List of Musicals By Composer: A To L - B

B

• Burt Bacharach (b.1929)

Promises, Promises (1968)

The Look of Love (2003)

• David Baker (1926–1988)

Phoenix '55 (1955)

Copper and Brass (1957)

Smiling, the Boy Fell Dead (1961)

Come Summer (1969)

• Evelyn Baker

The Catch of the Season (1904); music also by Herbert Haines

The Talk of the Town (1905); music also by Herbert Haines

My Darling (1907); music also by Herbert Haines

• Thomas Baker

The Black Crook (1866); music also by George Bickwell, Giuseppe Operti

• Jon Balcourt (b.1985)

The Neverending Story

Across the Way

Forbidden Fruit

Idol: The Musical (2007)

• Glen Ballard (b.1953)

Ghost (2011); music also by Dave Stewart

• Jiří Bareš

451° Fahrenheita (1994)

Romeo a Julie (2002)

• Gary Barlow (b.1971)

Never Forget (2007)

• Jeanne Bargy

Greenwich Village, U.S.A. (1960)

Pinocchio (1965)

• Wayne Barker

Clue: The Musical (1997); music also by Galen Blum, Vinnie Martucci

• Billy Barnes (1927–2012)

The Billy Barnes Revue (1959)

The Billy Barnes People (1961)

Billy Barnes' L.A. (1962)

Blame It on the Movies: The Reel Music of Hollywood (1989)

Billy Barnes Revued (1999)

• Charles Barnes

Priorities of 1942 (1942); music also by Marjery Fielding

• Eric Lane Barnes (b.1960)

Fairy Tales (1995)

• Mark Baron

Frankenstein - A New Musical (2007)

• John Barry (b.1933)

Passion Flower Hotel (1965)

Lolita, My Love (1971)

Billy (1974)

The Little Prince and the Aviator (1981)

• Debra Barsha

Radiant Baby (2003)

• Lionel Bart (1930–1999)

Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (1959)

Oliver! (1960); also a 1968 film

Blitz! (1962)

Maggie May (1964)

Twang! (1965)

La Strada (1969)

• Fred Barton (b.1958)

Miss Gulch Returns! – The Wicked Musical (1985)

• Neil Bartram

The Story of My Life (2008)

• William H. Batchelor

Sinbad (1891)

• Matt Batt (b.1949)

The Hunting of the Snark (1991)

• Jim Bauer

The Blue Flower (2011)

• Clark Baxtresser

A Very Potter Senior Year (2012); music also by Pierce Siebers, A.J. Holmes, Darren Criss

• The Beach Boys

Good Vibrations (2005); music also by Brian Wilson

• Beaker

Canticle of the Plains (1997); music also by Rich Mullins, Mitch McVicker

• Gilbert Bécaud (1927–2001)

Roza (1987)

• Hank Beebe

Tuscaloosa's Calling Me...But I'm Not Going (1975)

• Bee Gees (Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb)

Saturday Night Fever (1998); also a 1977 film

• Louie Bellson (1924–2009)

Portofino (1958); music also by Will Irwin

• Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957)

The White Horse Inn (1936); music also by others

• Robert Bendorff (1951–1996)

Strike (1985)

Scratch the Surface (1989)

Adorable Me! The Totie Fields Story (1990)

Aka, Henry Sugar (1992)

Over My Dead Body (1992, 1995)

Totie (1993)

Stop the Parade (1994)

Eleanor of Aquitaine (1995–1996)

Great Expectations (1995)

• Quint Benedetti (b.1926)

Topsy (1984)

• Nell Benjamin

Cam Jansen (2004); music also by Laurence O'Keefe

Legally Blonde (2007); music also by Laurence O'Keefe

• James Stewart Bennett

Dogs (1983)

• Mark Bennett

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1991)

• Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981)

Great to Be Alive! (1950); music also by Abraham Ellstein

• Casey Bennetto

Keating! (2005)

• Henri Berény (1871–1932)

The Girl from Montmartre (1912); music also by Jerome Kern

• Neil Berg

The Prince and the Pauper (1997)

Tim and Scrooge

The Man Who Would Be King

Grumpy Old Men (2008)

The 12 (2010)

• Keith Berger (b.1952)

Broken Toys (1982)

• Matthew Roi Berger

Fat Camp (2009)

• Michel Berger (1947–1992)

Starmania (1979)

Le Légende de Jimmy (1990)

• Baldwin Bergersen

Allah Be Praised! (1944); music also by Don Walker

Carib Song (1945)

Small Wonder (1948); music also by Albert Selden

The Crystal Heart (1960)

• Norman Bergman

Strip! (1987)

• Steven Bergman

Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Musical (1997)

The Curse of the Bambino (2001)

• Sol Berkowitz (1922–2006)

Nowhere to Go But Up! (1962)

• Irving Berlin (1888–1989)

Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 (1910); music also by others

Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 (1911); music also by others

Watch Your Step (1914)

