List of musicals: A to L
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This is a list of musicals, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End musicals, as well as film and television musicals, whose titles fall into the A–L alphabetic range. This is not a complete list of musicals, and is limited to musicals that have their own articles on the English-language Wikipedia.
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| Production | Year | Venue/type | Music | Lyrics | Book | Notes | Reference |
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| 8 femmes | 2002 | French film | Various artists | Various artists | Based on the 1958 play of the same name by Robert Thomas. Directed by François Ozon, written by Ozon and Marina de Van. | [1] | |
| 9 to 5 | 2009 | Broadway | Dolly Parton | Dolly Parton | Patricia Resnick | Based on the 1980 film. | Template:Sfn |
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2008 | Broadway | Jason Robert Brown | Brown | Dan Elish and Robert Horn | The only Broadway musical ever with a cast and band entirely made of teenagers. | Template:Sfn |
| 14-18 | 2014 | Flanders | Dirk Brossé | Allart Blom | 100 years after World War I, a story of Belgian soldiers defending their country. | ||
| 21 Chump Street | 2014 | Off-Broadway | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Miranda | Miranda | 14-minute musical based on a true story told on This American Life. | [2] |
| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | 2005 | Off-Broadway and Broadway | William Finn | Finn | Rachel Sheinkin | Performances were partially improvised and featured audience participation (during spelling-bee sequences). Tony Awards for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Dan Fogler and Best Book of a Musical for Sheinkin. | Template:Sfn |
| 42nd Street | 1933 | Film | Harry Warren | Al Dubin | Based on Bradford Ropes' novel of the same name. Directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley, written by Rian James and James Seymour. | Template:Sfn | |
| 42nd Street | 1980 | Broadway | Harry Warren | Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer | Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble | Based on the 1933 film. | Template:Sfn |
| 70, Girls, 70 | 1971 | Broadway | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Ebb and Norman L. Martin | Based on the 1958 play Breath of Spring by Peter Coke and primarily starring cast members who are 70 years of age and older. | Template:Sfn |
| 101 Dalmatians | 2022 | West End | Douglas Hodge | Douglas Hodge | Johnny McKnight and Zinnie Harris | The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith | [3] |
| 110 in the Shade | 1963 | Broadway | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones | N. Richard Nash | Based on Nash's 1954 play, The Rainmaker. | Template:Sfn |
| 1492 Up to Date | 1893 | Broadway | Carl Pflueger | R. A. Barnet | Barnet | A burlesque show. | Template:Sfn |
| 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | 1976 | Broadway | Leonard Bernstein | Alan Jay Lerner | Lerner | Examination of the occupants of the White House, which ran for only 7 performances. | Template:Sfn |
| 1776+ film (1972) | 1969 | Broadway | Sherman Edwards | Edwards | Peter Stone | Based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, with some dialogue and lyrics adapted from the writings of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Tony Awards included Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Ron Holgate and Best Direction of a Musical for Peter Hunt. William Daniels, who starred as John Adams, was nominated for Best Featured Actor but declined the nomination in protest, for being ruled ineligible for Best Actor due to his name not being above the title of the show. | Template:Sfn |
| 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille | 2012 | French | Rod Janois, Jean-Pierre Pilot, Olivier Schultheis, William Rousseau and Dove Attia | Attia and Vincent Baguian | Attia and François Chouquet | Based on the French Revolution. | [4] |
