the 2009 film Nativity!
Ned Kelly 1970 Film Shel Silverstein Silverstein Ian Jones and Tony Richardson
Netru, Indru, Naalai 2006 Indian A. R. Rahman Rahman Rahman
Never Forget 2008 West End Gary Barlow Barlow Guy Jones and Ed Curtis
Never Gonna Dance 2003 Broadway Jerome Kern Various artists Jeffrey Hatcher Based on the 1936 RKO film Swing Time.
Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe 2009 Canadian Jonathan Christenson Jonathan Christenson Jonathan Christenson Staged Off-Broadway in 2015
A New Brain 1998 Off-Broadway William Finn Finn Finn and James Lapine
New Faces of 1952 1952 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
New Girl in Town 1957 Broadway Bob Merrill Merrill George Abbott
Newsical 2004 Off-Broadway Rick Crom Crom Crom
Newsies

+ film (1992) + film (2017)

2012 Broadway Alan Menken Jack Feldman Harvey Fierstein Based on the film of the same name.
Next to Normal 2009 Broadway Tom Kitt Brian Yorkey Yorkey
Nice Work If You Can Get It 2012 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Joe DiPietro
Night of the Living Dead! The Musical! 2018 Off-Broadway Jordan Wolfe Wolfe Wolfe Based on the 1968 film of the same name.[1]
A Night with Janis Joplin 2013 Broadway Janis Joplin Joplin Randy Johnson Jukebox musical detailing the life and music of Janis Joplin.
Nightingale 1982 Off-West End Charles Strouse Strouse Strouse
The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 Film Danny Elfman Elfman Caroline Thompson and Michael McDowell Notable songs: "What's This?", "This Is Halloween", and "Making Christmas".
Nine

+ film (2009)

1982 Broadway Maury Yeston Yeston Arthur Kopit
No, No, Nanette 1925 Broadway Vincent Youmans Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach Harbach and Frank Mandel Notable songs: "Tea for Two" and "I Want to Be Happy".
No Strings 1962 Broadway Richard Rodgers Rodgers Samuel A. Taylor
Nobody's Boy 1919 West End Edward A. Horan John P. Wilson William Lestocq
Nord-Ost 2001 Russian Aleksei Ivaschenko and Georgii Vasilyev Ivaschenko and Vasilyev Veniamin Kaverin
Nosferatu the Vampire 1994 Off-off-Broadway Bernard J. Taylor Taylor Taylor
The Notebook 2022 Broadway Ingrid Michaelson Michaelson Bekah Brunstetter Based on the 1996 novel of the same name, written by Nicholas Sparks.
Notre-Dame de Paris 1998 French Riccardo Cocciante Luc Plamondon Plamondon Notable songs: "Les temps des cathedrales", "Belle" and "Vivre".
Now. Here. This. 2012 Off-Broadway Jeff Bowen Bowen Hunter Bell and Susan Blackwell
Now Is the Time for All Good Men 1967 Off-Broadway Nancy Ford Gretchen Cryer Cryer
Nunsense 1985 Off-Broadway Dan Goggin Goggin Goggin
Nymph Errant 1933 West End Cole Porter Porter Romney Brent

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
O Marry Me! 1961 Off-Broadway Robert Kessler Lola Pergament Pergament
O Pioneers! 2001 Off-Broadway Mel Atkey Atkey Robert Sickinger
O Say Can You See! 1962 Off-Broadway Jack Holmes Bill Conklin and Bob Miller Conklin and Miller
October Sky 2016 Regional Michael Mahler Mahler Brian Hill and Aaron Thielen Based on the 1999 film of the same name.
Of Thee I Sing 1931 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind Notable song: "Love is Sweeping the Country".
Of V We Sing 1942 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Sam Locke, Mel Tolkin and Al Geto
The Office! A Musical Parody 2018 Off-Broadway Assaf Gleizner Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith A musical parody of the television series The Office.[2]
Oh, Boy! 1917 Broadway Jerome Kern Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse Bolton Wodehouse Notable song: "Till the Clouds Roll By".
Oh! Calcutta! 1969 Off-Broadway revue Peter Schickele, Robert Dennis, and Stanley Walden Schickele, Dennis, and Walden Various
Oh, Captain! 1958 Broadway Jay Livingston and Ray Evans Livingston and Evans Al Morgan and José Ferrer
Oh, Kay! 1926 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse Notable song: "Someone to Watch Over Me".
Oh, What a Lovely War!

+ film (1969)

1963 West End Various artists Various artists Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop
Oil City Symphony 1987 Off-Broadway Various artists Various artists Mike Craver, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk and Mary Murfitt
Oklahoma!

+ film (1955)

1943 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein Notable songs: "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'", "Oklahoma!" and "People Will Say We're in Love".
Olaf's Frozen Adventure 2017 Featurette Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson Samsel and Anderson Jac Schaeffer
Oliver!

+ film (1968)

1960 West End Lionel Bart Bart Bart Notable songs: "Consider Yourself", "Where is Love?", "As Long As He Needs Me" and "Food, Glorious Food".
Oliver & Company 1988 Film J.A.C. Redford Redford Jim Cox, Tim Disney and James Mangold
Olympus on My Mind 1986 Off-Broadway Grant Sturiale Barry Harman Harman
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

+ film (1970)

1965 Broadway Burton Lane Alan Jay Lerner Lerner
On the Level 1966 West End Ron Grainer Grainer Ronald Millar
On the Record 2004 US Tour Various artists Various artists
On the Town

+ film (1949)

1944 Broadway Leonard Bernstein Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green Notable song: "New York, New York".
On the Twentieth Century 1978 Broadway Cy Coleman Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green
On Your Feet! 2015 Broadway Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, and Miami Sound Machine Emilio Estefan and Gloria Estefan Alexander Dinelaris Jukebox musical based on the lives and music of Gloria and Emilio Estefan.
On Your Toes 1936 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Rodgers, Hart and George Abbott
Once

+ film (2006)

2012 Broadway Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Hansard and Irglova Enda Walsh Notable song: "Falling Slowly".
Once on This Island 1990 Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Ahrens
Once Upon a Mattress 1959 Off-Broadway Mary Rodgers Marshall Barer Jay Thompson, Barer and Dean Fuller
Once Upon a One More Time 2021 Regional Britney Spears & others Britney Spears & others Jon Hartmere
Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi 2008 British Elliot Davis and Phil Willmott Davis and Willmott Davis and Willmott
One and One 1978 Off-Broadway Dianne Adams and Richard O'Donnell. Adams and O'Donnell Fred Bennett and O'Donnell
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band 1968 Film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Lowell S. Hawley
One Touch of Venus 1943 Broadway Kurt Weill Ogden Nash S. J. Perelman and Nash Notable song: "Speak Low".
Only Fools and Horses 2019 West End Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan Whitehouse and Sullivan Whitehouse and Sullivan
Only the Lonely - The Roy Orbison Story 1995 Off-Broadway Various artists Various artists
Opening Night 2024 West End Rufus Wainwright Wainwright Ivo van Hove Based on the 1977 film of the same name by John Cassavetes.
Operation Mincemeat 2019 West End David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts Cumming, Hagan, Hodgson, and Roberts Cumming, Hagan, Hodgson, and Roberts
Ordinary Days 2009 Off-Broadway Adam Gwon Gwon Gwon
The Osmonds 2022 Touring Various Various Julian Bigg, Shaun Kerrison and Jay Osmond (story)
Our House 2002 West End Madness Madness Tim Firth
Our Miss Gibbs 1909 West End Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank Cryptos and James T. Tanner
Out of This World 1950 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Dwight Taylor and Reginald Lawrence
The Outsiders 2023 Broadway Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance Justin Levine Adam Rapp Based on the novel The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton, and on the 1983 film adaptation written by Kathleen Rowell and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Over Here! 1974 Broadway Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Will Holt