Stop! Look! Listen! (1915)

Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 (1916); music also by others

The Century Girl (1916); music also by Victor Herbert

The Cohan Revue of 1918 (1917); music also by George M. Cohan

Yip Yip Yaphank (1918)

The Canary (1918); music also by others

Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 (1919); music also by others

Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 (1920); music also by others

Music Box Revue (1921)

Music Box Revue (1922)

Music Box Revue (1923)

Music Box Revue (1924)

The Cocoanuts (1925); also a 1929 film

Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 (1927)

Face the Music (1932)

As Thousands Cheer (1933)

Louisiana Purchase (1940)

This Is the Army (1942); also a 1943 film

Annie Get Your Gun (1946)

Miss Liberty (1949)

Call Me Madam (1950); also a 1953 film

Mr. President (1962)

There's No Business Like Show Business (2000)

White Christmas (2001)

The Tin Pan Alley Rag (2009); music also by Scott Joplin

• Norman L. Berman (b.1949)

Strider: The Story of a Horse (1979); music also by Mark Razovsky, S. Vetkin

First Kids (2010)

• James Bernard (1925–2001)

Virtue in Danger (1963)

• Douglas Bernstein

A Backer's Audition (1992); music also by Denis Markell

• Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004)

How Now, Dow Jones (1967)

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967 film); music also by James Van Heusen

Merlin (1983)

• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)

On the Town (1944)

Peter Pan (1950)

Wonderful Town (1953)

Candide (1956)

West Side Story (1957)

A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958); music also by Jule Styne, André Previn, Saul Chaplin, Roger Edens

The Race to Urga (1969)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976)

• Rick Besoyan (1924–1970)

Little Mary Sunshine (1959)

The Student Gypsy (1963)

Babes in the Wood (1964)

• Henri Betti (1917–2005)

Folies Bergère of 1964 (1964); music also by Georges Ulmer

• Jim Betts

Little Women

• Prince Chakrband Bhumibol (b.1927)

Michael Todd's Peep Show (1950)

• Nick Bicât (b.1949)

The Knife (1987)

• George Bickwell

The Black Crook (1866); music also by Thomas Baker, Giuseppe Operti

• Bernie Bierman (1908–2012)

The Farmer Weds a Widow (1998)

We Have Something to Say (1999)

• Gene Bissell

New Faces of 1968 (1968)

• Michael Bitterman

Five After Eight (1979)

Discovering Magenta (1998)

• Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Carmen Jones (1943); also a 1954 film

• Frank Black

The Duchess Misbehaves (1946)

• Bryan Blackburn (1928–2004)

Come Spy with Me (1966)

• Richard Blackford (b.1954)

King: A Musical Testimony (1990)

• Nick Blaemire

Glory Days (2008)

• Alan Blaikley (b.1940)

Mardi Gras (1976); music also by Ken Howard

• Rikki Beadle-Blair (b.1961)

Stonewall (2006)

• Eubie Blake (1883–1983)

Shuffle Along (1921)

Keep Shufflin' (1928)

Shuffle Along of 1933 (1932)

Shuffle Along of 1952 (1952); music also by Joseph Meyer

Eubie! (1978)

• Howard Blake (b.1938)

Granpa (1988)

• Ralph Blane (1914–1995)

Best Foot Forward (1941); music also by Hugh Martin; also a 1943 film

Three Wishes for Jamie (1952)

Meet Me in St. Louis (1989); music also by Hugh Martin; also a 1944 film

• Lawrence J. Blank

Christy (1975)

• Jean Blaute

Suske en Wiske (1994)

• Jerry Blatt

Tricks (1973)

• Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964)

The Cradle Will Rock (1938)

No for an Answer (1941)

Regina (1949)

Juno (1959)

• Frederic Block

Professionally Speaking (1986); music also by Ernst Muller, Peter Winkler

• Frankie Blue

I Kissed a Vampire (2009)

• Galen Blum

Clue: The Musical (1997); music also by Wayne Barker, Vinnie Martucci

• Jeff Blumenkrantz (b.1965)

Urban Cowboy (2003); music also by Jason Robert Brown and others

• Morris Bobrow

Are We Almost There? (2001)

Shopping! (2006)

Party of Two (2010)

• Jerry Bock (1928–2010)

Mr. Wonderful (1956); music also by Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss

The Body Beautiful (1958)

Fiorello! (1959)

Tenderloin (1960)

Man in the Moon (1963)

She Loves Me (1963)

To Broadway with Love (1964)

Fiddler on the Roof (1964); also a 1971 film

Baker Street (1965); music also by Marian Grudeff, Raymond Jessel

The Apple Tree (1966)

The Rothschilds (1970)

Regards to the Lindsay Years (1973)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1979)

• Craig Bohmler

Gunmetal Blues (1989)

Enter the Guardsman (1997)

• Eli Bolin

I Sing (2001)

• Christopher Bond

Evil Dead: The Musical (2006); music also by Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris, George Reinblatt

• Boney M.

