List of rock musicals

The following is a list of rock musicals organized chronologically by the start date of the original run. The author of the book, lyrics, and music of each piece is also noted.


 * 1966 On the Flip Side on ABC Stage 67 by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
 * 1966 The Golden Screw by Tom Sankey
 * 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
 * 1970 Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * 1970 The Survival of St. Joan by James Lineberger and Hank & Gary Ruffin
 * 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 Dude by Galt MacDermot
 * 1972 Pippin by Stephen Schwartz, Roger O. Hirson and Bob Fosse
 * 1973 The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O'Brien
 * 1973 La Révolution Française by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Raymond Jeannot, book by Alain Boublil and Jean-Max Rivière
 * 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, book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music and lyrics by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, James Taylor and others
 * 1979 Pink Floyd – The Wall written by Roger Waters, based on Pink Floyd's album, The Wall (1979), which was also mostly written by Waters
 * 1979 Starmania by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon
 * 1979 In Trousers by William Finn
 * 1981 Dreamgirls by Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen
 * 1982 Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
 * 1983 The Human Comedy by Galt MacDermot
 * 1983 István, a király (Stephen, the King) by János Bródy and Levente Szörényi
 * 1984 Chess by Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
 * 1984 Starlight Express by Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * 1986 Time by Dave Clark, David Soames and Jeff Daniels and additional songs by David Pomeranz
 * 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 The Who's 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 by Laurence O'Keefe
 * 1997 Tanz der Vampire by Jim Steinman (2002 as Dance of the Vampires)
 * 1998 Hedwig and the Angry Inch, book by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask
 * 1998 Kat and the Kings by Taliep Petersen and David Kramer
 * 1998 Quadrophenia by Pete Townshend, adaptation of The Who's rock opera
 * 1998 The Capeman by Paul Simon
 * 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 Movin' Out based on the music of Billy Joel
 * 2002 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1 by The Flaming Lips
 * 2002 Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman
 * 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
 * 2003 Taboo by Boy George based on the New Romantic club scene in London in the 1980s.
 * 2005 Bleach by Studio Pierrot based on Bleach by Tite Kubo
 * 2005 Jersey Boys by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe
 * 2005 Lestat by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
 * 2005 Rock of Ages featuring 1980s rock music, book by Chris D'Arienzo
 * 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 Passing Strange by Stew
 * 2006 Tarzan (musical) by Phil Collins and David Henry Hwang
 * 2006 High Fidelity (musical) by Tom Kitt and Amanda Green
 * 2007 Moon Landing (music drama) by Stephen Edwards
 * 2007 Sunshine on Leith, book by Stephen Greenhorn
 * 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 Razia's Shadow by Thomas and Paul Dutton
 * 2009 Second Chance by Stéphane Prémont
 * 2009 Memphis by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
 * 2009 The Toxic Avenger by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
 * 2010 Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, book by Alex Timbers and music by Michael Friedman.
 * 2010 American Idiot by Green Day
 * 2011 Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark by Bono and The Edge
 * 2012 The Devil's Carnival by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
 * 2012 Raiding the Rock Vault by John Payne and David Kershenbaum
 * 2013 Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem by Brendon Small
 * 2013 American Psycho by Duncan Sheik
 * 2014 Heathers by Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy
 * 2014 The Island of Doctor Moron by Chris Dockrill and Lyn Dockrill
 * 2014 Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical by Johnny Ray and Bruno Paiola
 * 2014 The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, book Joe Tracz and music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki
 * 2015 School of Rock by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater and Julian Fellowes
 * 2015 That Bloody Woman by Luke Di Somma and Gregory Cooper
 * 2017 Bat Out of Hell by Jay Scheib and Jim Steinman
 * 2017 The Band by Tim Firth and Take That
 * 2017 Head over Heels by The Go-Go's
 * 2018 Moulin Rouge by various, book by John Lohan
 * 2018 All Out of Love by Air Supply
 * 2019 Jagged Little Pill, book by Diablo Cody, lyrics by Alanis Morissette and music by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard.