Chronology of Musicals
Chronology of Musicals
All of the musicals that have their own entries or are discussed within an entry are listed below in the order in which they initially opened in New York or were released or first broadcast. Film and television remakes are included but not Broadway revivals.
1750
The Beggar's Opera 
1866
The Black Crook
1868
Humpty Dumpty
1874
Evangeline
1875
Around the World in Eighty Days
1878
The Mulligan Guard's Picnic
1879
The Mulligan Guards' Ball
H. M. S. Pinafore
The Brook
The Pirates of Penzance
1883
Cordelia's Aspirations
1884
Adonis
1885
The Mikado
1891
Wang
Robin Hood
A Trip to Chinatown
1894
The Passing Show
1896
El Capitan
1897
The Belle of New York
1898
Clorindy
The Fortune Teller
1900
Florodora
1903
The Wizard of Oz
In Dahomey
Babes in Toyland
1904
Little Johnny Jones
1905
Mlle. Modiste
1906
Forty-five Minutes From Broadway
The Red Mill
1907
The Follies of 1907
The Time, the Place and the Girl
The Merry Widow
1909
The Chocolate Soldier
1910
Madame Sherry
Naughty Marietta
1911
The Pink Lady
Ziegfeld Follies
1912
The Firefly
1913
Sweethearts
1914
The Girl From Utah
Chin-Chin
Watch Your Step
1915
Ziegfeld Follies
The Blue Paradise
Very Good Eddie
1917
Oh, Boy!
Maytime
Leave It to Jane
1918
Oh, Lady! Lady!
Ziegfeld Follies
Sinbad
Yip Yip Yaphank
1919
Scandals of 1919
Ziegfeld Follies
Irene
1920
Mary
Sally
1921
Shuffle Along
Ziegfeld Follies
George White's Scandals
The Music Box Revue
Blossom Time
Bombo
1922
Little Nellie Kelly
Ziegfeld Follies
George White's Scandals
1923
Wildflower
Artists and Models
Earl Carroll Vanities
1924
Andre Charlot's Revue
Rose-Marie
Artists and Models
Earl Carroll's Vanities
Lady, Be Good!
The Student Prince
1925
Big Boy
The Garrick Gaieties
No, No, Nanette
Dearest Enemy
The Vagabond King
Sunny
The Cocoanuts
Tip-Toes
1926
George White's Scandals
Countess Maritza
Garrick Gaieties of 1926
Oh, Kay!
The Desert Song
Peggy-Ann
1927
Rio Rita
Hit the Deck!
Good News!
Artists and Models
Present Arms
The Jazz Singer
A Connecticut Yankee
Funny Face
Show Boat
1928
My Man
Rosalie
The Three Musketeers
Present Arms
Blackbirds of 1928
The New Moon
The Singing Fool
Hold Everything!
Animal Crackers
Whoopee!
1929
Follow Thru
The Broadway Melody
The Little Show
On With the Show
The Desert Song
Heads Up!
Paramount on Parade
Innocents of Paris
The Coconuts
Show Boat
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Gold Diggers of Broadway
Sweet Adeline
Hallelujah
Sunny Side Up
Rio Rita
Bitter Sweet
The Love Parade
Applause
The Show of Shows
Little Johnny Jones
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Sally
1930
Strike Up the Band
No, No, Nanette
Garrick Gaieties of 1930
Leathernecking
Follow Thru
Sunny
Evergreen
Simple Simon
Hit the Deck!
The Vagabond King
Flying High
King of Jazz
Paramount on Parade
Monte Carlo
Animal Crackers
Heads Up!
Puttin' on the Ritz
Hold Everything!
Good News!
Fine and Dandy
Whoopee
Girl Crazy
Three's a Crowd
The New Yorkers
The New Moon
1931
The Smiling Lieutenant
Follow Through
Delicious
The Band Wagon
Earl Carroll Vanities
Flying High
Kiss Me Again
The Threepenny Opera
Leathernecking
Heads Up!
