List of Musicals: A To L - B

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Production Year Venue/Type Music Lyrics Book Notes
Babes in Toyland 1903 Broadway Victor Herbert Glen MacDonough MacDonough
Babes on Broadway 1941 Musical film Burton Lane & Roger Edens E.Y. Harburg & Ralph Freed
Babette 1903 Broadway Victor Herbert Harry B. Smith Smith
Baby 1983 Broadway David Shire Richard Maltby, Jr. Sybille Pearson
Bad Girls: The Musical 2006 West End Kath Gotts Gotts Maureen Chadwick & Ann McManus Based on the ITV1 television series Bad Girls.
Back to the 80's 2004 Australian musical Neil Gooding Gooding Gooding
Bad Habits of 1926 1926 Broadway Revue Manning Sherwin Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Bajour 1964 Broadway Walter Marks Marks Ernest Kinoy Based on Joseph Mitchell's short stories, The Gypsy Women and The King of the Gypsies.
Baker Street 1965 Broadway Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel & Jerry Bock Grudeff, Jessel & Sheldon Harnick Jerome Coopersmith
The Baker's Wife 1989 West End Stephen Schwartz Schwartz Joseph Stein Aimed at a Broadway run in 1976, but closed during try-outs.
The Balkan Princess 1910 West End Paul Rubens Rubens & Arthur Wimperis Frederick Lonsdale & Frank Curzon
Ball im Savoy 1932 German operetta Paul Abraham Alfred Grünwald & Fritz Löhner-Beda Abraham
Ballad for Bimshire 1963 Off-Broadway Irving Burgie Burgie Burgie & Loften Mitchell
Ballroom 1978 Broadway Billy Goldenberg Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman Jerome Kass
Bambi 1942 Animated film Frank Churchill & Edward H. Plumb Churchill & Plumb Larry Morey
Band Waggon 1940 Musical film Various artists Various artists
The Band Wagon 1931 Broadway revue Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz Notable songs: "I Love Louisa", "Hoops" & "Dancing in the Dark".
Bandanna Land 1908 Broadway Will Marion Cook Jesse A. Shipp & Alex Rogers Shipp & Rogers
Banjo Eyes 1941 Broadway Vernon Duke John La Touche & Harold Adamson Joseph Quinlan & Izzy Ellinson
Bar Mitzvah Boy 1978 West End Jule Styne Don Black Jack Rosenthal
Barbarella 2004 Austrian musical Dave Stewart Stewart Stewart Based on the 1968 film.
Bare: A Pop Opera 2000 Off-Broadway Damon Intrabartolo Jon Hartmere, Jr. Intrabartolo & Hartmere, Jr. Notable song: "Portrait of a Girl".
Bare Facts of 1926 1926 Broadway revue Charles M. Schwab Henry Myers Stuart Hamill
Barefoot Boy with Cheek 1947 Broadway Sidney Lippman Sylvia Dee Max Shulman
The Barkleys of Broadway 1949 Musical film Harry Warren & George Gershwin Ira Gershwin Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Sidney Sheldon
Barnum 1980 Broadway Cy Coleman Michael Stewart Mark Bramble
Baron Trenck 1912 Broadway Felix Albini Frederick F. Schrader Henry Blossom
The Baroness Fiddlesticks 1904 Broadway Emil Bruguiere George De Long De Long
Bat Boy: The Musical 2001 Off-Broadway Laurence O'Keefe O'Keefe Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming
Bats 1983 Australian musical Ian Dorricott Simon Denver Dorricott & Denver
The Battle of Paris 1929 Musical film Cole Porter, Jay Gorney & Dick Howard Howard Dietz & Porter Gene Markey
Be Yourself 1930 Musical film Hugo Riesenfeld Riesenfeld Joseph Jackson
Beat the Band 1942 Musical TV show Various artists Various artists
Beatlemania 1977 Broadway revue The Beatles The Beatles Bob Gill, Robert Rabinowitz & Lynda Obst
Beautiful Dreamer 1961 Off-Broadway
The Beautiful Game 2000 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Ben Elton Lloyd Webber & Elton
Beauty and the Beast 1991 Animated film Alan Menken Howard Ashman & Menken Roger Allers, Brenda Chapman & Chris Sanders
Beauty and the Beast 1994 Broadway Alan Menken Howard Ashman & Tim Rice Linda Woolverton Notable songs: "Be Our Guest" & "Beauty and the Beast".
