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.

* 1966 On the Flip Side on ABC Stage 67 by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
* 1966 The Golden Screw by Tom Sankey
* 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]
* 1970 The Survival of St. Joan by James Lineberger and Hank & Gary Ruffin
* 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[1][3]
* 1972 Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey[1][3]
* 1972 Dude by Galt MacDermot
* 1972 Pippin by Stephen Schwartz, Roger O. Hirson and Bob Fosse[2]
* 1973 The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien[3]
* 1973 La Révolution Française by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Raymond Jeannot, book by Alain Boublil and Jean-Max Rivière[4]
* 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, book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music and lyrics by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, James Taylor and others
* 1979 Pink Floyd – The Wall written by Roger Waters, based on Pink Floyd's album, The Wall (1979), which was also mostly written by Waters
* 1979 Starmania by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon
* 1979 In Trousers by William Finn
* 1981 Dreamgirls by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
* 1982 Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken[2]
* 1983 The Human Comedy by Galt MacDermot
* 1983 István, a király (Stephen, the King) by János Bródy and Levente Szörényi
* 1984 Chess by Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson[2]
* 1984 Starlight Express by Andrew Lloyd Webber
* 1986 Time by Dave Clark, David Soames and Jeff Daniels and additional songs by David Pomeranz
* 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
* 1993 Randy Newman's Faust by Randy Newman
* 1993 The Who's 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 by Laurence O'Keefe[2]
* 1997 Tanz der Vampire by Jim Steinman (2002 as Dance of the Vampires)
* 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 Petersen and David Kramer
* 1998 Quadrophenia by Pete Townshend, adaptation of The Who's rock opera
* 1998 The Capeman by Paul Simon
* 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 Movin' Out based on the music of Billy Joel
* 2002 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 by The Flaming Lips
* 2002 Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
* 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
* 2003 Taboo by Boy George based on the New Romantic club scene in London in the 1980s.
* 2005 Bleach by Studio Pierrot based on Bleach by Tite Kubo
* 2005 Jersey Boys by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe
* 2005 Lestat by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
* 2005 Rock of Ages featuring 1980s rock music, book by Chris D'Arienzo
* 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 Passing Strange by Stew
* 2006 Tarzan (musical) by Phil Collins and David Henry Hwang
* 2006 High Fidelity (musical) by Tom Kitt and Amanda Green
* 2007 Moon Landing (music drama) by Stephen Edwards
* 2007 Sunshine on Leith, book by Stephen Greenhorn
* 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 and Brian Yorkey
* 2008 Razia's Shadow by Thomas and Paul Dutton
* 2009 Second Chance by Stéphane Prémont
* 2009 Memphis by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
* 2009 The Toxic Avenger by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
* 2010 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, book by Alex Timbers and music by Michael Friedman.[5]
* 2010 American Idiot by Green Day
* 2011 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark[6] by Bono and The Edge
* 2012 The Devil's Carnival by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
* 2012 Raiding the Rock Vault by John Payne and David Kershenbaum[7][8]
* 2013 Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem by Brendon Small
* 2013 American Psycho by Duncan Sheik
* 2014 Heathers by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy
* 2014 The Island of Doctor Moron by Chris Dockrill and Lyn Dockrill
* 2014 Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical by Johnny Ray and Bruno Paiola
* 2014 The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, book Joe Tracz and music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki[9]
* 2015 School of Rock by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater and Julian Fellowes
* 2015 That Bloody Woman by Luke Di Somma and Gregory Cooper[10]
* 2017 Bat Out of Hell by Jay Scheib and Jim Steinman[11]
* 2017 The Band by Tim Firth and Take That
* 2017 Head over Heels by The Go-Go's[12]
* 2018 Moulin Rouge by various, book by John Lohan
* 2018 All Out of Love by Air Supply
* 2019 Jagged Little Pill, book by Diablo Cody, lyrics by Alanis Morissette and music by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard.[13]

## See also

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* Rock opera

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f Kenrick, John, "The 1970s: Part I – Rock Musicals" article at the Musicals101 website
2. ^ a b c d e f g Wollman, Elizabeth Lara, The Theatre Will Rock: A History of the Rock Musical from Hair to Hedwig (University of Michigan Press, 2006)
3. ^ a b c d e f g h Brasor, Philip, "A thumbnail history of the rock musical, March 9, 2006
4. ^ Jones, Chris (2015-09-03). "A 'Les Miz' prequel? Boublil and Schonberg are in town". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
5. ^ " 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' production history", lesfreres.org, retrieved August 20, 2010
6. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark Will Now Open in February 2011" Archived 2011-01-20 at the Wayback Machine. Playbill.com. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
7. ^ John Katsilometes (July 16, 2016). "'Raiding the Rock Vault' sets July 31 closing at Tropicana". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
8. ^ Mike Weatherford (April 12, 2013). "'Raiding the Rock Vault' pulls out all the stops". Las Vegas Review-Journal - via NewsBank.
9. ^ "The Lightning Thief". www.lightningthiefmusical.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
10. ^ Macandrew, Ruby. "Theatre review: That Bloody Woman", Stuff, September 14 2017
11. ^ "BAT OUT OF HELL flies into London". www.londonboxoffice.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
12. ^ "Head Over Heels by Go-Gos to open on Broadway in 2018".
13. ^ Paulson, Michael. "Jagged Little Pill to Close on Broadway, Citing Omicron", The New York Times, December 20, 2021

## References

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* 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.