List of rock musicals
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The following is a list of rock musicals organized chronologically by the date when the original major run of the musical began, and noting who wrote the book, lyrics and music of each piece.
- 1960 Bye Bye Birdie book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse
- 1967 Hair written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot.[1][2][3]
- 1968 Your Own Thing by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar
- 1970 Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber [1][3]
- 1971 Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak.[1]
- 1971 Two Gentlemen of Verona by John Guare, Mel Shapiro, and Galt MacDermot[3][1]
- 1972 Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey[3][1]
- 1972 Pippin by Stephen Schwartz, Roger O. Hirson and Bob Fosse[2]
- 1973 The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien[3]
- 1974 Phantom of the Paradise by Brian De Palma and Paul Williams
- 1975 The Lieutenant by Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman and Chuck Strand
- 1975 The Wiz by Charlie Smalls[1]
- 1976 Evita by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber[2]
- 1976 Rockabye Hamlet by Cliff Jones.
- 1978 Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne
- 1978 Working by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead
- 1980 Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
- 1982 Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken[2]
- 1983 Blood Brothers by Willy Russell
- 1984 Chess by Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson[2]
- 1984 Starlight Express by Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1988 Lāčplēsis (rock opera) by Zigmārs Liepiņš and Māra Zālīte
- 1989 The Iron Man by Pete Townshend (based on Ted Hughes' book The Iron Man).[3]
- 1989 Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
- 1990 Paris by Jon English and David Mackay
- 1993 Randy Newman's Faust by Randy Newman
- 1993 Tommy by Pete Townshend, adaptation of The Who's rock opera
- 1995 Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story songs by Buddy Holly and others
- 1996 Rent by Jonathan Larson[3]
- 1996 Martin Guerre
- 1997 Jekyll and Hyde
- 1997 The Lion King by Elton John and Tim Rice
- 1997 Bat Boy: The Musical by Laurence O'Keefe[2]
- 1997 Tanz der Vampire by Jim Steinman (2002 as Dance of the Vampires)
- 1998 Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell[3]
- 1998 Kat and the Kings by Taliep Peterson and David Kramer
- 1998 Quadrophenia by Pete Townshend, adaptation of The Who's rock opera
- 2000 Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice based on Giuseppe Verdi's classical opera Aida[2]
- 2000 Bare, a Pop Opera by Jon Hartmere, Jr. and Damon Intrabartolo
- 2001 Moulin Rouge! by Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann
- 2001 Peggy Sue Got Married by Bob Gaudio and Jerry Leichtling
- 2002 We Will Rock You featuring the music of Queen, book by Ben Elton
- 2003 Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
- 2003 Caroline, or Change by Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
- 2003 Jerry Springer: The Opera by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas, based on the television show The Jerry Springer Show
- 2004 Wicked by Stephen Schwartz[2]
- 2005 Bleach by Studio Pierrot based on Bleach by Tite Kubo
- 2005 Jersey Boys by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe
- 2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny by Jack Black and Kyle Gass
- 2006 Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater. (Based on the play by Frank Wedekind)
- 2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
- 2008 Passing Strange by Stew
- 2008 In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Kenrick, John, "The 1970s: Part I - Rock Musicals" article at the Musicals101 website
- ^ a b c d e f g h Wollman, Elizabeth Lara, The Theatre Will Rock: A History of the Rock Musical from Hair to Hedwig (University of Michigan Press, 2006)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brasor, Philip, "A thumbnail history of the rock musical, March 9, 2006
- Everett, William A. and Paul R. Laird, The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (2002) Cambridge University Press, pp. 231-33 ISBN 0521796393.
