List of musicals M to Z
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Mack and Mabel Jerry Herman
The Maid of the Mountains 1917 ) (Harold Fraser-Simpson)
Mame 1966 ), book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee , music and lyrics by Jerry Herman ; notable song: "Bosom Buddies."
Mamma Mia! 1999 ) (compiled from songs by ABBA )
Man of La Mancha 1965 ), book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh , lyrics by Martin Guerre (Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil )
Mary Poppins 1964 ), music and lyrics: Richard M. Sherman , Robert B. Sherman
Matador 1987 ). Music and lyrics by Mike Leander and Me and My Girl (1937 , 1984 ) (Noel Gay )
Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 ), music: Ralph Blane and others.
The Me Nobody Knows
Merlin
Merrily We Roll Along Stephen Sondheim ) Notable songs: "Good Thing Going", "Not a Day Goes By"
Mexican Hayride (1944 ), music and lyrics: Cole Porter.
Milk and Honey (1961 ), book by Don Appell, lyrics and music by Jerry Herman .
Les misérables (Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil ) Notable song: "I Dreamed a Dream"
Miss Saigon Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil ) Notable song: "Last Night of the World"
Mrs. Patterson (1954 ), music and lyrics: James Shelton and others.
The Most Happy Fella 1956 ), book, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser ; notable song: "Standin' on the Corner."
Movin' Out Billy Joel )
The Music Man 1957 ), book by Meredith Willson and My Fair Lady (1956 ) (Lerner and Loewe ) notable songs: "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," "I Could Have Danced All Night."
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Drood (Rupert Holmes )
My One and Only (1983 ), music: George Gershwin , lyrics: Ira Gershwin .
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O Marry Me! Off-Broadway 1961
O Say Can You See! Off-Broadway 1962
Ocean's Eleven 1960
Of Thee I Sing George and Ira Gershwin ) Notable song: "Love is Sweeping the Country."
Of V We Sing revue 1942
Oh, Boy (1917 ) (Music: Jerome Kern ; lyrics: P. G. Wodehouse ) Notable song: "Till the Clouds Roll By."
Oh, Captain! . Book by Al Morgan and José Ferrer, music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Oh, Kay! (1926 ), music: George Gershwin , lyrics: Ira Gershwin , Howard Dietz ; notable song: "Someone to Watch over Me."
Oh! What a Lovely War Joan Littlewood for Theatre Workshop, Charles Chilton and Members of the Cast. (West End)
Oklahoma! 1943 ), music: Richard Rodgers , lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II ; notable songs: "Oh! What a Beautiful Mornin'," "Oklahoma!," "People Will Say We're in Love."
Oliver! 1960 ), music and lyrics: Lionel Bart ; notable songs: "Consider Yourself," "As Long as He Needs Me'"
On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever Lerner and Loewe )
On the Twentieth Century
Once on this Island (Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty )
Once Upon a Mattress (Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Mary Rodgers , Lyrics: Marshall Barer) Featured Carol Burnett .
One Touch of Venus (1943 ), music: Kurt Weill , lyrics: Ogden Nash ; notable song: "Speak Low."
On the Town 1944 ) (Music: Leonard Bernstein ; Lyrics: Comden and Green ) Notable song: "New York, New York (It's a Wonderful Town) ."
On the Twentieth Century
On Your Toes (Rodgers and Hart )
Our Miss Gibbs (1909 ) (Ivan Caryll) (Lionel Monckton)
Over Here! Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on March 6 , 1974 and ran for 341 performances.
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Pacific Overtures 1976 ) (Stephen Sondheim )
Paint Your Wagon 1951 ), (Lerner and Loewe )
The Pajama Game 1954 ), book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ., Notable songs: Hey There , Steam Heat , Hernando's Hideaway
Pal Joey 1940 ), lyrics: Lorenz Hart , music: Richard Rodgers . Broadway production opened on December 25 , 1940 at the Panama Hattie (1942 ) (Cole Porter ) Broadway production opened on October 30 , 1940 at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 501 performances
Parade (musical) (Jason Robert Brown )
Passion Stephen Sondheim )
Perchance to Dream 1945 ) (Lyrics, Music and Book by Ivor Novello ). The London production opened at the Hippodrome Theatre on April 21 , 1945 and ran for 1022 performances. The only musical for which Novello wrote lyrics.
Pennies from Heaven 1981 ), various composers and lyricists.
Peter Pan 1952 ), music: Frank Churchill, Sammy Fain , Sammy Cahn , Winston Hibler, Jack Lawrence, Ed Penner, Peter Pan (1954 ), music: Mark Charlap, Jule Styne , lyrics: Betty Comden , Adolph Green , Carolyn Leigh .
Pete's Dragon 1977 )) music and lyrics: Al Kasha, The Phantom of the Opera (1986 ) (Andrew Lloyd Webber ) Notable songs: "The Phantom of the Opera", "All I Ask of You"
Pins and Needles (1937 ) (Political musical)
Pipe Dream . Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II , music by Richard Rodgers
Pippin 1972 ), music and lyrics: Stephen Schwartz .
La Plume de Ma Tante . Written, devised, and directed by Robert Dhery, music by Gerard Calvi, English lyrics by Ross Parker
Pocahontas 1995 ), music: Alan Menken , lyrics: Stephen Schwartz .
Pollyanna 1960
Polonaise 1945
Pomme d'amour film 1932
Pom-Pom 1916
Poor Little Rich Girl film 1936
Popeye 1980 ), music and lyrics: Harry Nilsson , Sammy Lerner.