The Beauty Shop 1914 Off-Broadway Charles J. Gebest Rennold Wolf
The Beauty Spot 1909 Off-Broadway Reginald De Koven Joseph W. Herbert Herbert
Beauty World 1988 Singaporean musical Dick Lee Michael Chiang Chiang
Because You're Mine 1952 Musical film Johnny Green Green Ruth Brooks Flippen & Sy Gomberg
Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971 Animated film Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman Irwin Kostal Bill Walsh & Don DaGradi Notable songs: "The Age of Not Believing" & "Substitutiary Locomotion".
A Bedtime Story 1933 Musical film Ralph Rainger Rainger Benjamin Glazer & Nunnally Johnson
The Beggar Student 1882 German operetta Carl Millöcker Camillo Walzel & Richard Genée Millöcker
Beggar's Holiday 1946 Broadway Duke Ellington John La Touche La Touche
The Beggar's Opera 1728 West End opera John Gay Gay Gay
Behind the Iron Mask 2005 West End John Robinson Robinson Colin Scott & Melinda Walker The show draws inspiration from the Man in the Iron Mask.
Bell Bottom George 1943 Musical film Harry Bidgood Bidgood Edward Dryhurst & Peter Fraser
La belle Hélène 1864 Paris opera bouffe Jacques Offenbach Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy Offenbach
La Belle Meunière 1948 Musical film Tony Aubin Aubin Marcel Pagnol
The Belle of Brittany 1908 Opera Howard Talbot & Marie Horne Percy Greenbank et al. Leedham Bantock & P.J. Barrow
The Belle of New York 1897 Broadway Gustave Kerker Hugh Morton Morton
Belle of the Nineties 1934 Musical film Arthur Johnston Johnston Mae West
Belle of the Yukon 1944 Musical film Arthur Lange Lange Houston Branch
Bells Are Ringing 1956 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden & Adolph Green Comden & Green A film was released in 1960.
Belmont Varieties 1932 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
The Beloved Vagabond 1936 Musical film Darius Milhaud Milhaud William John Locke
Ben Franklin in Paris 1964 Broadway Mark Sandrich, Jr. & Jerry Herman Sidney Michaels Michaels
Bernarda Alba 2006 Off-Broadway Michael John LaChiusa LaChiusa LaChiusa
Bernardine 1957 Musical film Lionel Newman & Johnny Mercer Newman & Mercer Mary Chase & Theodore Reeves
Besame Mucho El Musical 2005 Mexican Jukebox musical José María Vitier Various artists Consuelo Garrido, Lorena Maza & Victor Weinstock Based on Bolero songs of the 1920's Mexico.
Best Foot Forward 1941 Broadway Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane Martin & Blane John Cecil Holm
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public 1994 Broadway Carol Hall Hall Larry L. King & Peter Masterson
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1978 Broadway Carol Hall Hall Larry L. King & Peter Masterson
The Best Things in Life Are Free 1956 Musical film Lionel Newman Lew Brown & Buddy DeSylva William Bowers & Phoebe Ephron
Betjemania 1976 West End John Gould John Betjeman David Benedictus & Gould
Bette Midler's Clams on the Half Shell 1975 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Bruce Vilanch, Bill Hennessy & Jerry Blatt
Bette! Divine Madness 1979 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Jerry Blatt, Bette Midler & Bruce Vilanch
The Better 'Ole 1917 West End Herman Darewski Percival Knight & James Heard Bruce Bairnsfather & Arthur Elliott
Better Tunes 1922 Broadway revue
Betty 1915 West End Paul Rubens & Ernest Steffan Adrian Ross & Rubens Frederick Lonsdale & Gladys Unger
Betty Blue Eyes 2011 West End George Stiles Anthony Drewe Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman Based on A Private Function by Alan Bennett & Malcolm Mowbray.
