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Off-Broadway musicals

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2015 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda about Alexander Hamilton

1967 rock musical; book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado, music by Galt MacDermot

rock musical, loosely based on La Bohème, set in New York during the AIDS Crisis

musical, conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

musical by Marvin Hamlisch

Dear Evan Hansen

Spring Awakening

rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater

Little Shop of Horrors

1982 horror comedy rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman

musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes

musical by composer Tom Kitt and librettist and lyricist Brian Yorkey

Hadestown is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a starving young girl, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

1998 rock musical

Tick, Tick... Boom!

musical by Jonathan Larson

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

Godspell is a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set to lyrics from traditional hymns, with the passion of Christ appearing briefly near the end.

Sunday in the Park with George

1984 musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

The Last Five Years

Heathers: The Musical

musical based on the film of the same name written by Daniel Waters

Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical that premiered in 2001, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics. The show also parodies musicals such as The Threepenny Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, The Cradle Will Rock and Les Misérables, and the Broadway musical itself as a form.

Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

musical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace

Bare: A Pop Opera

The Wolves in the Walls

The Fantasticks

musical by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones

Once on This Island

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

Evil Dead The Musical

2003 rock musical

musical composed by David Bowie

The Band's Visit

musical featuring 1980s rock songs