Music: George Stiles Book/Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Music/Lyrics: Mark Allen Book: Ken Davenport, The Grundleshotz Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics/ Book: Lisa Kron Music: Stuart Brayson Lyrics: Tim Rice Book: Bill Oakes Music: Deborah Wicks La Puma Book/Lyrics: Mo Willems Music/Lyrics/Book: Irene Sankoff, David HeinĮlephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play” (2013) Music: Rodgers Book/Lyrics: Hammerstein Book: Douglas Carter Beane Music/Lyrics: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman Book: David Greig Music/Lyrics: Andrew Lippa Book: John August Music: Various Lyrics: Various Book: Douglas McGrath Music/Lyrics: Duncan Sheik Book: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasaīeautiful: The Carole King Musical (2013)
Music/Lyrics: Janis Joplin Book: Randy Johnson Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Alexander Dinelaris Jr. Music: Stephen Flaherty Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens Book: Thomas Meehan, Sylvester Stallone
Music/Lyrics: Jeff Bowen Book: Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell Music: George Gershwin Lyrics: Ira Gershwin Book: Joe DiPietro Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (2012) Music/Lyrics: Juliana Nash Lyrics/ Book: Julia Jordan Music/Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper Book: Harvey Fierstein Music/Lyrics: Trey Anastasio, Amanda Green Book: Doug Wright Music/Lyrics: Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner Book: Austin Winsberg Music/Lyrics: Frankel, Barlow, Kennedy, Korie Book: Knee, Graham Music: Scott Frankel Lyrics: Michael Korie Book: Richard Greenberg Music: Danny Abosch Lyrics: Abosch, Susan DiLallo Book: DiLallo, Abosch Music/Lyrics: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Book: Peter Duchan Music/Lyrics: Paul Hodge Book: Michael Hodge, Paul Hodge Music/Lyrics: Christopher Smith Book: Smith, Arthur Giron Music/Lyrics: Jay Kuo Book: Marc Acito, Jay Kuo Music: Steven Lutvak Lyrics: Freedman, Lutvak Book: Robert Freedman Music/Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Taylor, Scott, White, JacquesĪ Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (2012) Music: Harold Arlen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Herbert Stothart Lyrics: E.Y. Music/Lyrics/Book: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone Music: George Stiles Lyrics/Book: Anthony Drewe Book: Elliot Davis Music/Lyrics: Danny Abosch Book: Joshua Borths Music/Lyrics: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová Book: Enda Walsh Music: Joshua Salzman Lyrics: Ryan Cunningham Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Jack Feldman Book: Harvey Fierstein Music: Joe Kinosian Lyrics: Kellen Blair Book: Kinosian, Blair Music/Lyrics: Lewis Flinn Book: Douglas Carter Beane Music: Barbara Anselmi Lyrics/Book: Brian Hargrove Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, Bruce Joel Rubin Music: Lucy Simon Lyrics: Michael Korie, Amy Powers Music/Lyrics: Various Book: Jack Plotnick, Seth Rudetsky Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Peter Stone, Thomas Meehan
Music/Lyrics: Tom Kitt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Amanda Green Book: Jeff Whitty Music: George Stiles Lyrics: Anthony Drewe Book: Ron Cowen, Daniel Lipman Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Tim Rice, Howard Ashman, Chad Beguelin Book: Beguelin Music: Joshua Schmidt Lyrics: Jan Levy-Tranen Book: Austin Pendleton Music/Lyrics: David Yazbek Book: Jeffrey Lane Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2010) Music: Matt Sax Lyrics/Book: Matt Sax, Eric Rosen Music: John Kander Lyrics: Fred Ebb Book: David Thompson Music: Chris Miller Lyrics: Nathan Tysen Book: Mariana Elder Music/Lyrics: Bono, The Edge Book: Taymor, Berger, Aguirre-Sacasa Music: Brad Alexander Lyrics/Book: Adam Mathias See Rock City and Other Destinations (2010) Music/Lyrics: Tim Minchin Book: Dennis Kelly
Music: Howard Goodall Lyrics: Clark, Goodall Book: Stephen Clark Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Glen Slater Book: Webber, Elton, Slater, Forsyth Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Glenn Slater Book: Janus Cercone, Slater Music: Justin Paul Lyrics: Benj Pasek Book: Timothy Allen McDonald Music/Lyrics/Book: Lopez, Ford, Kaplan, Wordsworth Music/Lyrics/Book: Laurence O’Keefe, Kevin Murphy Music/Lyrics: Gary Kupper Book: Gary Kupper, Rose Caiola Music: Matthew Sklar Lyrics: Chad Beguelin Book: Bob Martin, Thomas Meehan Music/Lyrics: Mark Allen, Gaby Alter Book: Tommy Newman, Gordon Greenberg This means that if you choose to make a purchase through one of the following links, we may earn a small commission on the sale at no additional cost to you. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. And the most notable musicals of the decade are included below. The 2010s are a part of the contemporary musical theatre time period. A few popular trends at the time included country, Disney, Dave Malloy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, musicals set in the 1960s, pop/rock, song cycles, and jukebox musicals.
The musicals of the 2010s were full of surprises and often based on other pieces of work, especially movies and music albums.