Between the Devil 1937 Broadway Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz Dietz
Beyond the Fringe 1961 West End revue Various artists Various artists Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller & Dudley Moore
Bible Women 1995 Off-Broadway Elizabeth Swados Swados Swados
Big: the musical 1996 Broadway David Shire Richard Maltby, Jr. John Weidman
The Big Bad Musical 2009 Off-Broadway Bill Francoeur Francoeur Alec Strum
The Big Beat 1958 Musical film Henry Mancini Mancini David P. Harmon
Big Boy 1925 Broadway James F. Hanley & Joseph Meyer Buddy DeSylva Harold R. Atteridge
The Big Broadcast 1932 Musical film Various artists Various artists William Ford Manley
The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 Musical film Various artists Various artists Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin & Ralph Spence
The Big Broadcast of 1937 1936 Musical film Various artists Various artists Walter DeLeon & Francis Martin
The Big Broadcast of 1938 1938 Musical film Various artists Various artists Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin & Ken Englund
Big Fella 1937 Musical film G. H. Clutsam & Will Grosz Clutsam & Grosz Ingram D'Abbes & Fenn Sherie
The Big Gay Musical 2009 Musical film Rick Crom Crom Fred M. Caruso
Big River 1985 Broadway Roger Miller Miller William Hauptman
Billboard Girl 1932 Musical film Lewis R. Foster, Harry McCoy, Earle Rodney & John A. Waldron
Billie 1928 Broadway George M. Cohan Cohan Cohan
Billie 1965 Musical film Dominic Frontiere Frontiere Ronald Alexander
Billion Dollar Baby 1945 Broadway Morton Gould Betty Comden & Adolph Green Comden & Green
Billy 1974 West End John Barry Don Black Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
Billy Elliot the Musical 2004 West End Elton John Lee Hall Hall
The Billy Barnes Revue 1959 Off-Broadway revue Billy Barnes Barnes Bob Rodgers
Billy Noname 1970 Off-Broadway Johnny Brandon Brandon William Wellington Mackey
The Bing Boys Are Here 1916 West End revue Nat D. Ayer Clifford Grey George Grossmith, Jr. & Fred Thompson
The Bing Boys on Broadway 1918 West End revue Nat D. Ayer Clifford Grey George Grossmith, Jr. & Fred Thompson
The Bing Girls Are There 1917 West End revue Nat D. Ayer Clifford Grey George Grossmith, Jr. & Fred Thompson
Birds of Paradise 1987 Off-Broadway David Evans Winnie Holzman Evans & Holzman
Bitter Sweet 1929 West End operetta Noël Coward Coward Coward
Black and Blue 1985 French musical revue Various artists Various artists
The Black Crook 1866 Broadway Thomas Baker, Giuseppe Operti & George Bickwell Theodore Kennick Charles M. Barras
Blackbirds of 1928 1928 Broadway revue Jimmy McHugh Dorothy Fields Notable song: "Doin' the New Low-Down".
The Black Rider 1990 German musical Tom Waits Waits William S. Burroughs
Das Blaue Vom Himmel 1932 Musical film Paul Abraham Abraham Max Kolpé & Billy Wilder
Bleach 2005 Japanese anime musical Shoichi Tama Naoshi Okumura Okumura
Bless the Bride 1947 West End Vivian Ellis A. P. Herbert Herbert
Bless You All 1950 Broadway revue Harold Rome Rome
Blitz! 1962 West End Lionel Bart Bart Bart & Joan Maitland
The Blonde in Black 1903 Broadway Gustav Kerker Harry B. Smith Smith
Die Blonde Nachtigall 1930 Musical film Willy Kollo & Otto Stransky Kollo & Stransky Walter Schlee & Walter Wassermann
Blondel 1983 West End Stephen Oliver Tim Rice Rice
Ein blonder Traum 1932 Musical film Werner R. Heymann Heymann Walter Reisch & Billy Wilder
Blondie Goes Latin 1941 Musical film Leo Arnaud Arnaud Karen DeWolf & Richard Flournoy
Blood Brothers 1983 West End Willy Russell Russell Russell Notable songs: "Marilyn Monroe" & "Tell Me It's Not True".
