Music: Elton John Lyrics: Bernie Taupin Book: Linda Woolverton Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics/Book: Leslie Bricusse Music/Lyrics/Book: Laurence O’Keefe, Kevin Murphy Music/Lyrics: Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard Lyrics/Book: Bruce Joel Rubin The following shows fall more into the category of being spooky, scary, or musical thrillers. Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Hugh Wheeler Music/Lyrics: Maury Yeston Book: Arthur Kopit

Music: Mark Baron Lyrics/Book: Jeffrey Jackson Music: Frank Wildhorn Lyrics/Book: Don Black, Christopher Hampton Music: Michael Gore Lyrics: Dean Pitchford Book: Lawrence D. Music/Lyrics: Duncan Sheik Book: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa The following musicals are straight-up terrifying, falling very nicely into the “horror” genre. Music/Lyrics/Book: Mel Brooks Book: Thomas Meehan Music/Lyrics: David Bryan Lyrics/Book: Joe DiPietro Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim Book: Nick Lang, Matt Lang Music/Lyrics/Book: Jim Steinman Lyrics/Book: Michael Kunze Book: David Ives Music/Lyrics: Jon Kaplan, Al Kaplan Book: Hunter Bell Music: Alan Menken Lyrics/Book: Howard Ashman Music/Lyrics: Danny Abosch Lyrics/Book: John Maclay Music/Lyrics/Book: George Reinblatt Music: Christopher Bond, Frank Cipolla, Melissa Morris Music/Lyrics: Jeff Blim Book: Matt Lang, Nick Lang

Music/Lyrics: Eddie Perfect Book: Scott Brown, Anthony King Music/Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe Book: Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming

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. To enhance your experience, pop on Theatre Trip’s Spotify playlist – “Musical Theatre’s Dark Side”➝. The following list is broken down into the following categories: “ Comedic Horror Musicals”, “ Horror Musicals”, and “ Spooky/Scary Musicals”. And that’s why we’ve put together this full list of horror musicals for you! Whether you’re looking for the perfect scary musical to produce or simply looking for some new musicals to get into, there are lots of spooky options at your disposal.

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