George White's Scandals
The Cat and the Fiddle
Of Thee I Sing
Sunny
1932
Face the Music
One Hour With You
Love Me Tonight
The Phantom President
Girl Crazy
The Big Broadcast
Flying Colors
Music in the Air
Take a Chance
Gay Divorce
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
42nd Street
She Done Him Wrong
The Threepenny Opera
International House
Gold Diggers of 1933
Take a Chance
Bitter Sweet
Footlight Parade
As Thousands Cheer
Roberta
Let 'Em Eat Cake
Dancing Lady
Roman Scandals
Flying Down to Rio
Going Hollywood
Duck Soup
1934
New Faces
Ziegfeld Follies
The Cat and the Fiddle
Wonder Bar
George White's Scandals
We're Not Dressing
Evergreen
One Night of Love
Life Begins at 8:40
Blossom Time
College Rhythm
Revenge With Music
Dames
The Merry Widow
The Great Waltz
The Gay Divorcee
Anything Goes
Kid Millions
Music in the Air
Babes in Toyland
1935
Sweet Adeline
Roberta
Folies Bergere de Paris
Gold Diggers of 1935
Go Into Your Dance
Naughty Marietta
Every Night at Eight
Mississippi
Top Hat
At Home Abroad
The Big Broadcast of 1936
Porgy and Bess
Thanks a Million
Jubilee
Jumbo
King of Burlesque
I Dream Too Much
Curly Top
A Night at the Opera
1936
Rose Marie
Anything Goes
Follow the Fleet
Poor Little Rich Girl
San Francisco
Swing Time
The Big Broadcast of 1937
Pennies From Heaven
Red, Hot and Blue!
New Faces
Born to Dance
Let's Sing Again
Ziegfeld Follies
On Your Toes
The Great Ziegfeld
Show Boat
Gold Diggers of 1937
One in a Million
The Show Is On
Johnny Johnson
1937
On the Avenue
Maytime
New Faces of 1937
Babes in Arms
Artists and Models
Wake Up and Live
Shall We Dance
Between the Devil
A Day at the Races
High, Wide and Handsome
Double or Nothing
Varsity Show
Broadway Melody of 1938
The Firefly
One Hundred Men and a Girl
I'd Rather Be Right
Damsel in Distress
Pins and Needles
Hooray for What!
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Rosalie
Hollywood Hotel
1938
The Cradle Will Rock
The Goldwyn Follies
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Joy of Living
Artists and Models Abroad
I Married an Angel
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Sing You Sinners
Gold Diggers of Paris
In Old Chicago
Carefree
Hellzapoppin'
Knickerbocker Holiday
Leave It to Me!
The Great Waltz
The Boys From Syracuse
Sweethearts
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Second Fiddle
The Wizard of Oz
On Your Toes
At the Circus
The Mikado
Rose of Washington Square
Gulliver's Travels
Very Warm for May
Too Many Girls
Babes in Arms
DuBarry Was a Lady
1940
Irene
Higher and Higher
Pinocchio
Bitter Sweet
Little Nellie Kelly
Love Thy Neighbor
Broadway Melody of 1940
The Boys From Syracuse
Rhythm on the River
Road to Singapore
New Moon
Lillian Russell
Louisiana Purchase
Strike Up the Band
Cabin in the Sky
Down Argentine Way
Panama Hattie
One Night in the Tropics
Fantasia
Too Many Girls
Tin Pan Alley
No, No, Nanette
Pal Joey
Lady in the Dark
1941
That Night in Rio
Ziegfeld Girl
Sunny
Moon Over Miami
Dumbo
Buck Privates
The Chocolate Soldier
Sun Valley Serenade
Lady, Be Good!
Birth of the Blues
Road to Zanzibar
Louisiana Purchase
Weekend in Havana
You'll Never Get Rich
Best Foot Forward
Blues in the Night
Let's Face It!
Babes on Broadway
Hellzapoppin'
1942
Louisiana Purchase
The Fleet's In
I Married an Angel
My Gal Sal
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Rio Rita
Stormy Weather
By Jupiter
Holiday Inn
This Is the Army
Orchestra Wives
Springtime in the Rockies
You Were Never Lovelier
Road to Morocco
For Me and My Gal
Iceland
Panama Hattie
Star-Spangled Rhythm
1943
Something for the Boys
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Happy Go Lucky
Oklahoma!
Cabin in the Sky
Stagedoor Canteen
Higher and Higher
New Faces
Coney Island
This Is the Army
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
One Touch of Venus
Best Foot Forward
Let's Face It!
