List of musicals: M to Z
This is a general list of musicals, including Broadway musicals, West End musicals, and musicals that premeried 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. Please list the name, year, venue, composer, and author of the musical.
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Production | Year | Venue/Type | Music | Lyrics | Book | Notes |
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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 |
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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 | |
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 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, Hot and Blue | 1936 | Broadway | Cole Porter | Porter | Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse | Star vehicle for Ethel Merman and Jimmy Durante. |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg | 1964 | Film | Michel Legrand | Legrand | Jacques Demy | |
The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Clueless | 2018 | Los Angeles | Various artists | Various artists | A musical parody of the 1995 film Clueless.[5] | |
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 Home Alone | 2017 | Los Angeles | Various artists | Various artists | A musical parody of the 1990 film Home Alone.[7] | |
The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Jurassic Park | 2018 | Los Angeles | Various artists | Various artists | A musical parody of the 1993 film Jurassic Park.[8] | |
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 |
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Vanities, A New Musical | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 | 1910 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 | 1911 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 | 1912 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 | 1913 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 | 1914 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1915 | 1915 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 | 1917 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 | 1919 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 | 1920 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 | 1921 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 | 1922 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 | 1923 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1924 | 1924 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 | 1927 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 | 1931 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 | 1934 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 | 1936 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 | 1943 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 | 1957 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Follies of 1958 | 1958 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Girl | 1941 | Film | Herbert Stothart | Stothart | William Anthony McGuire | |
Ziegfeld Girls of 1920 | 1920 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic | 1917-1921, 1928 | Broadway revue | Various artists | Various artists | N/A | |
Zig-Zag is not a film | 1917 | West End revue | Dave Stamper | Gene Buck | N/A | |
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.
References
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- Bierly, Mandi. "Showgirls! The Musical!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- "Flip Through the Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
- Conley, Erin. "Theater Review: The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Clueless at Rockwell Table & Stage". On Stage and Screen. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- Conley, Erin. "Theater Review: The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Bridesmaids at Rockwell Table & Stage". On Stage and Screen. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
- Conley, Erin. "Theater Review: The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Home Alone at Rockwell Table & Stage". On Stage and Screen. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
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