The following is a list of rock musicals organized chronologically by the date when the original major run of the musical began, and noting who wrote the book, lyrics and music of each piece.
- 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
- 1967 Hair written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot.
- 1968 Your Own Thing by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar
- 1969 Salvation by Peter Link and C.C. Courtney
- 1969 Tommy by Pete Townshend
- 1970 Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1971 Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak.
- 1971 Soon by Joseph M. Kookolis and Scott Fagan
- 1971 Two Gentlemen of Verona by John Guare, Mel Shapiro, and Galt MacDermot
- 1972 Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
- 1972 Pippin by Stephen Schwartz, Roger O. Hirson and Bob Fosse
- 1973 The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien
- 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
- 1976 Evita by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 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 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
- 1983 István, a király by János Bródy and Levente Szörényi
- 1984 Chess by Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
- 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).
- 1990 Paris by Jon English and David Mackay
- 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
- 1997 Bat Boy: The Musical by Laurence O'Keefe
- 1997 Tanz der Vampire by Jim Steinman (2002 as Dance of the Vampires)
- 1998 Hedwig and the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell
- 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
- 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
- 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 and Brian Yorkey
- 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
- 2010 American Idiot by Green Day
- 2010 Sector 17 by Sam Barnes and Jack Gayler www.sector17themusical.com
- 2010 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson by Michael Friedman and a book by Alex Timbers
- 2011 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark by Julie Taymor, Bono, and The Edge
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