List of musicals M to Z
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Mack and Mabel . Music and Lyrics by 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 (compiled from songs by 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 , also called 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 film 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 Devised by 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 film 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 , music: 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 . Book by Ossie Davis , Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell
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Salad Days
Saludos Amigos film 1942
Salvation Off-Broadway 1969
San Francisco film 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 (Book by 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? (1948) Featured 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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