DuBarry Was a Lady
The Sky's the Limit
Girl Crazy
The Desert Song
The Gang's All Here
Carmen Jones
1944
Higher and Higher
Lady in the Dark
Mexican Hayride
Up in Arms
Going My Way
Here Come the Waves
Cover Girl
Follow the Girls
Two Girls and a Sailor
Knickerbocker Holiday
Broadway Rhythm
Song of Norway
Bloomer Girl
Can't Help Singing
Something for the Boys
The Boys From Boise
Hollywood Canteen
Meet Me in St. Louis
On the Town
1945
Up in Central Park
Carousel
Rhapsody in Blue
Anchors Aweigh
The Three Caballeros
Earl Carroll Vanities
State Fair
The Dolly Sisters
George White's Scandals
The Bells of St. Mary's
Road to Utopia
1946
Ziegfeld Follies
The Harvey Girls
St. Louis Woman
Call Me Mister
Annie Get Your Gun
Make Mine Music
Centennial Summer
Night and Day
Around the World
Three Little Girls in Blue
The Jolson Story
Blue Skies
Song of the South
Till the Clouds Roll By
1947
Street Scene
Finian's Rainbow
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
It Happened in Brooklyn
Brigadoon
New Orleans
Summer Holiday
Mother Wore Tights
High Button Shoes
Allegro
Road to Rio
Good News!
1948
Make Mine Manhattan
The Pirate
The Paleface
Inside U.S.A.
Up in Central Park
Melody Time
Easter Parade
Casbah
Love Life
Romance on the High Seas
Where's Charley?
As the Girls Go
A Date With Judy
One Touch of Venus
Lend an Ear
Words and Music
Kiss Me, Kate
1949
South Pacific
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
The Barkleys of Broadway
Neptune's Daughter
In the Good Old Summertime
Miss Liberty
Jolson Sings Again
Lost in the Stars
Regina
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
On the Town
1950
Young Man With a Horn
Cinderella
The Toast of New Orleans
Annie Get Your Gun
Three Little Words
Knickerbocker Holiday
Peter Pan
Summer Stock
Wabash Avenue
Call Me Madam
Guys and Dolls
Out of This World
1951
On the Riviera
Royal Wedding
The King and I
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Great Caruso
Call Me Mister
On the Riviera
Show Boat
Alice in Wonderland
Flahooley
Here Comes the Groom
Two on the Aisle
An American in Paris
Paint Your Wagon
1952
With a Song in My Heart
The Belle of New York
The Merry Widow
Singin' in the Rain
New Faces of 1952
The Jazz Singer
Lovely to Look At
Wish You Were Here
Where's Charley?
Son of Paleface
Road to Bali
Hans Christian Andersen
1953
Wonderful Town
Call Me Madam
The Desert Song
Thirteen Clocks
The Beggar's Opera
Peter Pan
Lili
Can-Can
The Farmer Takes a Wife
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Me and Juliet
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Band Wagon
Kiss Me, Kate
Kismet
Calamity Jane
Give a Girl a Break
1954
New Faces
The Glenn Miller Story
The Threepenny Opera
Rose Marie
The Country Girl
Lady in the Dark
Let's Face It!
The Golden Apple
By the Beautiful Sea
Panama Hattie
The Pajama Game
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
The Student Prince
White Christmas
Brigadoon
A Star Is Born
Satins and Spurs
The Boy Friend
Carmen Jones
Peter Pan
Fanny
Deep in My Heart
There's No Business Like Show Business
A Christmas Carol
House of Flowers
1955
Plain and Fancy
Silk Stockings
Peter Pan
Hit the Deck!
Naughty Marietta
Lady and the Tramp
Dearest Enemy
Pipe Dream
Damn Yankees
Love Me or Leave Me
Artists and Models
Daddy Long Legs
The Desert Song
The Great Waltz
Pete Kelly's Blues
The Merry Widow
It's Always Fair Weather
The Chocolate Soldier
Our Town
My Sister Eileen
One Touch of Venus
Oklahoma!
Guys and Dolls
Kismet
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1956
The Court Jester
Carousel
The King and I
New Faces
Bloomer Girl
The Vagabond King
High Tor
My Fair Lady
High Button Shoes
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Mr. Wonderful
Anything Goes
Jack and the Beanstalk
Love Me Tender
The Best Things in Life Are Free
The Most Happy Fella
A Bell for Adano
The Bachelor
Invitation to the Dance
High Society
Li'l Abner
Bells Are Ringing
Candide
The Stingiest Man in Town
1957
Ruggles of Red Gap
Funny Face
Cinderella
New Girl in Town
Silk Stockings
Annie Get Your Gun
Pinocchio
The Pajama Game
The Joker Is Wild
Pal Joey
West Side Story
Les Girls
Who's Earnest?
