List of rock musicals
The following is a list of rock musicals organized chronologically by the start date of the original run. The author of the book, lyrics, and music of each piece is also noted.
- 1960 Bye Bye Birdie book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse
- 1966 On the Flip Side on ABC Stage 67 by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- 1966 The Golden Screw
- 1967 Hair written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot.[1][2][3]
- 1968 Your Own Thing by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar
- 1969 Salvation by Peter Link and C.C. Courtney
- 1970 Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber [1][3]
- 1971 Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak.[1]
- 1971 Soon by Joseph M. Kookolis and Scott Fagan
- 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]
- 1973 An Imaginary Report on an American Rock Festival book by Tibor Déry and music by Locomotiv GT
- 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 and lyrics by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, James Taylor and others
- 1980 The Seven by Charles Harter
- 1982 Pink Floyd—The Wall written by Roger Waters, based on Pink Floyd's 1979 album, The Wall, which was also mostly written by Waters
- 1982 Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken[2]
- 1983 István, a király by János Bródy and Levente Szörényi
- 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 Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with Richard Maltby, Jr., based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly
- 1989 Return to the Forbidden Planet by Bubble Theatre Company
- 1989 The Iron Man by Pete Townshend (based on Ted Hughes' book The Iron Man).[3]
- 1990 Paris by Jon English and David Mackay
- 1990 Shout and Twist by Michael Butler and Johann Carlo
- 1993 Randy Newman's Faust by Randy Newman
- 1993 Tommy by Pete Townshend, adaptation of The Who's rock opera
- 1994 The Scarlet Letter by Mark Governor based on the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel
- 1995 Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story songs by Buddy Holly and others
- 1995 An American Tragedy by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams
- 1996 Rent by Jonathan Larson[3]
- 1997 Bat Boy: The Musical by Laurence O'Keefe[2]
- 1997 Tanz der Vampire by Jim Steinman (2002 as Dance of the Vampires)
- 1997 Jeanne, the Joan of Arc Musical book and lyrics by Vincent de Tourdonnet, music by Peter Sipos
- 1998 Hedwig and the Angry Inch book by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask[3]
- 1998 Kat and the Kings by Taliep Peterson and David Kramer
- 1998 Quadrophenia by Pete Townshend, adaptation of The Who's rock opera
- 1999 Rasputin – Miracles Lie in the Eye of the Beholder by Michael Rapp
- 2000 bare: A Pop Opera book by Jon Hartmere, Jr. and Damon Intrabartolo, lyrics by Hartmere and music by Intrabartolo
- 2000 Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice based on Giuseppe Verdi's classical opera Aida[2]
- 2000 Machina/The Machines of God and Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music by The Smashing Pumpkins
- 2001 tick, tick... BOOM! by Jonathan Larson and David Auburn
- 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 Jerry Springer: The Opera by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas, based on the television show The Jerry Springer Show
- 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)
- 2006 Rock of Ages by Chris D'Arienzo
- 2006 Passing Strange by Stew
- 2006 Tarzan (musical) by Phil Collins and David Henry Hwang
- 2006 High Fidelity (musical) by Tom Kitt (musician) and Amanda Green
- 2007 Moon Landing (music drama) by Stephen Edwards
- 2008 Lovelace: A Rock Musical by Anna Waronker and Charlotte Caffey
- 2008 Once Upon a Midnight by Tim Lucas and Alex Vickery-Howe
- 2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
- 2008 Rockford's Rock Opera by Steve Punt and Matthew Sweetapple
- 2008 Next to Normal by Tom Kitt (musician) and Brian Yorkey
- 2008 Razia's shadow by Thomas and Paul Dutton
- 2008 shAme by Mark Governor, updated version of The Scarlet Letter
- 2009 Second Chance by Stéphane Prémont
- 2009 Memphis by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
- 2009 The Toxic Avenger by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
- 2009 Love Kills by Kyle Jarrow
- 2009 Mrs Sharp by Ryan Scott Oliver
- 2010 American Idiot by Green Day
- 2010 Sector 17 by Sam Barnes, Jack Gayler and Hannah McCombie www.soundcloud.com/sambarnes7/sets/sector-17-the-musical-2013-1/
- 2010 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson by Michael Friedman and a book by Alex Timbers[4]
- 2011 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark[5] by Julie Taymor, Bono, and The Edge
- 2011 Nero by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
- 2012 The Devil's Carnival by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
- 2012 Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy
- 2012 35MM, a Musical Exhibition by Ryan Scott Oliver
- 2013 Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem by Brendon Small
- 2014 Heathers: The Musical by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Kenrick, John, "The 1970s: Part I - Rock Musicals" article at the Musicals101 website
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Wollman, Elizabeth Lara, The Theatre Will Rock: A History of the Rock Musical from Hair to Hedwig (University of Michigan Press, 2006)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Brasor, Philip, "A thumbnail history of the rock musical, March 9, 2006
- ↑ http://www.idonheartuthemusical.com/castncrew.php
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark Will Now Open in February 2011". Playbill.com. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
References
- Everett, William A. and Paul R. Laird, The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (2002) Cambridge University Press, pp. 231-33 ISBN 0-521-79639-3.