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| Production | Year | Venue/type | Music | Lyrics | Book | Notes |
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| Fade Out - Fade In | 1964 | Broadway | Jule Styne | Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Comden and Green | Closed after 274 performances, after several changes in lead |
| Falsettoland | 1990 | Off-Broadway | William Finn | Finn | James Lapine | Later become half of Falsettos. |
| Falsettos | 1992 | Broadway | William Finn | Finn | James Lapine and Finn | |
| Fame |
1988 | Off-Broadway | Steve Margoshes | Jacques Levy | Jose Fernandez | Based on the 1980 film version. |
| A Family Affair | 1962 | Broadway | John Kander | James Goldman and William Goldman | Goldman and Goldman | |
| Fancy Nancy | 2012 | Off-Broadway | Danny Abosch | Susan DiLallo and Abosch | DiLallo | |
| FANGIRLS | 2019 | Australian Tour | Yve Blake | Yve Blake | Yve Blake | FANGIRLS performed an Australian tour in Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Wollongong, Canberra, and Melbourne theatres. |
| Fanny | 1954 | Broadway | Harold Rome | Rome | S. N. Behrman and Joshua Logan | |
| The Fantasticks | 1960 | Off-Broadway | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones | Jones | Notable songs: "Try to Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain". |
| Fellowship! | 2004 | Off-Broadway | Allen Simpson | Various | Kelly Holden-Bashar and Joel McCrary | A Tolkien parody. |
| F.F.F | 1920 | Australia | Reginald Stoneham | C. J. De Garis | C. J. De Garis | tour of major Australian cities |
| Fiddler on the Roof | 1964 | Broadway | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | Joseph Stein | Notable songs: "Tradition", "If I Were a Rich Man" and "Matchmaker, Matchmaker". |
| The Fields of Ambrosia | 1996 | Canadian | Martin Silvestri | Joel Higgins | Higgins | Based on the 1970 film The Traveling Executioner. |
| Finding Nemo | 2007 | Disney musical | Robert Lopez | Kristen Anderson-Lopez | Peter Brosius | |
| Finding Neverland | 2012 | Broadway | Scott Frankel and Michael Korie | Frankel and Korie | James Graham | Based on the 1998 play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee and the play's 2004 film adaptation by David Magee. |
| Fine and Dandy | 1930 | Broadway | Kay Swift | James Warburg | Donald Ogden Stewart | Notable song: "Fine and Dandy". |
| Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be | 1959 | West End | Lionel Bart | Bart | Frank Norman | |
| Finian's Rainbow | 1947 | Broadway | Burton Lane | E. Y. Harburg | Harburg and Fred Saidy | Notable songs: "How are Things in Glocca Morra?" and "Old Devil Moon". |
| Fiorello! | 1959 | Broadway | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | Jerome Weidman and George Abbott | Notable song: "Little Tin Box". |
| Firebringer | 2016 | Chicago | Meredith Stepien and Mark Swiderski | Stepien and Swiderski | Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Brian Holden | |
| First Date | 2013 | Broadway | Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner | Zachary and Weiner | Austin Winsberg | |
| First Impressions | 1959 | Broadway | George Weiss, Robert Goldman and Glenn Paxton | Weiss, Goldman and Paxton | Abe Burrows | Based on Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. |
| First Lady Suite | 1993 | Off-Broadway | Michael John LaChiusa | |||
| The First Queen | 2010 | Seoul | ||||
| Five Guys Named Moe | 1990 | West End | Louis Jordan | Jordan | Clarke Peters | |
| The Five O'Clock Girl | 1928 | Broadway | Harry Ruby | Bert Kalmar | Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson | |
| The Fix | 1997 | West End | Dana P. Rowe | John Dempsey | John Dempsey | |
| Flahooley | 1951 | Broadway | Sammy Fain | E.Y. Harburg | Harburg and Fred Saidy | |
| Flashdance | 2008 | West End | Robbie Roth | Roth and Robert Cary | Tom Hedley and Cary | Based on the film Flashdance |
| Flora the Red Menace | 1965 | Broadway | John Kander | Fred Ebb | George Abbott and Robert W. Russell | Noted for Broadway debut of Liza Minnelli. |
