Based on Books
This 2023 musical, based on the 1967 book of the same name, which opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on April 11, 2024, won 4 Tony Awards in 2024, including the Tony Award for Best Musical
What is The Outsiders?
This 2019 musical comedy is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII, presented in the form of a singing competition/pop concert
What is SIX?
This 1999 musical, which uses the music of Swedish pop group ABBA, is back on Broadway as of October 2025
What is Mamma Mia?
This 1994 musical was Disney's first Broadway show
What is Beauty and the Beast?
This is Andrew Lloyd Webber's most well-known show
What is The Phantom of the Opera?
This 1985 musical, based on the hefty book by Victor Hugo, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in October 2025
What is Les Misérables?
This 2017 musical based on the events in the Newfoundland town of Gander, Newfoundland when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001
What is Come from Away?
This 2002 musical, which played 4,600 performances at the Dominion Theatre in London, uses the music of Queen
What is We Will Rock You?
This 1997 musical is currently the third longest-running Broadway show at just over 11,000 performances
What is The Lion King?
This 1984 musical famously has actors perform on roller skates
What is Starlight Express?
This 1985 musical, based on the hefty book by Victor Hugo, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in October 2025
What is Les Misérables?
This 1969 musical is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to sign the document
What is 1776?
This 2008 musical uses songs from Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry, Poison and Europe, among other well-known rock bands as its score
What is Rock of Ages?
This 2012 musical is based on the 1992 live action film of the same name, directed by Kenny Ortega, and starring Christian Bale and Robert Duvall
What is Newsies: The Musical?
This 1993 musical has starred such iconic divas as Patti LuPone, Glenn Close, and Nicole Scherzinger
What is Sunset Boulevard?
This 2013 musical, based on the celebrated 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film, follows the life of a traveling salesman whose larger-than-life stories captivate everyone around him
What is Big Fish?
This 2010 musical, which tells the story of the founding of the Democratic Party, redefines Andrew Jackson, America's seventh President, as an emo rock star and focuses on populism, the Indian Removal Act, and his relationship with his wife Rachel
What is Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson?
This 2019 musical, which uses songs originally sung by The Backstreet Boys, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears, provides an alternative ending to Romeo and Juliet.
What is & Juliet?
This is the first Disney musical to premiere in a language other than English. Bonus points if you can give me the language
What is The Hunchback of Notre Dame? BONUS: German
This 2016 musical, based on the 2003 Jack Black film of the same name, starred Alex Brightman as Dewey Finn and Sierra Boggess as Rosalie Mullins
What is School of Rock The Musical?
This 2016 musical is based on book 24 of the bestselling book series by R.L. Stine
What is Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom Of The Auditorium?
This musical with music and lyrics by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, and a book by DiPietro, based on the life of Diana, Princess of Wales
What is Diana The Musical?
This sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day
What is American Idiot?
This is the newest musical, based on the 1997 film of the same name, also loosely based on the legendary hero of the same name, the son of Zeus, in Greek mythology
What is Hercules?
This 2023 musical, which starred Linedy Genao as the title character, marked the end of a continuous 44-year period in which one or more of Lloyd Webber's shows played on Broadway
What is Bad Cinderella?