Jamaica
The Music Man
Jailhouse Rock
The Pied Piper of Hamlin
Junior Miss
1958
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Aladdin
The Seven Hills of Rome
South Pacific
Hansel and Gretel
Goldilocks
La Plume de Ma Tante
Gigi
Wonderful Town
Damn Yankees
King Creole
Kiss Me Kate
Tom Thumb
Little Women
Flower Drum Song
Gift of the Magi
1959
Redhead
Juno
The Five Pennies
Destry Rides Again
Saratoga
Once Upon a Mattress
Gypsy
Porgy and Bess
The Jazz Singer
Take Me Along
Meet Me in St. Louis
The Sound of Music
Li'l Abner
Little Mary Sunshine
Fiorello!
1960
Greenwillow
Can-Can
Bye Bye Birdie
The Fantasticks
Irma la Douce
Tenderloin
Peter Pan
So Help Me, Aphrodite
Bells Are Ringing
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Earnest in Love
Camelot
Wildcat
Do Re Mi
1961
Carnival
West Side Story
Babes in Toyland
The Gay Life
Kwamina
Feathertop
Milk and Honey
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Flower Drum Song
Subways Are for Sleeping
1962
No Strings
The Music Man
The Road to Hong Kong
All American
State Fair
New Faces
The Threepenny Opera
Blue Hawaii
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Gypsy
Mr. President
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Stop the World–I Want to Get Off
Little Me
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
Gay Purr-ee
1963
Oliver!
She Loves Me
Bye Bye Birdie
Summer Magic
110 in the Shade
Quillow and the Giant
1964
Hello, Dolly!
Funny Girl
Anyone Can Whistle
Viva Las Vegas
The Fantasticks
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Kiss Me, Kate
Robin and the Seven Hoods
A Hard Day's Night
Once Upon a Mattress
Fade Out–Fade In
Mary Poppins
Fiddler on the Roof
Golden Boy
The Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
My Fair Lady
1965
Cinderella
Do I Hear a Waltz?
The Sound of Music
Half a Sixpence
Flora, the Red Menace
The Roar of the Greasepaint–The Smell of the Crowd
Help!
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Court Jester
Pinocchio
The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood
1966
Man of La Mancha
Sweet Charity
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Alice in Wonderland
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman
Brigadoon
Jack and the Beanstalk
Mame
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
When the Boys Meet the Girls
Man With a Load of Mischief
Olympus 7-0000
The Apple Tree
The Canterville Ghost
Cabaret
I Do! I Do!
Evening Primrose
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
1967
Hallelujah, Baby!
Jack and the Beanstalk
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Carousel
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Annie Get Your Gun
Damn Yankees
Half a Sixpence
Pinocchio
Camelot
The Jungle Book
Kismet
Aladdin
Doctor Dolittle
Androcles and the Lion
1968
Your Own Thing
The Happy Time
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
George M!
New Faces
Hair
Kiss Me, Kate
Finian's Rainbow
Funny Girl
Star!
Zorbá
That's Life
Yellow Submarine
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Promises, Promises
Oliver!
Babes in Toyland
Dames at Sea
1969
Sweet Charity
Celebration
1776
Coco
Paint Your Wagon
Dear World
Hello, Dolly!
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
The Littlest Angel
1970
Purlie
Darling Lili
Applause
Company
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Woodstock
George M!
The Aristocats
The Rothschilds
The Last Sweet Days of Isaac
Song of Norway
Scrooge
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Two By Two
The Me Nobody Knows
1971
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Follies
Dames at Sea
Godspell
Oh, Calcutta!
Jesus Christ Superstar
70, Girls, 70
Fiddler on the Roof
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
The Boy Friend
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death
The Grass Harp
Two Gentlemen of Verona
1972
Cabaret
Grease
Sugar
The Great Waltz
Man of La Mancha
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope
Of Thee I Sing
Lady Sings the Blues
Pippin
Oh, Calcutta!
1776
1973
A Little Night Music
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Seesaw
Charlotte's Web
Applause
Robin Hood
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Raisin
Jesus Christ Superstar
Godspell
Gigi
1974
Lost in the Stars
Lorelei
Mame
Over Here!