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notesfilm
Pacific 1860 1946 West End Noël Coward Coward Coward
Pacific Overtures 1976 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim John Weidman
Paint Your Wagon

+ film (1969)

1951 Broadway Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Lerner Notable song: "Wand'rin' Star".
The Pajama Game

+ film (1957)

1954 Broadway Richard Adler and Jerry Ross Adler and Ross George Abbott and Richard Bissell Notable songs: "Steam Heat" and "Hernando's Hideaway".
Pal Joey

+ film (1957)

1940 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart John O'Hara Notable song: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".
Panama Hattie 1940 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva
Parade 1998 Broadway Jason Robert Brown Brown Alfred Uhry
Paradise Square 2018 Broadway Jason Howland Masi Asare and Nathan Tysen Christina AndersonLarry KirwanCraig Lucas Hard Timesby Larry Kirwan
Paris 1928 Broadway Cole Porter, Walter Kollo, and Louis Alter Porter, E. Ray Goetz, and Roy Turk Martin Brown
Paris 2003 Australian Jon English and David MacKay English and MacKay English and MacKay
Passing Strange 2008 Broadway Stew and Heidi Rodewald Stew Stew
Passing Through 2019 Regional Brett Ryback Ryback Eric Ulloa
Passion 1994 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Lapine
The Passion Flower Hotel 1965 West End John Barry Trevor Peacock Wolf Mankowitz
Pegados, El Musical 2010 Spanish Ferran Gonzalez and Alicia Serrat Gonzalez and Serrat Gonzalez
Pennies from Heaven 1981 Film Various artists Various artists Dennis Potter
Perchance to Dream 1945 West End Ivor Novello Novello Novello
The Perfect City 2014 Off-off-West End Martin Coslett Ross Clark Andrew Miller
Perfect Harmony 2010 Off-Broadway Various artists Various artists Andrew Grosso and The Essentials
The Perils of Pauline 1947 Film Robert Emmett Dolan Dolan P.J. Wolfson and Frank Butler
Peter Pan 1950 Broadway Leonard Bernstein Bernstein J. M. Barrie
Peter Pan 1953 Animated film Frank Churchill and Sammy Fain Various artists Various writers
Peter Pan 1954 Broadway Mark Charlap and Jule Styne Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Carolyn Leigh J. M. Barrie
Peter Pan 1996 Danish George Stiles and Anthony Drewe Stiles and Drewe Willis Hall
Pete's Dragon 1977 Animated film Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn Kasha and Hirschhorn Malcolm Marmorstein Notable song: "Candle on the Water".
Le Petit Prince 2002 French Richard Cocciante Cocciante Cocciante
Phantom 1991 Regional Maury Yeston Yeston Arthur Kopit
Phantom of the Opera 1976 West End Ken Hill Hill Hill
The Phantom of the Opera

+ film (2004)

1986 Broadway Andrew Lloyd Webber Charles Hart Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe Notable songs: "The Phantom of the Opera" and "The Music of the Night".
The Phantom Tollbooth 1995 Off-Broadway Arnold Black Sheldon Harnick Norton Juster and Harnick
Phi-Phi 1918 French Henri Christiné Albert Willemetz and Fabien Solar Willemetz and Solar
Pickwick 1963 West End Cyril Ornadel Leslie Bricusse Wolf Mankowitz
Pieces of Eight 1985 Off-West End Jule Styne Susan Birkenhead Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble
Pink Floyd – The Wall 1982 Film Pink Floyd, Bob Ezrin and Michael Kamen Floyd, Ezrin and Kamen Roger Waters
Pinocchio 1940 Animated film Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith Harline and Smith Various writers Notable song: "When You Wish Upon a Star".
Pins and Needles 1937 Broadway revue Harold Rome Rome Various writers
Pipe Dream 1955 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein
Pippin 1972 Broadway Stephen Schwartz Schwartz Roger O. Hirson
The Pirate Queen 2007 Broadway Claude-Michel Schönberg Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. Schönberg, Boublil and Maltby, Jr. Notable song: "Woman".
The Pirates of Penzance 1879 Fifth Avenue Theatre Arthur Sullivan W.S. Gilbert Notable song: "I am the very model of a modern Major-General".
Pitch Perfect 2012 Film Christophe Beck and Mark Kilian Beck and Kilian Kay Cannon
Pitch Perfect 2 2015 Film Mark Mothersbaugh Mothersbaugh Kay Cannon
Pitch Perfect 3 2017 Film Christopher Lennertz Lennertz Kay Cannon and Mike White
Plain and Fancy 1955 Broadway Albert Hague Arnold Horwitt Joseph Stein and Will Glickman
Platinum 1978 Broadway Gary William Friedman Will Holt Holt and Bruce Vilanch
Play On! 1997 Broadway Duke Ellington Various artists Cheryl West
La Plume de Ma Tante 1958 Broadway revue Gérard Calvi Ross Parker and Francis Blanche Robert Dhéry
Pocahontas 1995 Animated film Alan Menken Stephen Schwartz Carl Binder, Susannah Grant and Philip LaZebnik Notable song: "Colors of the Wind".
Pokémon Live! 2001 US Tour Unknown Unknown Unknown
Poor Little Rich Girl 1936 Film Mack Gordon and Harry Revel Gordon and Revel Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman and Harry Tugend
Popeye 1980 Film Harry Nilsson and Tom Pierson Nilsson and Pierson Jules Feiffer
Porgy and Bess

+ film (1959)

1935 Broadway George Gershwin DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin Heyward Notable song: "Summertime".
Portofino 1958 Broadway Louis Bellson and Will Irwin Richard Ney and Sheldon Harnick Ney
Pretty Woman 2018 Broadway Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance Garry Marshall and J. F. Lawton
Pride and Prejudice 1993 Off-off-Broadway Bernard J. Taylor Taylor Taylor
The Prince and the Pauper 2002 Off-Broadway Neil Berg Berg Mark Twain
Prince of Broadway 2015 Broadway revue Jason Robert Brown Brown David Thompson
The Prince of Egypt

+ film (1998)