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 2008 Off-Broadway Michael Friedman Friedman Alex Timbers
Bloomer Girl 1944 Broadway Harold Arlen E. Y. Harburg Sig Herzig & Fred Saidy
Blossom Time 1921 Austrian operetta Franz Schubert Alfred Maria Willner & Heinz Reichert Willner & Reichert
The Blue Angel 1930 Musical film Friedrich Hollaender Robert Liebmann Heinrich Mann
Bluebell in Fairyland 1901 West End Walter Slaughter Aubrey Hopwood & Charles H. Taylor Seymour Hicks
Blue Hawaii 1961 Musical film Joseph J. Lilley Lilley Allan Weiss
Blue Holiday 1945 Broadway revue Al Moritz Mortiz
The Blue Kitten 1922 Broadway Rudolf Friml Otto Harbach & William Carey Duncan Harbach & Duncan
The Blue Mazurka 1927 West End operetta Franz Lehár Leo Stein & Bela Jenbach Stein & Jenbach
Blue of the Night 1933 Musical film Various artists Various artists
The Blue Paradise 1915 Broadway Edmund Eysler & Sigmund Romberg Herbert Reynolds Edgar Smith
Blue Rhythm 1931 Musical film W. C. Handy Handy
Blue Skies 1946 Musical film Irving Berlin Berlin Berlin
The Blues Brothers 1980 Musical film Ira Newborn Newborn Dan Aykroyd & John Landis
Blues in the Night 1941 Musical film Heinz Roemheld Roemheld Edwin Gilbert, Elia Kazan & Robert Rossen
Blues in the Night 1982 Off-Broadway revue Various artists Various artists
The Boat That Rocked 2009 Musical film Various artists Various artists Richard Curtis
Boccaccio 1936 Musical film Franz Doelle Doelle Emil Burri & Walter Forster
The Body Beautiful 1958 Broadway Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick Joseph Stein & Will Glickman
The Bodyguard 1992 Musical film Alan Silvestri Silvestri Lawrence Kasdan
The Bodyguard 2012 West End Jukebox musical Various artists Various artists Alexander Dinelaris
The Bohemian Girl 1843 West End opera Michael William Balfe Alfred Bunn Balfe
Bombay Dreams 2002 West End A. R. Rahman Don Black Meera Syal & Thomas Meehan
Bombo 1921 Broadway Sigmund Romberg Harold R. Atteridge Atteridge
Bonnie & Clyde 2009 Off-Broadway Frank Wildhorn Don Black Ivan Menchell
Boobs! The Musical 2003 Off-Broadway Ruth Wallis Wallis Steve Mackes & Michael Whaley
Boogie Nights 1998 West End Various artists Various artists Jon Conway
The Book of Mormon 2011 Broadway Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone Lopez, Parker & Stone Lopez, Parker & Stone
Boots and Saddles 1937 Musical film Raoul Kraushaar Kraushaar Jack Natteford
Boots! Boots! 1934 Musical film Jack Cottrell & George Formby
Born to Dance 1936 Musical film Cole Porter Porter Jack McGowan & Sid Silvers Notable song: "I've Got You Under My Skin".
Bottoms Up 1934 Musical film Howard Jackson Jackson David Buster, Buddy DeSylva & Sid Silvers
Bounce 2003 Off-Broadway Stephen Sondheim Sondheim John Weidman Retitled Road Show.
Boy Meets Boy 1975 Off-Broadway Bill Solly Solly Solly & Donald Ward
The Boy Friend 1954 West End Sandy Wilson Wilson Wilson
The Boy from Oz 2003 Broadway Peter Allen Allen Nick Enright & Martin Sherman
The Boy Who Heard Music 2007 Workshop Pete Townshend & Rachel Fuller Townshend & Fuller Townshend Adaptation of The Who's rock opera Wire and Glass.
The Boys from Syracuse 1938 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart George Abbott Notable songs: "Falling in Love with Love" & "This Can't Be Love".
Bran Nue Dae 1990 Australian musical Jimmy Chi & Kuckles Chi & Kuckles Chi & Kuckles
Bravo Giovanni 1962 Broadway Milton Schafer Ronny Graham A. J. Russell
Breakfast at Tiffany's 1966 Broadway Bob Merrill Merrill Edward Albee Aimed at Broadway but closed during previews.
