Steven Sondheim
Attend the tale of this murderous barber, whose customers sometimes get a shave that’s a little too close.
What is Sweeney Todd?
A bunch of cats gather in a junkyard to sing about themselves for two hours. Somehow, it became one of the biggest musicals ever.
What is Cats?
An immigrant, an orphan, and a Founding Father walk into a musical. No, seriously. This smash hit turned Alexander Hamilton’s life into hip-hop history.
What is Hamilton?
A governess, seven children, and one very strict father learn that the hills are alive in this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
What is The Sound of Music?
“Wait for Me” is good advice in this musical, especially when your girlfriend has signed a contract with Hades and moved way down underground.
What is Hadestown?
Cinderella, Jack, Little Red, and a baker walk into this musical. No, that’s not the setup to a joke.
What is Into the Woods?
He lives under an opera house, wears half a mask, and has some very strong opinions about who should be cast in the lead.
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
Before he took us to the room where it happens, Miranda took audiences to Washington Heights, where everybody knows your business and somebody just bought a winning lottery ticket.
Impossible things are happening every day in this musical, where a pumpkin gets an upgrade and a glass slipper causes a kingdom-wide search.
What is Cinderella?
“Apex Predator,” “Revenge Party,” and “World Burn” all appear in this musical where getting into the Plastics may be easier than getting out.
What is Mean Girls?
Bobby has great friends, a New York apartment, and absolutely no desire to answer everyone’s favorite question: “So… when are you getting married?”
What is Company?
Before Hamilton made historical figures rock stars, this musical gave Jesus, Judas, and the Apostles a full-on rock opera treatment.
What is Jesus Christ Superstar?
It’s got rival squads, high-flying stunts, and enough teenage drama to make a pyramid collapse. Miranda co-wrote the music and lyrics for this competitive cheerleading musical.
What is Bring It On: The Musical?
Oh, what a beautiful mornin’! Unfortunately, Curly and Jud have very different ideas about how the rest of the day should go in this groundbreaking musical.
What is Oklahoma!?
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. These six ladies decided 500 years was long enough to wait for top billing.
What is Six?
John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, and several other infamous figures share the stage in this darkly comic Sondheim musical about people who took their shot at the presidency. Literally.
What is Assassins?
“Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” comes from this musical about a woman who rose from poverty to become one of her country’s most famous First Ladies.
What is Evita?
Miranda traded Founding Fathers for street gangs in this concept album inspired by a 1979 cult film, following a crew trying to make the dangerous journey home to Coney Island.
What is Warriors?
A British schoolteacher travels to Siam to teach the royal children and discovers that getting to know the king is a little more complicated than her lesson plans suggested.
What is The King and I?
A spelling bee gets surprisingly emotional when Chip, Logainne, Leaf, Marcy, Olive, and William compete for a trophy and the right to never hear that dreaded bell.
What is The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee?
Everything’s coming up roses… unless you’re one of her daughters. This Sondheim-scored classic follows the ultimate stage mother, Rose, as she pushes her children toward vaudeville stardom.
What is Gypsy?
Dreams, jealous brothers, an Egyptian pharaoh, and one extremely colorful piece of clothing all collide in this biblical musical.
What is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat?
A high school student falls for an undercover cop in this 14-minute musical based on a true story. Let’s just say the title’s “chump” isn’t exactly subtle foreshadowing.
What is 21 Chump Street?
A carousel barker named Billy Bigelow gets one chance to return from beyond the grave and make things right in this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
What is Carousel?
A teenager discovers that the mysterious new Japanese anime pill he swallowed may have been a terrible idea when a Squip starts telling him exactly how to become popular.
What is Be More Chill?