A show tune is a song designed and written for a musical theater production, such as the songs from: Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ...

• Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, The Sound of Music
• Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot
• Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• Jerry Herman's Milk and Honey, Hello Dolly!, Mame, Dear World, Mack & Mabel, La Cage aux Folles
• Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd
• John Kander and Fred Ebb's Cabaret, Chicago
• Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera
• Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, Godspell, and Wicked

Though show tunes vary in style, they do tend to share common characteristics — they tend to be accessible in their "singability," and they fit the context of the larger story being told in the musical, enhancing and heightening choice moments. For more on his work with his two partners, see Rodgers and Hart and Rodgers and Hammerstein. ... For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ... Oklahoma! (1943) was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, working together. ... Carousel is a 1945 stage musical by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) that was adapted from Ferenc Molnars play Liliom. ... South Pacific is a musical play, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, that opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949, and ran for more than five years. ... The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, with a script based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. ... Flower Drum Song is a Broadway musical with a score by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The book for the musical was written by Hammerstein and Joseph Fields, based on the novel Flower Drum Song by C.Y. Lee. ... The Sound of Music is a Broadway musical based on the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. ... Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Frederic Loewe, an Austrian-American composer (June 10, 1901 - February 14, 1988) worked with lyricist Alan J. Lerner in musical theater. ... DVD cover Brigadoon is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, first produced in 1947. ... Paint Your Wagon is a 1951 Broadway musical comedy, with book and lyrics by Alan J. Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, set in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. ... Gigi is a 1945 novel by the French sentimental romance writer Colette about a wealthy cultured man of fashion who discovers that he is in love with a young Parisian girl who is being groomed for a career as a grande cocotte, and eventually marries her. ... The musical, Camelot, was written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe and is loosely based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T.H. White novel The Once and Future King. ... Image:FrankLoesser1. ... Guys And Dolls is a successful 1950 musical. ... How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was a humorous book by Shepherd Mead. ... Jerry Herman Jerry Herman (born Gerald Herman on July 10, 1933 in New York City) is an American composer/lyricist of the Broadway musical theater. ... Milk And Honey is a posthumous album by John Lennon first released in 1984. ... 1994 Cast Recording Hello, Dolly! is one of the most popular Broadway musicals ever written. ... Mame is a Broadway musical based on the novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis, with a book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee and score by Jerry Herman. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mack & Mabel is a Broadway musical play. ... La Cage aux Folles is a 1973 French play, a 1978 French-Italian film and a 1983 Broadway musical. ... Stephen Joshua Sondheim (b. ... A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. ... Company is a Broadway musical with a book by George Furth and score by Stephen Sondheim. ... Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. ... Sunday in the Park with George is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. ... Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a musical (also considered by many to be an English language opera due to the form and the construct of the show) with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. ... Image:JohnKander. ... Fred Ebb (April 8, 1933 - September 11, 2004) was a musical theatre lyricist. ... Cabaret is a 1966 Broadway musical, based on John Van Drutens play I Am a Camera, based in its turn on stories by Christopher Isherwood, with book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, produced and directed by Hal Prince and starring Bert Convy... Chicago is a musical, first performed in 1975, based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins. ... January 18, 1988 issue of Time Magazine featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is a highly successful English composer of musical theatre and the elder brother of Julian Lloyd Webber. ... The cover of the 1979 American Broadway Original Cast Recording of Evita starring Patti Lupone as Eva Perón, Mandy Patinkin as Che Guevara, and Bob Gunton as Juan Peron. ... Eric Kunze as Jesus in the recent U.S. touring version of Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. ... Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possums Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot. ... The Phantom of the Opera is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. ... Stephen Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theater lyricist and composer. ... Pippin is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson. ... Godspell album cover (1971 Original Off-Broadway Cast) Godspell is a musical based on the Gospel of Saint Matthew, transposed into a contemporary urban setting, with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John-Michael Tebelak. ... Wicked is a musical that opened on Broadway at the George Gershwin Theatre on October 30, 2003. ...

See also

• Musical theater
• The Jerry Herman musical revues Showtune, Jerry's Girls
• The Stephen Sondheim musical revues Side by Side by Sondheim, Putting It Together