Porgy and Bess George Gershwin ; lyrics: DuBose Heyward , Ira Gershwin .
Portofino 1958
Pot O'Gold film 1940
The Producers The Producers, the new Mel Brooks musical ) (Mel Brooks ) Notable song: "Springtime for Hitler"
Promises, Promises 1968 ), book by Neil Simon , music by Burt Bacharach , lyrics by Hal David .
Pump Boys and Dinettes
Purlie Ossie Davis , Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell
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Salad Days Saludos Amigos 1942
Salvation 1969
San Francisco 1936
The Sap Of Life Off-Broadway 1961
Sarafina! 1988
Saratoga 1959
Say It with Songs film 1929
Say One for Me film 1959
Say When 1928
Say When 1934
Say, Darling 1958
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton)
Scrooge Anthony Newley )
The Secret Garden (Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman)
See You Later 1951 ) Book, Music and Lyrics: Sandy Wilson
Seesaw
J. Hickory Wood
She Loves Me 1963 ), book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock , lyrics by Sheldon Harnick .
Shenandoah
Show Boat 1927 ), music: Jerome Kern and others, lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II , P. G. Wodehouse and others; notable songs: "Old Man River," "Bill," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man."
Side by Side by Sondheim (a revue of the work of Stephen Sondheim )
Side Show (Henry Krieger and Bill Russell )
Sing as We Go 1934 )
Skyscraper . Book by Peter Stone , music by James Van Heusen , lyrics by Sammy Cahn . The Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 13 , 1965 and ran for 241 performances.
The Slipper and the Rose 1976 ) (Sherman Brothers )
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Snoopy!!! (Off-Broadway) (1975 )
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 ), music: Frank Churchill, lyrics: Larry Morey.
Song & Dance (Andrew Lloyd Webber ) Notable songs: "Unexpected Song", "Tell Me on a Sunday"
Song of Norway 1944 ), music: Edvard Grieg , musical adaptation and lyrics: Robert Wright , George Forrest , book: Milton Lazarus.
Sophisticated Ladies
The Sound of Music 1959 ), book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse , songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein ; notable songs: "Do-Re-Mi," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," "The Sound of Music," "My Favorite Things."
South Pacific 1949 ), songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein , book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan ; notable songs: "Bali Ha'i," "Some Enchanted Evening."
Starlight Express Andrew Lloyd Webber /Richard Stilgoe )
Starmania Starmites
Steel Pier
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (1961 ), book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley .
Street Scene (1947 ) (Music Kurt Weill , lyrics Elmer Rice)
Strike Up the Band (George and Ira Gershwin ) Notable song: "Strike Up the Band."
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1924 ), music: Sigmund Romberg , lyrics: Dorothy Donnelly. Longest-running musical of the 1920s
Sugar (music by Jule Styne )
Sugar Babies Sunday in the Park with George 1984 ) (Stephen Sondheim )
Sunset Boulevard Andrew Lloyd Webber )
Sweeney Todd 1989 ) (Stephen Sondheim )
Sweet Charity Neil Simon , music by Cy Coleman , lyrics by Dorothy Fields ) Notable songs: "Hey, Big Spender", "The Rhythm of Life"
Sweet Smell of Success Swing!
Swinging on a Star
The Swing Mikado (1938 ) (Chicago) All-black cast
Swing Time George and Ira Gershwin )
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Take Five (1957 ), various composers and lyricists.
Take Me Along . Book by Joseph Stein and Robert Russell, lyrics and music by Bob Merrill
Tango Argentino The Tap Dance Kid
Tenderloin 1960 ), music: Jerry Bock , lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
They're Playing Our Song (1979 ), lyrics: Carole Bayer Sager , music: Marvin Hamlisch .
Thoroughly Modern Millie 1967 ), various composers and lyricists.
Thoroughly Modern Millie 2002 ), (Jeanine Tesori and The Threepenny Opera (1928 ), original German lyrics: Bertolt Brecht , English lyrics: Marc Blitzstein , music: Kurt Weill (off-Broadway); notable songs: "Mack the Knife," "Pirate Jenny."
tick, tick... BOOM! 2001 ), (Jonathan Larson )
Tintypes
Titanic (Maury Yeston )
Tommy The Who ) Notable song: "Pinball Wizard"
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951 ), music: Arthur Schwartz , lyrics: Dorothy Fields .
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Walking Happy 1966 ), book by Roger O. Hirson and Ketti Frings, music by James Van Heusen , lyrics by Sammy Cahn . The Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 26 , 1966 and ran for 161 performances.
West Side Story 1957 ), book by Arthur Laurents , music: Leonard Bernstein , lyrics: Stephen Sondheim ; notable songs: "Tonight," "America," "Gee, Officer Krupke."
Where's Charley? Ray Bolger ; notable song "Once in Love with Amy."
Whoopee 1928 ) Featured Eddie Cantor ; notable song "Makin' Whoopee."
Wicked Stephen Schwartz )
The Wild Party The Will Rogers Follies
The Wiz 1975 ), music and lyrics: Charlie Smalls, Luther Vandross ; notable song: "Ease On Down the Road"
The Wizard of Oz 1939 ), music: Harold Arlen , lyrics: E. Y. Harburg .
Woman of the Year 1981 ), music: John Kander , lyrics: Fred Ebb .
Wonderful Town 1953 ), book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov , music by Leonard Bernstein , lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green .
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