2017 West End Stephen Schwartz Schwartz Philip LaZebnik
The Princess and the Frog 2009 Animated film Randy Newman Newman Ron Clements, John Musker, and Rob Edwards
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2006 Sydney Lyric Various artists Various artists Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott
The Producers

+ film (2005)

2001 Broadway Mel Brooks Brooks Brooks and Thomas Meehan Notable songs: "Springtime for Hitler", "I Wanna Be a Producer", and "Keep It Gay"
The Prom

+ film (2020)

2016 Broadway Matthew Sklar Chad Beguelin Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin
Promenade 1969 Off-Broadway Al Carmines María Irene Fornés Fornés
Promises, Promises 1968 Broadway Burt Bacharach Hal David Neil Simon Notable song: "I Say a Little Prayer".
Pump Boys and Dinettes 1982 Broadway Various artists Various artists Various writers
Purlie 1970 Broadway Gary Geld Peter Udell Ossie Davis, Philip Rose and Udell
Puteri Gunung Ledang 2006 Malaysian Dick Lee Adlin Aman Ramlie Saw Teong Hin, Zahim Albakri and Ramlie

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Quadrophenia 1996 Off-Broadway Pete Townshend Townshend Townshend Notable song: "Love Reign O'er Me".
Queen O' Hearts 1922 Broadway Lewis E. Gensler and Dudley Wilkinson Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein and Frank Mandel
Queen of the Mist 2011 Off-Broadway Michael John LaChiusa
Quilters 1984 Broadway Barbara Damashek Damashek Molly Newman and Damashek

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
The Race to Urga 1969 Workshop Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim John Guare
Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It) 1973 Broadway Paul Jabara Jabara Jabara and Tom Eyen
Raggedy Ann 1986 Broadway Joe Raposo Raposo William Gibson Also known as Rag Dolly
Raggedy Ann & Andy 1977 Animated film Joe Raposo Raposo Patricia Thackray and Max Wilk Notable songs: "Rag Dolly", "No Girl's Toy", "Blue", and "Candy Hearts and Paper Flowers".
Rags 1986 Broadway Charles Strouse Stephen Schwartz Joseph Stein
Ragtime 1998 Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Terrence McNally Notable songs: "Wheels of a Dream" and "Your Daddy's Son".
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles 2010 Broadway
Raise Your Voice 2004 Film Aaron Zigman and Machine Head Aaron Zigman and Machine Head Mitch Rotter
Raisin 1973 Broadway Judd Woldin Robert Brittan Robert B. Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg
Randy Newman's Faust 1995 Off-Broadway Randy Newman Newman Newman
Ratatouille the Musical 2021 Benefit concert Various Various Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley
Rebecca 2006 Austrian Sylvester Levay Michael Kunze Kunze
Red, Hot and Blue 1936 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Star vehicle for Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante.
Red Pepper 1922 Broadway Owen Murphy and Albert Gumble Howard Rogers and Murphy Edgar Smith and Emily Young
The Red Shoes 1993 Broadway Jule Styne Marsha Norman and Bob Merrill Norman
Red, White and Maddox 1969 Broadway Don Tucker Tucker Jay Broad and Tucker
Redhead 1959 Broadway Albert Hague Dorothy Fields Herbert Fields, Sidney Sheldon, David Shaw and Fields
Reefer Madness

+ film (2005)

2004 Off-Broadway Dan Studney Kevin Murphy Murphy
Rent

+ film (2005)

1996 Off-Broadway Jonathan Larson Larson Larson Notable songs: "Seasons of Love", "La Vie Bohème" and "Take Me or Leave Me".
Repo! The Genetic Opera 2008 Film Terrance Zdunich and Darren Smith Zdunich and Smith Zdunich and Smith Notable songs: "Zydrate Anatomy", "Mark it Up" and "Seventeen".
Return to the Forbidden Planet 1989 West End jukebox Various artists Various artists Bob Carlton
La Révolution Française 1973 French Claude-Michel Schönberg and Raymond Jeannot Alain Boublil and Jean-Max Rivière Boublil and Rivière
Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter 2014 Off-Broadway Ívar Páll Jónsson Jónsson Jónsson
Rex 1976 Broadway Richard Rodgers Sheldon Harnick Sherman Yellen
Ride the Cyclone 2008 Off-Broadway Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell Notable song: "Noel's Lament".
The Rink 1984 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Terrence McNally
Riverwind 1962 Off-Broadway John Jennings Jennings Jennings
Road Show 2003 Off-Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim John Weidman Retitled from Bounce
Road to Morocco 1942 Film Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Burke Frank Butler and Don Hartman
Road to Singapore 1940 Film James V. Monaco and Victor Schertzinger Johnny Burke Frank Butler, Don Hartman and Harry Hervey
Road to Utopia 1945 Film Jimmy Van Heusen Johnny Burke Melvin Frank and Norman Panama
Road to Zanzibar 1941 Film Jimmy Van Heusen and D. Costa Johnny Burke and John Howard Payne Sy Bartlett, Frank Butler and Don Hartman
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd 1965 UK Tour Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley Bricusse and Newley Bricusse and Newley
The Robber Bridegroom 1975 Broadway Robert Waldman Alfred Uhry Uhry
Robert and Elizabeth 1964 West End Ron Grainer Ronald Millar Millar
Roberta

+ film (1935)

1933 Broadway Jerome Kern Otto Harbach Harbach
Robinson Crusoe 1917 Australia Herbert De Pinna and Bert Rache Victor Prince Daniel DeFoe Vaudeville style comedy in which the title and concept are owed to the book author, but the content is sparsely related.
Rock 'n Roll Café 2012 Off-Broadway Bernard J. Taylor Taylor Taylor
Rock of Ages

+ film (2012)

2006 Broadway jukebox Various artists Various artists Chris D'Arienzo
Rockabye Hamlet 1974 Canadian Cliff Jones Jones Jones
Rockville 2009 Off-Broadway Martin Gellner and Werner Stranka Gellner, Stranka and Kim Duddy Duddy
Rocky 2014 Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Thomas Meehan Based on the film of the same name.
The Rocky Horror Show

+ film (1975)

1973 West End Richard O'Brien O'Brien O'Brien Notable songs: "The Time Warp" and "Sweet Transvestite".
Le Roi Soleil 2005 French Various artists Lionel Florence and Patrice Guirao Kamel Ouali
Roman Holiday 2001 Regional Cole Porter Porter Paul Blake, Kathy Speer, and Terry Grossman Based on the 1953 film of the same name.
Romance in Hard Times 1989 Off-Broadway William Finn Finn Finn
Romance/Romance 1988 Broadway Keith Herrmann Barry Harman Harman
Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour 2001 French Gérard Presgurvic Presgurvic Presgurvic Notable songs: "Les Rois du monde", "Aimer" and "On Dit Dans La Rue".
Rosalie

+ film (1937)