Brewster's Millions 1935 Musical film Marr Mackie Mackie Arthur Wimperis
Brigadoon 1947 Broadway Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner Lerner Notable song: "Almost Like Being in Love".
Bright Eyes 1934 Musical film Richard A. Whiting & Samuel Kaylin Whiting & Kaylin William Conselman
Bright Lights, Big City 2004 Off-Broadway Paul Scott Goodman Goodman Goodman
Bright Lights of 1944 1943 Broadway revue Jerry Livingston Mack David Norman Anthony & Charles Sherman
Bring Back Birdie 1981 Broadway Charles Strouse Lee Adams Michael Stewart A sequel to Bye Bye Birdie.
Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk 1996 Broadway revue Daryl Waters, Zane Mark & Ann Duquesnay Reg E. Gaines, George C. Wolfe & Duquesnay Gaines
Bring on the Girls 1945 Musical film Robert E. Dolan Dolan Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware & Pierre Wolff
Bring Your Smile Along 1955 Musical film Paul Mason Howard Howard Blake Edwards & Richard Quine
Britannia of Billingsgate 1933 Musical film Various artists Various artists Christine Jope-Slade & Sewell Stokes
Broadway Gondolier 1935 Musical film Heinz Roemheld Roemheld Sig Herzig, Yip Harburg & Hanns Kräly
Broadway Hostess 1935 Musical film Ray Heindorf & Heinz Roemheld Heindorf & Roemheld George Bricker
The Broadway Melody 1929 Musical film Nacio Herb Brown, George M. Cohan & Willard Robison Brown, Cohan & Robison Edmund Goulding, Norman Houston & James Gleason
Broadway Melody of 1936 1935 Musical film Nacio Herb Brown Brown Harry W. Conn, Moss Hart, Jack McGowan & Sid Silvers
Broadway Melody of 1938 1937 Musical film Nacio Herb Brown Arthur Freed Jack McGowan
Broadway Melody of 1940 1940 Musical film Cole Porter, Roger Edens & Walter Ruick Porter, Edens & Ruick Jack McGowan & Dore Schary
Broadway Through a Keyhole 1933 Musical film Alfred Newman Newman C. Graham Baker & Gene Towne
Brooklyn 2004 Broadway Mark Schoenfeld & Barri McPherson Schoenfeld & McPherson Schoenfeld & McPherson
A Broken Idol 1909 Broadway Egbert Van Alstyne Harry Williams Hal Stephens
Bubbling Brown Sugar 1976 Broadway revue Various artists Various artists Loften Mitchell
Buck Benny Rides Again 1940 Musical film Victor Young Young Arthur Stinger, Edmund Beloin & William Morrow
Buck Privates 1941 Musical film Charles Previn Previn Arthur T. Horman
Buddies 1919 Broadway B. C. Hilliam Hilliam George V. Hobart
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story 1989 West End Jukebox musical Various artists Various artists
Bugs Bunny on Broadway 1990 Broadway Carl Stalling & Milt Franklyn Stalling & Franklyn George Daugherty Based on the TV series Looney Tunes.
Bugsy Malone 1976 Musical film Paul Williams Williams Alan Parker Notable songs: "Fat Sam's Grand Slam" & "So You Wanna Be a Boxer?".
Bundle of Joy 1956 Musical film Robert Carson, Norman Krasna, Arthur Sheekman & Felix Jackson
Bus Stop 1956 Musical film Ken Darby, Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman & Lionel Newman Darby, Mockridge, Newman & Newman George Axelrod & William Inge
By Jeeves 1975 West End Andrew Lloyd Webber Alan Ayckbourn Lloyd Webber & Ayckbourn
By Jupiter 1942 Broadway Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart Rodgers & Hart Based on The Warrior's Husband by Julian F. Thompson.
By the Beautiful Sea 1954 Broadway Arthur Schwartz Dorothy Fields Herbert Fields & Fields
By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1953 Musical film Gus Edwards & Max Steiner Edwards & Steiner Booth Tarkington
By the Way 1925 Off-Broadway revue Vivian Ellis Graham John
Bye Bye Birdie 1960 Broadway Charles Strouse Lee Adams Michael Stewart Notable songs: "A Lot of Livin' to Do", "Kids" & "Put On a Happy Face".

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