Journey Back to Oz
That's Entertainment
Phantom of the Paradise
The Magic Show
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Mack and Mabel
1975
The Wiz
Shenandoah
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Funny Lady
The Rocky Horror Show
Chicago
Tommy
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Really Rosie
A Chorus Line
The Robber Bridegroom
Nashville
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1976
Pacific Overtures
Bubbling Brown Sugar
The Baker's Wife
Bugsy Malone
The Slipper and the Rose
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
That's Entertainment, Part Two
Pinocchio
Your Arms Too Short to Box With God
Peter Pan
A Star Is Born
1977
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Minstrel Man
I Love My Wife
Starting Here, Starting Now
The Rescuers
Annie
New York, New York
The Act
Pete's Dragon
Saturday Night Fever
1978
On the Twentieth Century
Cindy
Dancin'
Ain't Misbehavin'
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
Ballroom
A Little Night Music
Grease
Working
She Loves Me
Timbuktu!
The Buddy Holly Story
The Wiz
Movie Movie
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Stingiest Man in Town
1979
They're Playing Our Song
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Hair
The Muppet Movie
Evita
The Wiz
Sugar Babies
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas
The Rose
1980
All That Jazz
Coal Miner's Daughter
Fame
The Jazz Singer
Xanadu
Barnum
A Day in Hollywood–A Night in the Ukraine
42nd Street
1981
Sophisticated Ladies
Woman of the Year
Dreamgirls
Merrily We Roll Along
Pennies From Heaven
1982
Forbidden Broadway
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Victor/Victoria
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Annie
Grease 2
Nine
Little Shop of Horrors
Cats
1983
Flashdance
My One and Only
The Beggar's Opera
La Cage aux Folles
Baby
Yentl
The Tap Dance Kid
1984
Footloose
The Rink
This Is Spinal Tap
The Human Comedy
Sunday in the Park With George
The Cotton Club
1985
Big River
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Follow That Bird
Nunsense
A Chorus Line
Copacabana
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Alice in Wonderland
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
1986
Me and My Girl
Rags
Singin' in the Rain
Little Shop of Horrors
Babes in Toyland
1987
Les Misérables
Starlight Express
The Wind in the Willows
La Bamba
Dirty Dancing
Into the Woods
1988
The Phantom of the Opera
Oliver & Company
Chess
Bird
1989
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
The Little Mermaid
Grand Hotel
Polly
City of Angels
Meet Me in St. Louis
Closer Than Ever
1990
Aspects of Love
Forever Plaid
Buddy
Dick Tracy
Polly–Comin' Home!
Cop Rock
Mack the Knife
Once on This Island
1991
The Doors
Miss Saigon
The Secret Garden
Assassins
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Will Rogers Follies
The Commitments
For the Boys
Beauty and the Beast
1992
Jelly's Last Jam
Crazy for You
Five Guys Named Moe
Falsettos
Aladdin
1993
The Who's Tommy
Blood Brothers
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Cinderella
Gypsy
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1994
Beauty and the Beast
Hello Again
Passion
The Lion King
Sunset Boulevard
1995
Pocahontas
Bye Bye Birdie
A Christmas Carol
The Fantasticks
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Victor/Victoria
1996
State Fair
Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
Rent
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Floyd Collins
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
The Preacher's Wife
That Thing You Do
Waiting for Guffman
Mrs. Santa Claus
1997
Everyone Says I Love You
Violet
Evita
Titanic
The Life
Jekyll and Hyde
Hercules
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Cinderella
The Lion King
Anastasia
Babes in Toyland
1998
Ragtime
High Society
Footloose
Mulan
Cats
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
A New Brain
Parade
The Prince of Egypt
1999
Fosse
James Joyce's The Dead
Tarzan
The Cradle Will Rock
The King and I
Annie
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Saturday Night Fever
2000
Contact
Aida
The Wild Party
Fantasia 2000
Footloose
The Full Monty
Seussical
Geppetto
2001
The Producers
Bat Boy
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Moulin Rouge!
South Pacific
Urinetown
Mamma Mia!
2002
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Hairspray
Chicago
Movin' Out
2003
Avenue Q
The Boy From Oz
Camp
The Music Man
Wicked
2004
Caroline or Change
De-Lovely
Ray
The Phantom of the Opera
Little Women
Never Gonna Dance
A Christmas Carol
2005
The Light in the Piazza
Spamalot
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Walk the Line
Once Upon a Mattress
Jersey Boys
The Color Purple
Rent
The Producers
2006
The Drowsy Chaperone
High School Musical
Tarzan
Grey Gardens
Mary Poppins
Spring Awakening
Dreamgirls
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2007
Curtains
Legally Blonde
Xanadu
High School Musical 2
Hairspray
Across the Universe
Young Frankenstein
Sweeney Todd
2008
The Little Mermaid
In the Heights
