Taboo (musical): History and Key Facts
Taboo is a stage musical with a book by Mark Davies Markham (extensively rewritten for the Broadway production by Charles Busch), lyrics by Boy George, and music by George, John Themis, Richie St
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Dirty Dancing (musical): History and Key Facts
Dirty Dancing is a jukebox musical featuring a pop music score and a book by Eleanor Bergstein.
SpongeBob SquarePants (musical): History and Key Facts
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (originally titled The SpongeBob Musical, later retitled for the national tour) is a musical, co-conceived and directed by Tina Landau with songs by va
Jerry Springer: The Opera: History and Key Facts
Jerry Springer: The Opera is a British musical written by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee, based on the talk show Jerry Springer.
Cinderella (Lloyd Webber musical): History and Key Facts
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, produced on Broadway as Bad Cinderella, is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David Zippel, and a book by Emerald Fennell.
Bring It On: The Musical: History and Key Facts
Bring It On: The Musical is a musical with music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, lyrics by Amanda Green and Miranda, and book by Jeff Whitty.
Six (musical): History and Key Facts
Six (stylised SIX in all caps) is a British musical with music, book, and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss.
Good Times (musical): History and Key Facts
Good Times was a popular 1920 Broadway musical extravaganza, with music by Raymond Hubbell and a book by R.
A Runaway Girl: History and Key Facts
A Runaway Girl is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts written in 1898 by Seymour Hicks and Harry Nicholls.
Ever Green: History and Key Facts
Ever Green is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and a book by Benn Levy.
The Beauty Spot: History and Key Facts
The Beauty Spot was a 1909 musical comedy in two acts that played for 137 performances at the Herald Square Theatre in New York with music by Reginald De Koven, a book by Joseph W.
Chicago (musical): History and Key Facts
Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse.
Bar Mitzvah Boy (musical): History and Key Facts
Bar Mitzvah Boy is a musical with a book by Jack Rosenthal, lyrics by Don Black, and music by Jule Styne.
Dear World: History and Key Facts
Dear World is a musical with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E.
Abyssinia (1906 musical): History and Key Facts
Abyssinia is a musical in one act with music by Will Marion Cook and Bert Williams, and both book and lyrics by Jesse A.
Cabaret (musical): History and Key Facts
Cabaret is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff.
Americana (revue): History and Key Facts
Americana is a musical revue in two parts, with book and lyrics by J.
The Balkan Princess: History and Key Facts
The Balkan Princess is a musical in three acts by Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon, with lyrics by Paul Rubens and Arthur Wimperis, and music by Paul Rubens.
Doctor Dolittle (cast recording): History and Key Facts
Doctor Dolittle (official title including subtitle: Doctor Dolittle — World Premiere London Cast Recording) is the official cast album of the 1998 London stage musical Doctor Dolittle, composed b
The Dollar Princess: History and Key Facts
The Dollar Princess is a musical in three acts, with music by Leo Fall, adapted into English by Basil Hood with lyrics by Adrian Ross (from the 1907 Die Dollarprinzessin with a German-language li
The Only Girl (musical): History and Key Facts
The Only Girl is a "musical farce in three acts" with music by Victor Herbert and a book and lyrics by Henry Blossom.
The Threepenny Opera: History and Key Facts
The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper [diː dʁaɪˈɡʁɔʃn̩ˌʔoːpɐ]) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-cent
Zorba (musical): History and Key Facts
Zorba is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander.
Eileen (opera): History and Key Facts
Eileen is a comic opera in three acts with music by Victor Herbert and lyrics and book by Henry Blossom, based loosely on the 1835 novel Rory O'More by Herbert's grandfather, Samuel Lover.
Mary Poppins (musical): History and Key Facts
Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by the Sherman Brothers and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a book by Julian Fellowes.
Allegro (musical): History and Key Facts
Allegro is a musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics), their third collaboration for the stage.
Poppy (1923 musical): History and Key Facts
Poppy is a musical comedy in three acts with music by Stephen Jones and Arthur Samuels (additional music by John Egan), and lyrics and book by Dorothy Donnelly, with contributions from Howard Die
Murray Anderson's Almanac: History and Key Facts
Murray Anderson's Almanac: A Revusical Comedy of Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow (1880–1930) was a Broadway show from 1929.
Chess (musical): History and Key Facts
Chess is a 1986 musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the pop group ABBA, lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice, and book by Rice.
Oklahoma!: History and Key Facts
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The Body Beautiful: History and Key Facts
The Body Beautiful is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock.
Watch Your Step (musical): History and Key Facts
Watch Your Step is a musical with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and a book by Harry B.
The Floor Walkers: History and Key Facts
The Floor Walkers was a road musical that was created as a starring vehicle for the comedy duo of Hap Ward and Harry Vokes to feature their signature roles of the tramps Lord Percy Harden (portra
Very Good Eddie: History and Key Facts
Very Good Eddie is a musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Philip Bartholomae, music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Schuyler Greene, with additional lyrics by Elsie Janis, Herbert Reynolds, Harry
Shrek the Musical: History and Key Facts
Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire.
The Little Prince (musical): History and Key Facts
The Little Prince is a theatrical production based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 story The Little Prince that features dance, circus arts, video production and acrobatics.
Bombshell (musical): History and Key Facts
Bombshell is an American musical with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman based on the original fictitious musical from the first season of the NBC television serie