A fictional musical or fictitious musical is a non-existent stage musical that was created specifically for (i.e. within) a work of fiction such as a novel, film, TV series, play or even an actual stage musical. Strictly, the term does not refer to actual musicals based on fiction (i.e. as opposed to those based on real-life people or events) but, rather, to imaginary musicals that do not actually exist.
| Fictitious Musical | As Depicted In | Basis | Actual composer/s | Actual lyricist/s | In-universe songs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspects of Juanita | The Musical of Musicals (2003 musical) | Andrew Lloyd Webber parody | Eric Rockwell | Joanne Bogart | Numerous; see link |
| A Taste for Love | Forgetting Sarah Marshall| (2008 film) | Dracula performed with puppets. | Jason Segel | Jason Segel | "A Taste for Love"; "Dracula's Lament" |
| Atlanta | Irreconcilable Differences | Gone with the Wind remake | Jerry Belson and Harvey Miller | Jerry Belson and Harvey Miller | "This Belle" |
| Batman: The Musical | Batman Beyond episode 44 (2000) | Batman | Paul Dini | Paul Dini | "Superstitious and Cowardly Lot" |
| Casanova | Nine (1982 musical) | Life of Giacomo Casanova | Maury Yeston | Maury Yeston | "Grand Canal" |
| The Coconut Girl (1911) | The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963 musical) | "a charming period musical" from 1911 | Noel Coward | Noel Coward | "Coconut Girl"; "Paddy McNeil & His Automobile"; "Swing Song"; "Six Lilies of the Valley"; "The Walla Walla Boola" |
| Come.. come now | The First Nudie Musical (1976 film) | A film studio's attempt to prevent bankruptcy by making a "musical comedy porno" | Bruce Kimmel | Bruce Kimmel | "The Lights and the Smiles"; "The First Nudie Musical"; "Orgasm"; "Lesbian, Butch, Dyke"; "Dancing Dildoes"; "Pervision"; "Let 'Em Eat Cake" |
| Corn | The Musical of Musicals (2003 musical) | Rodgers & Hammerstein parody | Eric Rockwell | Joanne Bogart | Numerous; see link |
| The Cruise of the Dodo | Rough Crossing (1985 play) | Pastiche of 1930s musical comedy | André Previn | Tom Stoppard | "This could be the one"; "Where do we go from here?"; "You never heard it from me" |
| Dear Abby | The Musical of Musicals (2003 musical) | Jerry Herman parody | Eric Rockwell | Joanne Bogart | Numerous; see link |
| The Drowsy Chaperone (1928 musical) | The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 musical) | Pastiche of 1920s musical comedy | Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison | Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison | Numerous; see link |
| Elephant! | The Tall Guy (1989 film) | Life of Joseph Merrick; also Webber parody | Uncredited | Uncredited | "Roll up, roll up", "He's Packing His Trunk", "Angel with Big Ears" |
| Ellen: The Musical | The Ellen DeGeneres Show episode 167 (2006) | Musical adaptation of real-life daytime talk show | Eban Schletter | Eban Schletter | "Breathe from your Hoo-Hoo" (performed by Kristin Chenoweth as Fairy Godmother; "Nerd like me" (performed by Olivia Olson) |
| Faust (cantata) | Phantom of the Paradise (1974 film) | The legend of Doctor Faustus | Paul Williams | Paul Williams | "Faust" (performed by William Finley as Winslow Leach) |
| Feldman Follies of 1926 | Moony Shapiro's Songbook (1981 revue) | Fictitious counterpart to the Zeigfeld Follies | Monty Norman | Julian Moore | "East River Rhapsody" |
| Freud! The Musical | Friends episode 1.06 (1994) | The Life of Sigmund Freud | Uncredited | Uncredited | "All you want is a dingle" (sung by Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani as Dr Freud) |
| Funny Boy | The Producers (1968 film; 2001 musical; 2005 film) | Hamlet by William Shakespeare | Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks | - |
| The Girl from Indiana | Say, Darling (1958 play) | Based on (fictitious) book, Paddlewheel | Jule Styne | Betty Comden & Adolph Green | "It's Doom"; "Say, Darling"; "Try to love me"; "Dance only with me" (and others) |
| Hamlet: A Musical | Gilligan's Island episode 72 (1966) | Hamlet by William Shakespeare | Uncredited | Uncredited | "To be or not to be" |
| Hamlet 2 | Hamlet 2 (2008 film) | Sequel to Hamlet by William Shakespeare | - | - | "Rock me Sexy Jesus"; "Gay as the day is long" (and others) |
| Happy Hickory | Moony Shapiro's Songbook (1981 revue) | - | Monty Norman | Julian Moore | "Happy Hickory"; "Lovely Sunday Morning"; "Rusty's Dream Ballet"; "A Storm in my Heart"; "The Pokenhatchit Public Protest Committee" |