1928 Broadway George Gershwin and Sigmund Romberg Ira Gershwin and P.G. Wodehouse William Anthony McGuire and Guy Bolton Cole Porter composed an almost entirely new score for the film adaptation.
Rose-Marie 1924 Broadway Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II Harbach and Hammerstein
The Rothschilds 1970 Broadway Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Sherman Yellen
Rover Dangerfield 1991 Film David Newman Newman Rodney Dangerfield
Royal Wedding 1951 Film Burton Lane Alan Jay Lerner Lerner
Rudolf 2009 Austrian Frank Wildhorn Jack Murphy and Nan Knighton Murphy and Phoebe Hwang
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964 TV special Johnny Marks Johnny Marks Marks Notable songs: "There's Always Tomorrow", "Silver and Gold" and "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
A Runaway Girl 1898 West End Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton Aubrey Hopwood and Harry Greenbank Seymour Hicks and Harry Nicholls
Runaways 1978 Broadway Elizabeth Swados Swados Swados

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Sadie Thompson 1944 Broadway Vernon Duke Howard Dietz Dietz and Rouben Mamoulian
Sail Away 1961 Broadway Noël Coward Coward Coward
Salad Days 1954 West End Julian Slade Slade and Dorothy Reynolds Slade and Reynolds
Sally 1925 Broadway Jerome Kern Clifford Grey Guy Bolton
Saludos Amigos 1942 Film Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb and Paul J. Smith Wolcott, Plumb and Smith Various writers
Salvation 1969 Off-Broadway Peter Link and C.C. Courtney Link and Courtney Link and Courtney
San Francisco 1936 Film Bronislaw Kaper and Walter Jurmann Gus Kahn Robert E. Hopkins and Anita Loos
The Sap of Life 1961 Off-Broadway David Shire Richard Maltby, Jr. Maltby, Jr.
Sarafina! 1988 Broadway Mbongeni Ngema Ngema Ngema
Saratoga 1959 Broadway Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer Morton DaCosta
Saturday Night 2000 Off-Broadway Stephen Sondheim Stephen Sondheim Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein
Saturday Night Fever 2000 Broadway Bee Gees Bee Gees Nan Knighton
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens 1995 West End Jonathan Croose and Robin Forrest Charlotte Mann and Michael Fidler Mann and Fidler
Saved 2008 Off-Broadway Michael Friedman Friedman John Dempsey and Rinne Groff
Say, Darling 1958 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Abe Burrows, Marian Bissell and Richard Bissell
Say It with Songs 1929 Film Dave Dreyer and Billy Rose Dreyer and Rose Joseph Jackson, Darryl F. Zanuck and Harvey Gates
Say When 1934 Broadway Ray Henderson Ted Koehler Jack McGowan
Scandalous 2012 Broadway David Pomeranz and David Friedman Kathie Lee Gifford Gifford
The Scarlet Pimpernel 1997 Broadway Frank Wildhorn Nan Knighton Knighton
School of Rock 2015 Broadway Andrew Lloyd Webber Glenn Slater Julian Fellowes
Schwestern im Geiste 2014 Neuköllner Oper, Berlin Thomas Zaufke Peter Lund Lund and Zaufke
The Scottsboro Boys 2010 West End John Kander Fred Ebb David Thompson
Scrooge 1970 Film Leslie Bricusse Bricusse Bricusse A musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic 1843 story, A Christmas Carol.
Second Chance 2009 French Frédérick Desroches Stéphane Prémont and Alexandre Martel Prémont, Jean-Pierre Cloutier and Joëlle Bourdon
The Secret Garden 1991 Broadway Lucy Simon Marsha Norman Norman
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1964 Off-Broadway Leon Carr Carr Carr
See Rock City & Other Destinations 2010 Off-Broadway Brad Alexander Adam Mathias Mathias
See What I Wanna See 2005 Off-Broadway Michael John LaChiusa LaChiusa LaChiusa
See You Later 1951 West End Sandy Wilson Wilson Wilson
Seesaw 1973 Broadway Cy Coleman Dorothy Fields Michael Bennett
Sergeant Brue 1904 West End Liza Lehmann J. Hickory Wood Owen Hall
Seussical 2000 Broadway Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens Flaherty and Ahrens Based on the works of Dr. Seuss.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

+ film (1954)

1982 Broadway Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn Johnny Mercer, Kasha and Hirschhorn Lawrence Kasha and David Landay Based on the 1954 Stanley Donen film of the same name.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1978 Film The Beatles The Beatles Henry Edwards
Shangri-La 1956 Broadway Harry Warren James Hilton, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Hilton, Lawrence and Lee
Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure 2011 Film George S. Clinton Clinton Robert Horn Direct-to-DVD spin-off of High School Musical.
She Loves Me 1963 Broadway Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Joe Masteroff
Shenandoah 1975 Broadway Gary Geld Peter Udell Udell, James Lee Barrett and Philip Rose
Shinbone Alley 1957 Broadway George Kleinsinger Joe Darion Darion and Mel Brooks Also performed as archy & mehitabel.
Shock Treatment 1981 Film Richard Hartley and Richard O'Brien O'Brien Jim Sharman and O'Brien
Shockheaded Peter 1998 Off-West End Adrian Huge, Martyn Jacques and Adrian Stout Jacques Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns, Graeme Gilmour and Tamzin Griffin
Shout! The Mod Musical 2006 Off-Broadway Various artists Various artists Phillip George and David Lowenstein
Show Boat 1927 Broadway Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II and P. G. Wodehouse Hammerstein II Notable songs: "Ol' Man River", "Bill", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".
Show Girl 1929 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn William Anthony McGuire
Showgirls! The Musical 2013 Off-Broadway Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith Bob and Tobly McSmith A musical parody of the film Showgirls.[3]
Showtune 2003 Off-Broadway revue Jerry Herman Herman Paul Gilger Premiered in San Francisco in 1985 as "Tune the Grand Up", with revivals in London in 1998 as "The Best of Times".
Shrek 2009 Broadway Jeanine Tesori David Lindsay-Abaire Lindsay-Abaire Notable songs: "Freak Flag" and "I Think I Got You Beat".
Shucked 2022 Broadway Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally Clark and McAnally Robert Horn
Side by Side by Sondheim 1976 West End revue Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers and Jule Styne Sondheim
Side Show 1997 Broadway Henry Krieger Bill Russell Russell
Silk Stockings

+ film (1957)

1955 Broadway Cole Porter Porter George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath and Abe Burrows
Sing 1989 Film Jay Gruska Gruska and Dean Pitchford Pitchford
Sing 2016 Film Joby Talbot Various
Sing As We Go 1934 Film Ernest Irving Irving Gordon Wellesley and J. B. Priestley
Singin' in the Rain

+ film (1952)

