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.
0–9 + 0–9 Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes Reference 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. 9 to 5 2009 Broadway Dolly Parton Patricia Resnick Based on the 1980 film. 13 + film (2022) 2008 Broadway Jason Robert Brown Dan Elish and Robert Horn The only Broadway musical ever with a cast and band entirely made of teenagers.14-182014FlandersDirk BrosséAllart Blom100 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. 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. 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. 42nd Street 1980 Broadway Harry Warren Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble Based on the 1933 film. 44: The Unofficial Unsanctioned Obama Musical2025Off-BroadwayEli BaumanEli BaumanEli BaumanBased on the Obama presidency. 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. 101 Dalmatians 2022 West End Douglas Hodge Douglas Hodge Johnny McKnight and Zinnie Harris The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith 110 in the Shade 1963 Broadway Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones N. Richard Nash Based on Nash's 1954 play, The Rainmaker. 1492 Up to Date 1893 Broadway Carl Pflueger R. A. Barnet Barnet A burlesque show. 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. 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. 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.
A + A Production Year Venue/type Music Lyrics Book Notes Reference A... My Name Is Alice 1984 Off-Broadway David Zippel, Winnie Holzman and Lucy Simon Zippel, Holzman and Simon Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd Revue with an all-female cast. Revised versions staged as ''A... My Name Is Still Alice in 1992 and A... My Name Will Always Be Alice in 1995 . Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick 1952 Film Ray Evans and Jay Livingston Evans and Livingston Based on the 1919 play by Walter Benjamin Hare. Directed and written by Claude Binyon. ABBAcadabra + West End (1983) 1983 French television Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Alain Boublil and Daniel Boublil (French production); David Wood, Mike Batt, Don Black (UK production) Boublil and Boublil Adaptation of classic fairy tales set to the music of ABBA with new French lyrics. About Face 1952 Film Peter DeRose and various artists Charles Tobias and various artists Directed by Roy Del Ruth; written by Peter Milne. About Town 1906 Broadway Melville Ellis and Raymond Hubbell Joseph W. Herbert Herbert Absolute Beginners 1986 Film Gil Evans (score) and various artists (songs) Various artists Based on the novel by Colin MacInnes. Directed by Julien Temple; written by Richard Burridge, Christopher Wicking, and Don Macpherson.Abyssinia 1906BroadwayWill Marion Cook and Bert WilliamsJesse A. Shipp and Alex RogersJesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers Abyssinia 1987 Broadway Ted Kociolek James Racheff Racheff and Kociolek Based on the novel Marked by Fire, by Joyce Carol Thomas. Ace 2006 Off-Off-Broadway Richard Oberacker Robert Taylor and Oberacker Taylor and Oberacker Ace of Clubs 1950 West End Noël Coward Coward Coward Acorn Antiques 2005 West End Victoria Wood Wood Wood Based on a series of sketches performed on the television show Victoria Wood as Seen on TV. Across the Universe 2007 Film The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr) (songs). Elliot Goldenthal (score) The Beatles Jukebox musical Film directed by Julie Taymor; written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The Act 1977 Broadway John Kander Fred Ebb George Furth Directed by Martin Scorsese (his only work on Broadway to date). Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Liza Minnelli. The Addams Family 2010 Broadway Andrew Lippa Lippa Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Based on the cartoons by Charles Addams. Includes The Addams Family Theme composed by Vic Mizzy. The 2011 touring version introduced several modifications to the plot and song list. Adding Machine 2008 Off-Broadway Joshua Schmidt Jason Loewith and Schmidt Loewith and Schmidt Based on the 1923 play by Elmer Rice. Adèle 1913 Broadway Jean Briquet and Adolf Phillipp Paul Hervé Hervé English adaptation by Philipp and Edward A. Paulton of a French musical. Adonis 1884 Broadway Edward E. Rice and John Eller Rice and Eller William Gill The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 1999 Film Various artists Various artists Film featuring the Sesame Street Muppets. Directed by Gary Halvorson; written by Mitchell Kriegman and Joey Mazzarino. The Adventures of Marco Polo 1956 Television Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, adapted by Clay Warnick and Mel Pahl Edward Eager Part of the Max Liebman Presents series of original television musicals. Directed by Liebman, written by Neil Simon, Billy Friedberg, and Will Glickman. Reunited Alfred Drake and Doretta Morrow of Kismet. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2001 Broadway Don Schlitz Schlitz Ken Ludwig Based on the 1876 novel by Mark Twain. Affair in Trinidad 1952 Film Lester Lee, Bob Russell, various artists Lee and Russell Directed by Vincent Sherman; written by Oscar Saul, James Gunn, Virginia Van Upp, and Berne Giler. The Affairs of Dobie Gillis 1953 Film Various artists Various artists Directed by Don Weis; written by Max Shulman. Notable for the first film appearance of Bob Fosse. Afgar 1919 West End Charles Cuvillier Douglas Furber Fred Thompson and Worton David Africana 1934 Broadway Donald Heyward Heyward Heyward After Midnight 2013 Broadway Various artists Various artists Jack Viertel ("conceived by") and Langston Hughes ("selected text by") Jazz jukebox musical revue based on the 2011 Encores! revue Cotton Club Parade and comprising songs written by Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen and others. After the Ball 1953 West End Noël Coward Coward Coward Based on the 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. Aida 2000 Broadway Elton John Tim Rice Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls and David Henry Hwang Based on the 1871 opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Tony Awards for Best Original Score (John and Rice), Best Actress in a Musical for Heather Headley. Notable song: Written in the Stars. Ain't Misbehavin' + Television (1982) 1978 Broadway Fats Waller and various artists Waller and various artists Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr. Revue comprising songs written and/or popularized by Waller. Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Featured Actress (Nell Carter), and Best Director (Richard Maltby, Jr.) Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death 1971 Broadway Melvin Van Peebles Van Peebles Van Peebles Ain't Too Proud 2017 Broadway The Temptations and various artists The Temptations and various artists Dominique Morisseau Jukebox biomusical based on the lives and featuring the songs of the Temptations. Aladdin 1958 Television Cole Porter Porter Based on the folktale "Aladdin" from the One Thousand and One Nights and presented on DuPont Show of the Month on CBS. Directed by Ralph Nelson; written by S. J. Perelman. Porter's last score. Aladdin 1979 West End Sandy Wilson Wilson Wilson Based on the folktale "Aladdin" from the One Thousand and One Nights. Aladdin