| Helen Keller: The Musical | South Park episode 61 (2000) | The Miracle Worker by William Gibson | |||
| Imelda: The Musical | Spitting Image (TV series) | Parody of Evita, based on life of Imelda Marcos | Philip Pope | ? | "Please cry for me, Filipinos" |
| Jeepers Creepers Semi-Star | Mr. Show episode 203 (1996) | Parody of Jesus Christ Superstar | - | - | "I don't know what to think of him", "Jeepers Creepers" (and others) |
| Juliet and Romeo | High School Musical on Stage! (2007 musical) | Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare | Various | Various | "What I've been looking for" |
| Kickin' It: A Musical Journey Through the Betty Ford Center | The Simpsons episode 4F22 (1996) | The Betty Ford Center | Alf Clausen | Ken Keeler | "You're Checkin' In" |
| Lease: The Musical | Team America: World Police (2004 film) | Parody of Rent | Uncredited | Uncredited | "Everyone has AIDS" |
| A Little Complex | The Musical of Musicals (2003 musical) | Sondheim parody | Eric Rockwell | Joanne Bogart | Numerous; see link |
| Manhattan Melodies | The Muppets take Manhattan (1984 film) | - | Jeff Moss | Jeff Moss | "Together again"; "Right where I belong"; "Somebody's getting married"; "He'll make me happy"; "The Ceremony" |
| Mewesical High | Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009 film) | Based on high school years of Jason Mewes | - | - | "Crash my party"; "Life is a Show"; "Rescue You"; "Swang Song"; "One Saturday Night Away" |
| Mother Teresa: The Musical | The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994 film) | Life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta | Uncredited | Uncredited | "Food" (performed by Chrissy Bocchino) |
| Musical Husbands | Merrily We Roll Along (1981 musical) | - | - | - | No in-universe songs performed |
| My Square Laddie | My Square Laddie (1959 LP record) | Parody of My Fair Lady | Max Showalter | William Howe | "What makes a Limey talk so square?"; "To be Bohemian!"; "It's de Oily Boid"; "The block where you rock"; "I could have boozed all night"' "I gotta hand it to you"; "I'm kinda partial to his puss" |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Music Hall Royale production) | The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986 musical) | The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens | Rupert Holmes | Rupert Holmes | Numerous; see link |
| Nelson: The Musical | Lucky Break (2001 film) | Life of Horatio Nelson | Anne Dudley | Stephen Fry | "Four Months at Sea"; "Kiss me, Hardy" |
| The Nightman Cometh | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode 1P04008 (2008) | A rock opera | Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney & Glenn Howerton | Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney & Glenn Howerton | "Nightman", "Dayman", "Troll toll" |
| Oh! Streetcar! | The Simpsons episode 8F18 (1992) | A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams | Jeff Martin | Jeff Martin | "Long before the Superdome"; "New Orleans", "I am just a Simple Paper Boy"; "Stella", "Kindness of Strangers" |
| Oh, Yes! Wyoming! | A Uniform Used To Mean Something (2004 short) | Parody of Oklahoma! | Uncredited | Uncredited | "Oh, Yes! Wyoming!" |
| Omaha! | Omaha! (1958 EP record) | "The shortest musical comedy or longest radio commercial ever"; parody of Oklahoma! | Stan Freberg | Stan Freberg | "Whatta They Got in Omaha?"; "Omaha Moon"; "Omaha" |
| Pius XIV: Super-Pope | The Goodies File (1975 book) | "The NEW God-Glam-Glitter-Camp-Poof-Rock Show" | Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie | Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden & Bill Oddie | "Papal Blues"; "Holy Ghost"; "Six Wise Virgins"; "Cardinal's Crunch" |
| Pretty Lady | 42nd Street (1933 film; 1980 musical) | - | Harry Warren | Al Dubin | "You're getting to be a habit with me"; "It must be June"; "Shuffle off to Buffalo"; "Young and healthy"; "42nd Street" |
| Prisoners of Love | The Producers (1968 film; 2001 musical; 2005 film) | - | Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks | "Prisoners of Love" |
| Prop 8: The Musical | Prop 8: The Musical (2008 short) | Musical about Proposition 8 | Marc Shaiman | Marc Shaiman | "Proposition 8"; "Pick and Choose"; "There's money to be made" |
| Rap! The Musical | Mr. Show episode 202 (1996) | Rap-style lyrics performed in a musical comedy style | Uncredited | Uncredited | "Gimme that big booming bass"; "I'm a gansta of the old skool"; "I'm in a gang of one"; "I'm an Old Gold Tooth" |