1983 West End Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed Betty Comden and Adolph Green Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original. Notable songs: "Singin' in the Rain" and "Make 'Em Laugh".
Sister Act 2009 West End Alan Menken Glenn Slater Bill and Cheri Steinkellner
Six 2017 West End Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss Marlow and Moss Marlow and Moss
Skittles Commercial 2019 The Town Hall (New York City) Drew Gasparini Nathaniel Lawlor Lawlor and Will Eno A live, one-night-only, staged musical commercial by Skittles that benefited Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.[4]
Skyscraper 1965 Broadway Jimmy Van Heusen Sammy Cahn Peter Stone
Sleeping Beauty 1959 Animated film George Bruns Bruns Erdman Penner Notable song: "Once Upon a Dream".
The Slipper and the Rose 2001 Off-West End Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Angela Morley Morley Retelling of the classic fairy tale of Cinderella.
Smike 1973 Film Roger Holman and Simon May Holman and May May and Clive Barnett Adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby.
Smile 1986 Broadway Marvin Hamlisch Howard Ashman Ashman
Smiling the Boy Fell Dead 1961 Off-Broadway David Baker Sheldon Harnick Ira Wallach
Smoke on the Mountain 1988 Off-Broadway Connie Ray Ray Ray
Smokey Joe's Cafe 1995 Broadway revue Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller Leiber and Stoller
Snoopy! 1975 Off-Broadway Larry Grossman Hal Hackady Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw and Michael Grace
Snoopy Come Home 1972 Film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Charles M. Schulz
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

+ film (1937)

1969 Regional (The Muny and Radio City Music Hall) Jay Blackton Joe Cook Cook Based on the 1937 animated film of the same name.
Snow.Wolf.Lake 1997 Chinese Guo Sai Cheung, Dick Lee, Iskandar Ismail and Lam Ming Yeung Lam, Jang Keung, Albert Leung, Choo, Sin Man and Jacky Cheung Cheung
Soho Cinders 2011 British George Stiles Anthony Drewe Drewe and Elliot Davis
Some Like It Hot 2022 Shubert Theatre Marc Shaiman Scott Wittman Matthew López and Amber Ruffin Adapted from the 1959 film by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond
Someone Like You 1989 West End Petula Clark Dee Shipman Robin Midgley and Fay Weldon
Something Rotten! 2015 Broadway Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell
Sondheim on Sondheim 2010 Broadway revue Stephen Sondheim and others Sondheim James Lapine
Song and Dance 1982 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black and Richard Maltby, Jr. Lloyd Webber Notable songs: "Unexpected Song" and "Tell Me on a Sunday".
Song of Norway 1944 Broadway Edvard Grieg Robert Wright and George Forrest Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran
Songs for a New World 1995 Off-Broadway Jason Robert Brown Brown Brown
Sophisticated Ladies 1981 Broadway Duke Ellington Various artists Donald McKayle
Soul Men 2008 Film Stanley Clarke Clarke Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone
Soul Sister 2012 West End Various Various John Miller and Pete Brooks Featuring the songs of Tina Turner
The Sound of Music

+ film (1965)

1959 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Notable songs: "Do-Re-Mi", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "The Sound of Music" and "My Favorite Things".
South Pacific

+ film (1958)

1949 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan Notable songs: "Bali Ha'i", "Some Enchanted Evening", "Younger Than Springtime" and "Happy Talk".
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999 Animated film Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman Parker and Shaiman Parker, Matt Stone and Pam Brady Notable songs: "Blame Canada", "Uncle Fucker", "It's Easy, Mmkay" and "Kyle's Mom is a Big, Fat, Bitch".
Soviet Zion 2015 London Giles Howe and Katy Lipson Howe G. Howe and Roberto Trippini Premiered at Jewish Museum London and transferred to The Lost Theatre (now Stockwell Playhouse, London). Concept album released 2021 with bonus album of selections in Yiddish.
Spamalot 2005 Broadway John Du Prez, Eric Idle and Neil Innes Idle Idle Notable songs: "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" and "The Song That Goes Like This".
Spectacular! 2009 Film Various artists Various artists Jim Kreig
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark 2010 Broadway Bono, The Edge Bono, The Edge Julie Taymor, Glen Berger, and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
The Spitfire Grill 2001 Off-Broadway James Valcq Fred Alley Valcq and Alley
SpongeBob SquarePants 2016 Broadway Various Various Kyle Jarrow
Spring Awakening 2006 Broadway Duncan Sheik Steven Sater Sater Notables songs: "Mama Who Bore Me", "The Bitch of Living" and "The Song of Purple Summer".
St. Louis Woman 1946 Broadway Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer Arna Bontemps and Countee Cullen
Stand Up - The Musical 2014 Regional Daryl Denham and Maurice Cheetham Denham and Cheetham Denham
Standing at the Sky's Edge 2019 West End Richard Hawley Hawley Chris Bush
A Star Is Born (1954), (1976), + (2018) 1954, 1976, 2018 Film Various Various Various All three films were based on the 1937 film of the same name.
Starlight Express 1984 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Richard Stilgoe Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe Notable songs: "U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.", "Starlight Express" and "Light at the End of the Tunnel".
Starmania 1976 French and Canadian Michel Berger Luc Plamondon Plamondon Notable songs: "Un garçon pas comme les autres" (English: "Ziggy"), "Le monde est stone" (English: "The World is Stone")
Starmites 1989 Broadway Barry Keating Keating Stuart Ross and Keating
Starship 2011 Off-off-Broadway Darren Criss Criss Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden and Joe Walker Performed by StarKid Productions.
Starting Here, Starting Now 1976 Off-Broadway revue David Shire Richard Maltby, Jr.
State Fair

+ film (1945)

1996 Broadway Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II Tom Briggs and Louis Mattioli Based on the film of the same name. Notable songs: "It Might as Well Be Spring", "It's A Grand Night for Singing" and "Isn't It Kind of Fun?".
Steel Pier 1997 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb David Thompson
Step Up: All In 2014 Las Vegas Dolby Digital Don Black and Christopher Hampton Black and Hampton
Stephen Ward 2013 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black and Christopher Hampton Black and Hampton
Stingray Sam 2009 Film Cory McAbee McAbee McAbee
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off 1961 West End Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley Bricusse and Newley Bricusse and Newley
The Story of My Life 2009 Broadway Neil Bartram Neil Bartram Brian Hill
Street Scene 1947 Broadway Kurt Weill Elmer Rice Elmer Rice
Strider 1979 Broadway Norman L. Berman Steve Brown Mark Rozovsky
Strike Up the Band 1930 Broadway George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Morrie Ryskind Notable song: "Strike Up the Band".
The Stripper 1982 Australian Richard Hartley Richard O'Brien Carter Brown
The Student Prince 1924 Broadway Sigmund Romberg Dorothy Donnelly Donnelly Longest-running musical of the 1920s, until Show Boat.
Subways Are For Sleeping 1961 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green
Suffs 2022 Off-Broadway Shaina Taub Shaina Taub Shaina Taub
Sugar 1972 Broadway Jule Styne Bob Merrill Peter Stone
Sugar Babies 1979 Broadway revue Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields and Al Dubin
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical 2017 Broadway Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, Paul Jabara, and others Summer, Moroder, Bellotte, Jabara, and others Colman Domingo, Robert Cary, and Des McAnuff
Sunday in the Park with George 1984 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim James Lapine Notable songs: "Sunday in the Park with George", "Everybody Loves Louis" and "Finishing the Hat".
Sunny Afternoon 2014 West End Ray Davies Davies Joe Penhall Winner of 2015 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
Sunset Boulevard 1993 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black and Christopher Hampton Black and Hampton Notable songs: "Sunset Boulevard", "With One Look" and "As If We Never Said Goodbye".
Sunshine on Leith