| Florodora | 1899 | West End | Leslie Stuart and Paul Rubens | Rubens and Edward Boyd-Jones | Owen Hall | |
| Flower Drum Song + film (1961) |
1958 | Broadway | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields | Notable songs: "I Enjoy Being a Girl" and "Love, Look Away". |
| Floyd Collins | 1996 | Off-Broadway | Adam Guettel | Guettel and Tina Landau | Landau | |
| Fly by Night (musical) | 2014 | Off-Broadway | Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock | Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock | Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock | |
| Flying High | 1930 | Broadway | Ray Henderson | B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown | Brown, DeSylva, and John McGowan | |
| Flying Over Sunset | 2021 | Broadway | Tom Kitt | Michael Korie | James Lapine | |
| Follies | 1971 | Broadway | Stephen Sondheim | Sondheim | James Goldman | Notable songs: "Broadway Baby", "I'm Still Here" and "Losing My Mind". |
| Follow That Girl | 1960 | West End | Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds | Slade and Reynolds | Slade and Reynolds | |
| Follow the Boys | 1963 | Film | Various | Various | Lou Breslow and Gertrude Purcell | |
| Follow the Girls | 1944 | Broadway | Phil Charig, Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal | Charig, Shapiro and Pascal | Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson | |
| Follow Thru | 1929 | Broadway | Ray Henderson | B. G. DeSylva and Lew Brown | DeSylva and Lawrence Schwab | |
| Footloose |
1998 | Broadway | Tom Snow | Dean Pitchford | Pitchford and Walter Bobbie | Based on the 1984 film version. |
| Forbidden Broadway | 1982 | Off-Broadway revue | Various | Gerard Alessandrini | Alessandrini | |
| Forbidden Zone | 1980 | Film | Danny Elfman | Elfman | Richard Elfman | |
| Forever Plaid | 1990 | Off-Broadway | Various | Various | Stuart Ross | |
| The Fortress of Solitude | 2014 | Off-Broadway | Michael Friedman | Friedman | Itamar Moses | Based on Jonathan Lethem's novel of the same name. |
| Fosse | 1999 | Broadway revue | Various | Various | — | |
| The Four Musketeers | 1967 | West End | Laurie Johnson | Herbert Kretzmera | Michael Pertwee | |
| Foxy | 1964 | Broadway | Robert Emmett Dolan | Johnny Mercer | Ian McLellan Hunter and Ring Lardner, Jr. | Based on Ben Jonson's play Volpone. |
| Frankenstein | 2007 | Off-Broadway | Mark Baron | Jefferey Jackson | Jackson and Gary P Cohen | |
| Freaky Friday + film (2018) |
2016 | Regional | Tom Kitt | Brian Yorkey | Bridget Carpenter | Based on the 1972 book of the same name, the musical is an adaptation of the 1976, 1995, and 2003 films. |
| Free as Air | 1957 | West End | Julian Slade | Dorothy Reynolds and Slade | Reynolds and Slade | |
| Freestyle Love Supreme | 2019 | Off-Broadway | Various | Various | Various | An 80-minute improvisational hip-hop musical based on audience suggestions. Concept created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Anthony Veneziale.[13] |
| Friends! The Musical Parody | 2017 | Off-Broadway | Assaf Gleizner | Gleizner | Bob and Tobly McSmith | A musical parody of the television show Friends.[14] |
| The Frogs | 2004 | Broadway | Stephen Sondheim | Sondheim | Burt Shevelove and Nathan Lane | Originally performed in Yale University's gymnasium's swimming pool in 1974. |
| From Here to Eternity | 2013 | West End | Stuart Brayson | Tim Rice | Bill Oakes | |
| From Justin to Kelly | 2003 | Film | Greg Siff | Michael Wandmacher | Kim Fuller | |
| Frozen + film (2013) |
2017 | Broadway | Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez | Lopez and Anderson-Lopez | Jennifer Lee | Based on the 2013 film of the same name. |
| Frozen Fever | 2015 | Short film | Christophe Beck | Beck | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, and Marc E. Smith | |
| Full House! The Musical! | 2015 | Off-Broadway | Bob and Tobly McSmith | Bob and Tobly McSmith | Bob and Tobly McSmith | A musical parody of the television show Full House.[15] |
| The Full Monty | 2000 | Broadway | David Yazbek | Yazbek | Terrence McNally | Based on the 1997 film version. |