Daddy Cool (2006); music also by others

• Bono (b.1960); music also by The Edge

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2010)

• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)

Kismet (1953); music adapted by Robert Wright, George Forrest; also a 1955 film

• Jeff Bowen (b.1971)

(2006)

Now. Here. This. (2012)

• Paul Bowles (1910–1999)

Liberty Jones (1941)

• Rob Bowman

Hot Mikado (1986); music adapted from music by Arthur Sullivan

• Boy George (b.1961)

Taboo (2002)

• Alex Bradford (1927–1978)

Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1976); music also by Micki Grant

• David Braham (1838–1905)

The Mulligan Guard Ball (1879)

Harrigan 'n Hart (1985); music also by Max Showalter, Edward Harrigan

• Philip Braham (1881–1934)

Tails Up! (1918)

London Calling! (1923); music also by Noël Coward

• Caryl Brahms (1901–1982)

Cindy-Ella or I Gotta Shoe (1962); music also by Ned Sherrin

• Oscar Brand (b.1920)

A Joyful Noise (1966); music also by Paul Nassau

The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N (1968); music also by Paul Nassau

How to Steal an Election (1968)

• Johnny Brandon (b.1925)

Cindy (1964)

billy noname (1970)

Ain't Doin' Nothin' But Singin' My Song (1982)

Oh, Diahne! (1997)

• Mike Brandt

Exchange (1970); music also by Michael Knight, Robert J. Lowery

• Lumpy Brannan

Hear! Hear! (1955)

• Stephen Bray (b.1956)

The Color Purple (2005); music also by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis

• Matthew Breindel (b.1947)

A Hatful of Snow (1994)

• Jacques Brel (1929–1978)

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1968)

Jacques Brel: The Rage To Live (2007)

• Peter Brewis

The Gambler (1986)

• Leslie Bricusse (b.1931)

Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1961); music also by Anthony Newley

Fool Britannia (1963)

The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965); music also by Anthony Newley

Scrooge (1970 film)

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971 film)

The Good Old Bad Old Days (1972); music also by Anthony Newley

The Traveling Music Show (1978)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1982)

Doctor Dolittle (1998)

Sherlock Holmes: The Musical (1989)

• Jonathan Brielle

Nightmare Alley (1996)

• John R. Briggs

Play Me a Country Song (1982); music also by Harry Manfredini

Dracula: A Rock Opera (1997); music also by Dennis West

• Jean Briquet

Adele (1913); music also by Adolph Philipp

• Cecil Broadhurst (1903–1981)

Space Is So Startling (1962); music also by Richard Hadden and Herbert Allen

• Rob Broadhurst

I'll Be Damned (2010)

• Joseph Brooks (1938–2011)

Metropolis (1989)

In My Life (2005)

• Mel Brooks (b.1926)

The Producers (2001)

Young Frankenstein (2007)

• Michele Brourman

Heartbeats (1989); music also by Amanda McBroom, Gerald Sternbach, Tom Snow

• Al W. Brown

The Passing Show of 1913 (1913); music also by Jean Schwartz

• Bruce Brown

Breast Wishes (2008)

• Dave Brown

Fearless Frank (1980)

• Jason Robert Brown (b.1970)

Songs for a New World (1995)

Parade (1998)

The Last Five Years (2001)

Urban Cowboy (2003); music also by Jeff Blumenkrantz and others

13 (2007)

• Lew Brown (1893–1958)

Yokel Boy (1939); music also by Charles Tobias, Sam H. Stept

• L. Russell Brown (b.1940)

The Sunset Gang (1992)

• Michael Brown (b.1920)

Different Times (1972)

• Harvey Brown

That Girl at the Bijou (1956)

• Nacio Herb Brown (1896–1964)

Take a Chance (1932); music also by Richard A. Whiting, Vincent Youmans

Singin' in the Rain (1983)

• Oscar Brown, Jr. (1926–2005)

Buck White (1969)

• Scott Brown

Gutenberg! The Musical! (2005); music also by Anthony King

• Steve Brown

Spend Spend Spend (1998)

• Gloria Bruni

The Thorn Birds (2009)

• Bob Brush

The First (1981)

• David Bryan (b.1962)

Memphis (2002)

The Toxic Avenger (2008)

• John Bucchino

3hree - Lavender Girl (2000); musicals also by Laurence O'Keefe, Robert Lindsey Nassif

A Catered Affair (2007)

• Nikolai Budaškin

Mrazík: Pohádkový Muzikál na Ledě (1998); music also by Boris Urbánek

• Sharon Burgett

The Secret Garden (1986)

• Irving Burgie (b.1924)

Ballade for Bimshire (1963)

• Johnny Burke (1908–1964)

Donnybrook! (1961)

Swinging on a Star (1995); music also by others

• Artie Butler

The People in the Picture (2011); music also by Mike Stoller

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