Last Updated on 7 April 2024

The following list is the Official Definitive List of the 100 best Broadway musicals of all time. I averaged 11 different ranked lists of “best Broadway musicals” to get this definitive compilation. Only lists that covered all time and genres were included, not lists of only current shows or just a decade. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including the full spreadsheet and links to all 11 lists that were averaged.

  1. Hamilton (2015-present)
  2. The Phantom of the Opera (1988-2023)
  3. Wicked (2003-present)
  4. Les Miserables (1987-2003)
  5. The Lion King (1997-present)
  6. Chicago (1975-1977, 1996-present)
  7. Rent (1996-2008)
  8. West Side Story (1957-1959)
  9. Fiddler on the Roof (1964-1970)
  10. A Chorus Line (1975-1990)
  11. The Book of Mormon (2011-present)
  12. The Sound of Music (1959-1963, 1998-1999)
  13. Into the Woods (1987-1989, 2022-2023)
  14. Newsies (2012-2014)
  15. Cats (1982-2000)
  16. Cabaret (1966-1969)
  17. Beauty and the Beast (1994-2007)
  18. Hairspray (2002-2009)
  19. Mamma Mia! (2001-2015)
  20. Singin’ in the Rain (1985-1986)
  21. Oklahoma! (1943-1948, 1979-1980, 2002-2003, 2019-2020)
  22. Mary Poppins (2006-2013)
  23. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979, 1989-1990, 2005-2006, 2023-2024)
  24. In the Heights (2008-2011)
  25. Guys and Dolls (1950-1953)
  26. Jesus Christ Superstar (1971-1973, 1977-1978, 2000, 2012)
  27. Come from Away (2017-2022)
  28. The Music Man (1957-1961, 2021-2023)
  29. Dear Evan Hansen (2016-2022)
  30. Miss Saigon (1991-2001, 2017-2018)
  31. Annie (1977-1983)
  32. Waitress (2016-2021)
  33. Little Shop of Horrors (2003-2004)
  34. The Producers (2001-2007)
  35. Evita (1979-1983)
  36. Moulin Rouge! The Musical (2019-present)
  37. Hadestown (2019-present)
  38. Jersey Boys (2005-2017)
  39. South Pacific (1949-1954)
  40. My Fair Lady (1956-1957, 1981, 1993, 2018)
  41. City of Angels (1989-1992)
  42. Aladdin (2014-present)
  43. Kinky Boots (2013-2019)
  44. The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985-1987)
  45. Hello, Dolly! (1964-1970, 2017-2018)
  46. Next to Normal (2009-2011)
  47. Hair (1968-1972, 2004, 2009-2011)
  48. The Rocky Horror Show (1975, 2000-2002)
  49. Funny Girl (1964-1967, 2002, 2022-2023)
  50. Grease (1972-1980, 1994-1998, 2007-2009)
  51. Legally Blonde (2007-2008)
  52. Falsettos (1992-1993, 2016-2017)
  53. Matilda the Musical (2013-2017)
  54. Oliver! (1963-1964, 1984, 2012)
  55. Anything Goes (1934, 1987-1989, 2002, 2011-2012)
  56. Company (1970-1972, 1995, 2006-2007, 2021-2022)
  57. Spring Awakening (2006-2009, 2015-2016)
  58. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961-1965)
  59. SIX: The Musical (2021-present)
  60. Beetlejuice (2019-2020, 2022-2023)
  61. Once on This Island (1990-1991)
  62. La Cage Aux Folles (1983-1987)
  63. The King and I (1951-1952, 1996-1998, 2015-2016)
  64. Rock of Ages (2009-2015)
  65. Something Rotten! (2015-2017)
  66. The Little Mermaid (2008-2009)
  67. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1982-1983, 1993-1994)
  68. Gypsy: A Musical Fable (1989-1991, 2003-2004, 2008-2009)
  69. Cinderella (2013-2015)
  70. Avenue Q (2003-2009)
  71. Spamalot (2005-2009, 2023-2024)
  72. Dreamgirls (1981-1985, 1987, 2001)
  73. Mean Girls (2018-2020)
  74. Anastasia (2017-2019)
  75. Pippin (1972-1977, 2013-2015)
  76. School of Rock – the Musical (2015-2019)
  77. Billy Elliot: The Musical (2008-2012)
  78. Annie Get Your Gun (1946-1949, 1966, 1999-2001)
  79. Man of La Mancha (1968-1971, 1972, 1977, 1992, 2002-2003)
  80. Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002-2004)
  81. Carousel (1945-1947, 1994-1995, 2018)
  82. You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1971, 1999)
  83. Camelot (1960-1963, 1981-1982, 1993, 2011, 2023)
  84. Ragtime (1998-2000, 2009-2010, 2023)
  85. Finding Neverland (2015-2016)
  86. 42nd Street (1980-1989, 2001-2005)
  87. Porgy and Bess (1935, 1942, 1966-1977, 1983, 2012)
  88. Kiss Me, Kate (1948, 1952, 1999-2001, 2019)
  89. Sunday in the Park with George (1984-1985, 1994, 2008, 2017)
  90. Peter Pan (1954-1955, 1979, 1990, 1998-1999, 2023)
  91. The Color Purple (2005-2008, 2015-2017)
  92. Show Boat (1927, 1932, 1946, 1954, 1983, 1994-1997)
  93. The Addams Family (2010-2011)
  94. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962-1964, 1972, 1996-1998)
  95. Jekyll & Hyde (1997-2001, 2013)
  96. The Pirates of Penzance (1976, 1981-1982, 2022)
  97. Chess (1988, 2003, 2022)
  98. Beautiful: the Carole King Musical (2014-2019)
  99. Shrek the Musical (2008-2010)
  100. Sister Act (2011-2012)

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