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Broadway musicals of the 1990s

Disney arrived on Broadway with Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, Rent brought rock back to the stage, and revivals and new dramas like Ragtime and Parade widened the range of stories.

Below are the shows in our library that first opened on Broadway in the 1990s, in order of premiere. Tap any title for the full show guide.

18 musicals on this list.

  • Miss Saigon1991 · Claude-Michel Schönberg · Sung-throughMiss Saigon is a 1991 sung through musical that reimagines Puccini's Madama Butterfly as a wartime love story set in Saigon during the final days of the Vietnam War.
  • The Secret Garden1991 · Lucy Simon · DramaThe Secret Garden is a tender, atmospheric musical drama about grief, healing, and the quiet magic of a neglected garden brought back to life.
  • The Will Rogers Follies1991 · Cy Coleman · ComedyThe Will Rogers Follies is a warm, showbiz-flavored tribute to the beloved cowboy humorist, told in the style of a glittering old-time variety revue.
  • Crazy for You1992 · George Gershwin · JukeboxCrazy for You is the exuberant, tap happy jukebox musical built around the classic songs of George Gershwin, a joyful throwback to the golden age of Broadway comedy.
  • Falsettos1992 · William Finn · Sung-throughFalsettos is a sung-through musical by William Finn about Marvin, a man who leaves his wife for another man, and the makeshift family that forms around him as the AIDS…
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman1993 · John Kander · DramaKiss of the Spider Woman is a John Kander and Fred Ebb musical set in a South American prison, following the unlikely bond between two very different cellmates.
  • Beauty and the Beast1994 · Alan Menken · ComedyDisney's Beauty and the Beast brought the beloved animated fairy tale to the Broadway stage, wrapping a story of transformation and true love in lavish costumes and a…
  • Passion1994 · Stephen Sondheim · Sung-throughPassion is Stephen Sondheim's 1994 sung through musical about an obsessive, transformative love between a sickly, plain woman and a handsome army officer in nineteenth…
  • Sunset Boulevard1994 · Andrew Lloyd Webber · Sung-throughSunset Boulevard is Andrew Lloyd Webber's sung through musical about Norma Desmond, a forgotten silent film star clinging to fame in 1950s Hollywood.
  • Rent1996 · Jonathan Larson · Rock/PopRent is a landmark rock musical about a group of young artists and friends living in New York's East Village while facing love, art, and the AIDS crisis.
  • Jekyll & Hyde1997 · Frank Wildhorn · Sung-through"Jekyll & Hyde" reimagines the classic tale of a doctor whose experiment unleashes a violent, uncontrollable second self.
  • Side Show1997 · Henry Krieger · DramaSide Show is a poignant musical drama inspired by the real lives of conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, who found fame as sideshow performers in the early twentieth…
  • The Lion King1997 · Elton John · Rock/PopThe Lion King brings the African savanna to the Broadway stage through breathtaking puppetry and a score that blends pop songwriting with rich…
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel1997 · Frank Wildhorn · Sung-throughThe Scarlet Pimpernel is a swashbuckling romantic book musical of disguise and daring, with a pop-influenced score, set against the terror of the French Revolution.
  • Titanic the Musical1997 · Maury Yeston · Sung-throughTitanic the Musical is a sweeping, largely sung-through account of the ill-fated ocean liner's maiden voyage, told through the hopes of the passengers and crew aboard.
  • Parade1998 · Jason Robert Brown · DramaParade dramatizes the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager in 1913 Atlanta who was wrongly convicted of murder and later lynched.
  • Ragtime1998 · Stephen Flaherty · DramaRagtime is a sweeping musical drama that weaves together three American families at the turn of the twentieth century, set against a backdrop of immigration, industry…
  • Swing!1999 · Various Artists · JukeboxSwing! is a 1999 Broadway dance revue built mostly from swing-era standards, performed with no spoken dialogue and no overarching plot.

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