+ film (2013)

2007 Dundee Rep Craig Reid and Charlie Reid Reid & Reid Stephen Greenhorn Compiled by songs from The Proclaimers. Notable Songs: "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

+ film (2007)

1979 Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim Hugh Wheeler Notable songs: "The Worst Pies in London", "Green Finch and Linnet Bird", "Johanna" and "No Place Like London".
Sweet Charity

+ film (1969)

1966 Broadway Cy Coleman Dorothy Fields Neil Simon Notable songs: "Big Spender", "If My Friends Could See Me Now" and "The Rhythm of Life".
Sweet Smell of Success 2002 Broadway Marvin Hamlisch Craig Carnelia John Guare
Swing! 1999 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
The Swing Mikado 1938 Broadway Gentry Warden and Arthur Sullivan W. S. Gilbert Harry Minturn Based on Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, The Mikado.
Swing Time 1936 Film George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Howard Lindsay and Allan Scott
Swinging on a Star 1995 Broadway revue Johnny Burke Burke Michael Leeds
The Sword in the Stone 1963 Film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Bill Peet

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Taboo 2003 West End Boy George, Kevan Frost, John Themis and Richie Stevens George Mark Davies Markham and Charles Busch
Take Flight! 2007 West End David Shire Richard Maltby, Jr. John Weidman
Take It Easy 1996 Off-Broadway Raymond Fox Fox Fox
Take Me Along 1959 Broadway Bob Merrill Merrill Joseph Stein and Robert Russell
Taking My Turn 1983 Off-Broadway Gary William Friedman Will Holt Elise Brosnan
A Tale of Two Cities 2008 Broadway Jill Santoriello Santoriello Santoriello
Tältprojektet 1977 Swedish Ulf Dageby Dageby Dageby
Tammy Faye 2022 Broadway Elton John Jake Shears James Graham
Tangled 2010 Film Alan Menken Glenn Slater Dan Fogelman Starred Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi and Donna Murphy.
Tango Argentino 1985 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
The Tap Dance Kid 1983 Broadway Henry Krieger Robert Lorick Charles Blackwell
Tarzan 2006 Broadway Phil Collins Collins David Henry Hwang
Teacher's Pet 2004 Film Stephen James Taylor Taylor Bill Steinkellner and Cheri Steinkellner
The Ten Commandments 2004 Off-off-Broadway Patrick Leonard Maribeth Derry Élie Chouraqui
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny 2006 Film Tenacious D Tenacious D Jack Black, Kyle Gass and Liam Lynch
Tenderloin 1960 Broadway Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick George Abbott and Jerome Weidman
Texas Li'l Darlin' 1949 Broadway Robert Emmett Dolan Johnny Mercer John Whedon and Sam Moore
That Bloody Woman 2015 New Zealand Luke Di Somma Luke Di Somma Gregory Cooper
That Midnight Kiss 1949 Film Charles Previn Conrad Salinger Bruce Manning and Tamara Hovey
They're Playing Our Song 1979 Broadway Marvin Hamlisch Carole Bayer Sager Neil Simon
The Thing About Men 2003 Off-Broadway Jimmy Roberts Joe DiPietro DiPietro
Thoroughly Modern Millie

+ film (1967)

2002 Broadway Jeanine Tesori Dick Scanlan Richard Morris and Scanlan Based on the film of the same name. Notable songs: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Forget About the Boy".
Thou Shalt Not 2001 Broadway Harry Connick, Jr. Connick, Jr. David Thompson
The Three Caballeros 1945 Film Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott Plumb, Smith and Wolcott Various writers Notable songs: "The Three Caballeros" and "You Belong to My Heart".
The Three Musketeers 1928 Broadway Rudolf Friml Clifford Grey and P. G. Wodehouse William Anthony McGuire
Three Postcards 1987 Off-Broadway Craig Carnelia Carnelia Craig Lucas
Three Wishes for Jamie 1952 Broadway Ralph Blane Blane Charles O'Neal and Abe Burrows
The Threepenny Opera 1928 German Kurt Weill Bertolt Brecht Brecht Notable songs: "Mack the Knife" and "Pirate Jenny".
Tick, Tick... Boom!

+ film (2021)

2001 Off-Broadway Jonathan Larson Larson Larson and David Auburn
Tickets, Please! 1950 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Tickle Me 1920 Broadway Herbert Stothart Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel Hammerstein, Harbach and Mandel
The Tigger Movie 2000 Film Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Jun Falkenstein
Timbuktu! 1978 Broadway George Forrest and Robert Wright Forrest and Wright Luther Davis
Tina 2018 West End Various artists Various artists Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, Kees Prins Jukebox musical depicting the life and career of Tina Turner.
Tintypes 1980 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle
Titanic 1997 Broadway Maury Yeston Yeston Peter Stone
Titanique 2017 Off-Broadway Various Various Tye Blue, Marla Mindell, and Constantine Rousouli
title of show 2008 Broadway Jeff Bowen Bowen Hunter Bell
Tom Sawyer 1973 Film Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Sherman and Sherman
Tons of Money 1924 Musical Vaiben Louis and Willy Redstone Hugh Ward Hugh Ward
Tomorrow Morning 2008 West End Laurence Mark Wythe Wythe Wythe
Tonight's the Night 2003 West End jukebox Rod Stewart Stewart Ben Elton
Too Close to the Sun 2009 West End John Robinson Robinson and Roberto Trippini Trippini
Too Many Girls 1939 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart George Marion, Jr.
Tootsie 2018 Broadway David Yazbek Yazbek Robert Horn Based on the 1982 film of the same name.
Top Banana 1951 Broadway Johnny Mercer Mercer Hy Kraft
Top Hat

+ film (1935)

2011 West End Irving Berlin Berlin Matthew White and Howard Jacques Based on the film of the same name. Notable song: "Cheek to Cheek".
Tovarich 1963 Broadway Lee Pockriss Anne Croswell David Shaw
The Toxic Avenger 2008 Off-Broadway David Bryan Joe DiPietro and Bryan DiPietro
The Trail To Oregon! 2014 Off-Broadway Jeff Blim Blim Jeff Blim, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang Parody of the game series, The Oregon Trail.
The Travelling 2009 Off-Broadway Simon R Holt Chris Kabay Kabay
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1951 Broadway Arthur Schwartz Dorothy Fields George Abbott and Betty Smith
Trial by Jury 1875 London's Royalty Theatre Arthur Sullivan W.S. Gilbert W.S. Gilbert
Triassic Parq 2010 Off-Broadway Marshall Pailet Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz, and Steve Wargo Marshall Pailet, Bryce Norbitz, and Steve Wargo The film Jurassic Park from the perspective of the dinosaurs.
Triumph of Love 1997 Broadway Jeffrey Stock Susan Birkenhead James Magruder
Tuck Everlasting 2016 Broadway Chris Miller Nathan Tysen Claudia Shear and Tim Federle Based upon the book of the same name by Natalie Babbitt
Turkish Delight the Opera 2006 Off-West End Giles Howe and Katy Lipson Howe Howe Four full productions on the London Fringe made this show a cult hit and one concert of selections from the show was presented as part of the 2007 Stockholm Pride festival.[5]
Twang!! 1965 West End Lionel Bart Lionel Bart
Twisted 2013 Off-off-Broadway A.J. Holmes Kaley McMahon Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale Parody of the Walt Disney Animation Studios' film Aladdin.
Two by Two 1970 Broadway Richard Rodgers Martin Charnin Peter Stone
Two Cities 2006 Off-Broadway Howard Goodall Goodall Goodall and Joanna Read
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1971 Broadway Galt MacDermot John Guare and Mel Shapiro Guare and Shapiro
Two on the Aisle 1951 Broadway revue Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green
Two's Company 1952 Broadway revue Vernon Duke Ogden Nash and Sammy Cahn Charles Sherman and Peter DeVries

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1964 Film Michel Legrand Legrand Jacques Demy
The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Bridesmaids 2017 Los Angeles Various artists Various artists A musical parody of the 2011 film Bridesmaids.[6]
The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Clueless 2018 Los Angeles Various artists Various artists A musical parody of the 1995 film Clueless.[7]
The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Home Alone 2017 Los Angeles Various artists Various artists A musical parody of the 1990 film Home Alone.[8]
The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Jurassic Park 2018 Los Angeles Various artists Various artists A musical parody of the 1993 film Jurassic Park.[9]
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
+ film (1964)
1960 Broadway Meredith Willson Willson Richard Morris
Unwritten Rules 2007 Off-Broadway Danny Abosch Abosch Abosch and Tommy Nolan
Urban Cowboy 2003 Broadway Jason Robert Brown and Jeff Blumenkrantz Robert Brown and Blumenkrantz Aaron Latham and Phillip Oesterman
Urinetown 2001 Broadway Mark Hollmann Hollman and Greg Kotis Kotis
Ushers: The Front of House Musical 2013 Off West End Yiannis Koutsakos James Oban James Rottger
The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall 1979 Broadway Clark Gesner Gesner Gesner and Nagle Jackson

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Vanities 2006 Off-Broadway David Kirshenbaum Kirshenbaum Jack Heifner Based on the 1976 play of the same name.
The Versailles Necklace 2008 Off-Broadway Ben Ratskoff Jeff Dennhardt Dennhardt and Ratskoff
Very Good, Eddie 1915 Broadway Jerome Kern Schuyler Green and Herbert Reynolds Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant 2003 Off-off-Broadway Kyle Jarrow Jarrow Jarrow
A Very Potter Musical 2009 University of Michigan Darren Criss and A.J. Holmes Criss and Holmes Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden Parody musical based on the Harry Potter film series by J. K. Rowling
A Very Potter Senior Year 2012 Off-off-Broadway A.J. Holmes, Clark Baxtresser, Pierce Siebers and Darren Criss Holmes, Baxtresser, Siebers and Criss Matt Lang, Nick Lang and Brian Holden Performed by StarKid Productions.
A Very Potter Sequel 2010 Off-off-Broadway Darren Criss Criss Matt Lang, Nick Lang and Brian Holden Performed by StarKid Productions.
Very Warm for May 1939 Broadway Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II Hammerstein II Notable song: "All the Things You Are".
Via Galactica 1972 Broadway Galt MacDermot Christopher Gore Gore and Judith Ross
Victor/Victoria

+ film (1982)

1995 Broadway Henry Mancini and Frank Wildhorn Leslie Bricusse and Wildhorn Blake Edwards Adapted from the 1982 film.
Violet 2014 Broadway Jeanine Tesori Brian Crawley Crawley
The Visit 2001 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Terrence McNally Debuted on Broadway in 2015.
Viva Forever! 2012 West End The Spice Girls Jennifer Saunders
Vivir Intentando 2003 Film Fernando López Rossi and Diego Grimblat López Rossi and Grimblat Carolina Hughes, Alejandro Sapognikoff and Tomás Yankelevich

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Wait a Minim! 1964 West End revue Jeremy Taylor Taylor Leon Gluckman
Waitress 2015 Broadway Sara Bareilles Sara Bareilles Jessie Nelson Based on the 2007 film of the same name.
Walk a Little Faster 1932 Broadway revue Vernon Duke E. Y. Harburg S. J. Perelman and Robert MacGunigle
Walking Happy 1966 Broadway Jimmy Van Heusen Sammy Cahn Roger O. Hirson and Ketti Frings
Walmartopia 2005 Off-Broadway Andrew Rohn Rohn Catherine Capellaro
War Paint 2017 Broadway Scott Frankel Michael Korie Doug Wright
Wasted[10] 2018 Fringe and suburban, London Christopher Ash[11] Carl Miller Carl Miller
Water for Elephants 2023 Broadway PigPen Theatre Co. PigPen Theatre Co. Rick Elice Based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Sara Gruen.
We Are The Tigers 2019 Off-Broadway Preston Max Allen Preston Max Allen Preston Max Allen
We Will Rock You 2002 West End jukebox Queen Queen and Ben Elton Elton
The Wedding Singer 2006 Broadway Matthew Sklar Chad Beguelin Beguelin and Tim Herlihy
Welcome to the Voice 2000 Off-off-Broadway Steve Nieve Muriel Teodori Teodori
The Well of Romance 1930 Broadway H. Maurice Jacquet Preston Sturges Sturges
Were the World Mine 2008 Film Jessica Fogle Fogle Tom Gustafson and Cory James Krueckeberg
West Side Story

+ film (1961)

1957 Broadway Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim Arthur Laurents Notable songs: "Tonight Quintet", "America" and "Somewhere".
Wetion 2013 Canadian James Allan Krause Krause Krause Notable songs: "Eve Ada, Ada Eve" and "We are Where We've Been".
What Makes Sammy Run? 1964 Broadway Ervin Drake and Budd Schulberg Drake and Schulberg Stuart Schulberg Notable song: "A Room Without Windows".
What's New Pussycat? 2021 Regional Various Various Joe DiPietro The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Where's Charley? 1948 Broadway Frank Loesser Loesser George Abbott Notable song: "Once in Love with Amy".
Whistle Down the Wind 1998 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Jim Steinman Patricia Knop, Lloyd Webber and Gale Edwards
White Christmas

+ film (1954)