| The Real Manchu | Face Value (1993 play) | "Controversial" musical where a Caucasian actor portrays Fu Manchu | David Henry Hwang | David Henry Hwang | |
| Red, White & Black | Moony Shapiro's Songbook (1981 revue) | J'accuse by Emile Zola | Monty Norman | Julian Moore | "I Accuse" |
| Red, White & Blaine | Waiting for Guffman (1996 film) | 150 years in the history of Blaine, Missouri | Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer | Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer | "Nothing Ever Happens on Mars"; "Stool Boom"; "This Bulging River"; "Nothing Ever Happens in Blaine" |
| Robbin' Hood! A New Musical of the Old West | Curtains (2006 musical) | - | John Kander | Fred Ebb and Rupert Holmes | "Wide Open Spaces"; "Thinking of Him"; "Thataway!"; "Kansasland"; "In the Same Boat" |
| Rochelle, Rochelle: The Musical | Seinfeld episode 621 (1995) | Adaptation of (fictional) movie of same name | Uncredited | Uncredited | "Rochelle, Rochelle" (performed by Bette Midler as herself) |
| Saucy Jack | This is Spinal Tap (1982 film) | Life of Jack the Ripper | Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer | Christopher Guest, Michael McKean & Harry Shearer | "Saucy Jack" |
| Scarsdale Surprise | Seinfeld episode 822 (1997) | The Murder of Dr Herman Tarnower | - | - | No songs actually performed; show purportedly starred Racquel Welch |
| The Shopgirl Princess | For Amusement Only (1956 revue) | "A miniature musical comedy of 1917" | John Pritchett | Peter Myers and Alec Grahame | |
| Sizzle '76 | Beaches (1988 film) | A typical mid-1970s bawdy Broadway revue | Jerry Blatt, Charlene Seeger & Bette Midler | Jerry Blatt, Charlene Seeger & Bette Midler | "Otto Titsling (performed by Bette Midler as C. C. Bloom)" |
| The Small House of Uncle Thomas | The King and I (1952 musical) | Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein | "The Small House of Uncle Thomas" |
| Sneakers | A Broadway Musical (1979 musical) | - | Charles Strouse | Lee Adams | Numerous; see link |
| Songbird! | Death Becomes Her (1992 film) | Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams | Geoffrey Aymar | Martin Donovan & David Koepp | "Me!" (performed by Meryl Streep as Madeleine Ashton) |
| Spectacular, Spectacular | Moulin Rouge (2001 film) | - | Various | Various | Numerous; see link |
| Speakeasy | The Musical of Musicals (2003 musical) | Kander & Ebb parody | Eric Rockwell | Joanne Bogart | Numerous; see link |
| Springtime for Hitler | The Producers (1968 film; 2001 musical; 2005 film) | Life of Adolf Hitler | Mel Brooks | Mel Brooks | "Springtime for Hitler", "Heil myself" |
| Stop the Planet of the Apes: I Want to Get Off! | The Simpsons episode 3F15 (1997) | Planet of the Apes (1968 film) | Alf Clausen | Jack Barth | "Dr Zaius"; "Chimpan-A to Chimpan-Z" |
| The Taming of the Shrew (musical) | Kiss Me, Kate (1948 musical) | The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare | Cole Porter | Cole Porter | "We Open In Venice", "I've come to wive it wealthily in Padua" ; "Were thine that Special Face"; "Bianca" (and others) |
| Twinkle Town | High School Musical (2006 TV film) | Annual "musicale" produced by (fictitious) East High School | Various | Various | "What I've been looking for"; "Bop to the Top" |
| The Vagabond Student | For Amusement Only (1956 revue) | Parody of 1920s operetta | John Pritchett | Peter Myers | - |
| The Weissman Follies | Follies (1971 musical) | Fictional counterpart to the Zeigfeld Follies | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | "Beautiful Girls"; "Rain on the Roof"; "Ah, Paris!", "Broadway Baby"; "I'm Still Here"; "Loveland" (and others) |
| Yetta's Letters | The Nanny episode 619 (1999) | Based on love letters of Fran Fine's grandmother | Uncredited | Uncredited | "Ellis Island" |
| [Title not revealed] | Mame (1966 musical) | A female astronomer's astounding discovery | Jerry Herman | Jerry Herman | "Man in the Moon is a Lady" (performed by Beatrice Arthur as Vera Charles) |
| [Title not revealed] | Merrily We Roll Along (1981 musical) | Homage to early 1960s revues | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim | "Bobby and Jackie and Jack" |
| [Title not revealed] | Beaches (1988 film) | "Experimental" musical by the Falcon Players | Bette Midler & Wendy Waldman | Bette Midler & Wendy Waldman | "Oh Industry" (performed by Bette Middler as C. C. Bloom) |