| Fun Home | 2015 | Broadway | Jeanine Tesori | Lisa Kron | Lisa Kron | Based on the 2006 graphic memoir Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. |
| Funny Face + film (1957) |
1927 | Broadway | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | Paul Gerard Smith and Fred Thompson | |
| Funny Girl + film (1968) |
1964 | Broadway | Jule Styne | Bob Merrill | Isobel Lennart | Notable songs: "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade". |
| Funny Lady | 1975 | Film | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Jay Presson Allen and Arnold Schulman | |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | 1962 | Broadway | Stephen Sondheim | Sondheim | Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart | Notable song: "Comedy Tonight". |
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| Production | Year | Venue/type | Music | Lyrics | Book | Notes |
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| Ka-Boom! | 1980 | Off-Broadway | Joe Ercole | Bruce Kluger | Bruce Kluger | A musical about the end of the world, directed by John-Michael Tebelak. |
| Katdashians! Break the Musical! | 2016 | Off-Broadway | Bob and Tobly McSmith | Bob and Tobly McSmith | Bob and Tobly McSmith | A musical parody of the Kardashians.[18] |
| Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder! | 2024 | West End | Matthew Floyd Jones | Jon Brittain & Jones | Brittain | Two true crime podcasters get thrust into a thrilling true crime of their own. |
| Kean | 1961 | Broadway | Robert Wright and George Forrest | Wright and Forrest | Peter Stone | |
| Keating! | 2007 | Australian | Casey Bennetto | Bennetto | Bennetto | Portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. |
| Kelly | 1965 | Broadway | Moose Charlap | Eddie Lawrence | Lawrence | Never officially opened on Broadway. |
| The Kid |
2010 | Off-Broadway | Andy Monroe | Jack Lechner | Michael Zam | Based on the memoir by Dan Savage. |
| Kimberly Akimbo | 2021 | Off-Broadway | Jeanine Tesori | David Lindsay-Abaire | David Lindsay-Abaire | Kimberly Akimbo |
| The King and I + film (1956) |
1951 | Broadway | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II | Hammerstein II | Notable songs: "Shall We Dance", "I Whistle a Happy Tune" and "Getting to Know You". |
| King David | 1997 | Broadway | Alan Menken | Tim Rice | Rice | |
| King Kong | 2013 | Broadway | Marius de Vries | Eddie Perfect | Jack Thorne | Based on the 1933 film on the same name. |
| Kinky Boots | 2013 | Broadway | Cyndi Lauper | Lauper | Harvey Fierstein | Based on the 2005 film version. |
| Kismet | 1953 | Broadway | Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright and George Forrest | Wright and Forrest | Charles Lederer and Luther Davis | Notable song: "Stranger in Paradise". |
| Kiss Me, Kate + film (1953) |
1948 | Broadway | Cole Porter | Porter | Samuel and Bella Spewack | Notable song: "Too Darn Hot". |
| Kiss of the Spider Woman | 1993 | Broadway | John Kander | Fred Ebb | Terrence McNally | |
| Kissing Time | 1919 | Broadway | Ivan Caryll | Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse | Bolton and Wodehouse | |
| Knickerbocker Holiday | 1938 | Broadway | Kurt Weill | Maxwell Anderson | Anderson | Notable songs: "September Song" and "It Never Was You". |
| KPOP | 2017 | Broadway | Helen Park and Max Vernon | Park and Vernon | Jason Kim | Based on the K-pop genre of music. |
| Kristina från Duvemåla | 1995 | Swedish | Benny Andersson | Björn Ulvaeus | Ulvaeus | |
| Kronborg: 1582 | 1974 | Canadian | Cliff Jones | Jones | Jones | Based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet. |
| A Kurt Weill Cabaret | 1963 | Off-Broadway | Kurt Weill | Various artists | — | |
| Kwamina | 1961 | Broadway | Richard Adler | Adler | Robert Alan Aurthur |
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See also
- List of musicals: M to Z
- List of notable musical theatre productions
- List of operettas
- List of Bollywood films
- List of rock musicals
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