2004 Off-Broadway Irving Berlin Berlin David Ives and Paul Blake
White Girl in Danger 2023 Off-Broadway Michael R. Jackson Michael R. Jackson Michael R. Jackson
Whoop Up 1958 Broadway Mark Charlap Norman Gimbel Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin
Whoopee! 1928 Broadway Walter Donaldson Gus Kahn William Anthony McGuire Notable song: "Makin' Whoopee".
The Who's Tommy 1993 Broadway Pete Townshend Townshend Townshend and Des McAnuff Notable song: "Pinball Wizard".
Wicked 2003 Broadway Stephen Schwartz Schwartz Winnie Holzman Notable songs: "Popular", "For Good" and "Defying Gravity"
The Wild Party (LaChiusa) 2000 Broadway Michael John LaChiusa LaChiusa LaChiusa
The Wild Party (Lippa) 2000 Off-Broadway Andrew Lippa Lippa Lippa
Wild, Wild Women 1982 West End Nola York Michael Richmond Michael Richmond
Wildcat 1960 Broadway Cy Coleman Carolyn Leigh N. Richard Nash
The Will Rogers Follies 1991 Broadway Cy Coleman Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green
Willow 2020 Cast Album Auggie Greenwood and Sushi Sousa Morgan Smith Created by the young musical writing group Averno
Willy Wonka 2004 Off-off-Broadway Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley Bricusse and Newley Bricusse and Tim McDonald
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971 Film Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley Bricusse and Newley Roald Dahl Notable songs: "The Candy Man" and "Pure Imagination".
The Wind in the Willows 1986 Broadway William Perry Roger McGough and William Perry Jane Iredale
The Wind Road Boys 2012 British Paul Flynn Paul Flynn Paul Flynn
Winnie the Pooh 2021 Off-Broadway Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Jonathan Rockefeller
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore 1983 Animated film Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Peter Young, Steve Hulett and Tony L. Marino
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 1968 Animated film Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Ralph Wright
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 1966 Animated film Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Ralph Wright and Ken Anderson
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too 1974 Animated film Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman Sherman and Sherman Larry Clemmons, Ted Berman and Eric Cleworth
Wish You Were Here 1952 Broadway Harold Rome Rome Arthur Kober and Joshua Logan
The Witches of Eastwick 2000 West End Dana P. Rowe John Dempsey Dempsey
The Wiz 1975 Broadway Charlie Smalls and Luther Vandross Smalls and Vandross William F. Brown Notable song: "Ease on Down the Road"
The Wiz 1978 Film Joel Schumacher
The Wizard of Oz 1902 Off-Broadway Various artists Various artists L. Frank Baum and Glen MacDonough
The Wizard of Oz 1939 Film Harold Arlen E. Y. Harburg Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf Notable song: "Over the Rainbow"
The Wizard of Oz 1942 Off-off-Broadway Harold Arlen E. Y. Harburg Frank Gabrielson
The Wizard of Oz 1987 West End Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart E. Y. Harburg John Kane
The Wizard of Oz 2011 West End Harold Arlen and Andrew Lloyd Webber E. Y. Harburg and Tim Rice Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams
The Woman in White 2004 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber David Zippel Charlotte Jones
Woman of the Year 1981 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Peter Stone
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 2010 Broadway David Yazbek David Yazbek Jeffrey Lane
A Wonderful Life 1991 Off-off-Broadway Joe Raposo Sheldon Harnick Harnick
Wonderful Town 1953 Broadway Leonard Bernstein Betty Comden and Adolph Green Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 2000 Off-off-Broadway James Patrick Doyle Doyle and Joe Cascone Cascone
Wonderland 2011 Broadway Frank Wildhorn Jack Murphy Murphy and Gregory Boyd Notable song: "I Will Prevail".
The Woodsman 2012 Off-Broadway Edward W. Hardy Jennifer Loring James Ortiz Notable song: "Rusting Tin Man".
Words and Music 1932 West End revue Noël Coward Coward Coward
Working 1978 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso
Wuthering Heights 1992 Concept album Bernard J. Taylor Taylor

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Xanadu 2007 Broadway Jeff Lynne and John Farrar Lynne and Farrar Douglas Carter Beane Based on the 1980 film.

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
A Year with Frog and Toad 2003 Off-Broadway Robert Reale Willie Reale Willie Reale
Yellow Submarine 1968 Film The Beatles and George Martin The Beatles and Martin Various writers
Yentl 1983 Film Michel Legrand and Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Barbra Streisand and Jack Rosenthal
The Yeomen of the Guard 1888 West End Arthur Sullivan W. S. Gilbert Gilbert and Sullivan
Yes Nurse! No Nurse! 2002 Film Pelle Bolander and Raymund van Santen Bolander and van Santen Pieter Kramer and Frank Houtappels
You Said It 1931 Broadway Harold Arlen Jack Yellen Yellen and Sid Silvers
Young Frankenstein 2007 Broadway Mel Brooks Brooks Thomas Meehan and Brooks Notable songs: "Puttin’ On the Ritz", "He Vas My Boyfriend", and "Deep Love"
Your Own Thing 1968 Off-Broadway Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar Hester and Apolinar Donald Driver
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 1971 Broadway Clark Gesner Gesner John Gordon Based on the comic strip Peanuts.
The 1999 revival includes additional music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, and dialogue by Michael Mayer.

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Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Zanna, Don't! 2002 Off-Broadway Tim Acito Acito and Alexander Dinelaris Acito and Dinelaris Notable songs: "I Could Write Books" and "Blow Winds".
Zenda 1963 Off-Broadway Vernon Duke Lenny Adelson, Sid Kuller and Martin Charnin Everett Freeman Musical adaptation of the Anthony Hope novel The Prisoner of Zenda.
Ziegfeld Follies 1946 Film Various artists Various artists David Freedman
Ziegfeld Follies of 1909 1909 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 1910 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 1911 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 1912 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 1913 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 1914 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1915 1915 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 1917 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 1919 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 1920 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 1921 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 1922 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 1923 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1924 1924 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 1927 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 1931 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 1934 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 1936 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 1943 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 1957 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Follies of 1958 1958 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Girl 1941 Film Herbert Stothart Stothart William Anthony McGuire
Ziegfeld Girls of 1920 1920 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic 1917–1921, 1928 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
Zig-Zag is not a film 1917 West End revue Dave Stamper Gene Buck
Zip Goes a Million 1951 West End George Posford Eric Maschwitz Maschwitz
Zipp! 2003 West End revue Various artists Various artists Gyles Brandreth and Stewart Nicholls
ZM 2018 Regional Mark Hollmann Hollmann and Greg Kotis Kotis
Zombie Prom 1993 Off-Broadway Dana P. Rowe John Dempsey Dempsey
Zombies 2018 Film George S. Clinton Clinton David Light and Joseph Raso Disney Channel Original Movie
Zombies from The Beyond 1995 Off-Broadway James Valcq Valcq Valcq
The Zombies of Penzance 2018 Regional Arthur Sullivan Scott Miller Scott Miller Loosely based on The Pirates of Penzance and Night of the Living Dead
The Zoo 1875 West End Arthur Sullivan B. C. Stephenson Stephenson
Zorba 1968 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb Joseph Stein
Zorro 2008 West End Gipsy Kings and John Cameron Stephen Clark Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson
Zuleika 1954 Off-West End Peter Tranchell James Ferman Ferman

See List of musicals: A to L for additional titles.

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