30 Free Musicals

Can’t wait for Hamilton on July 3? Catch Lin-Manuel’s one-act musical 21 Chump Street. Want a moving musical to commemorate Memorial Day? Try out the Millennium Wales Centre production of Only the Brave. Need something to occupy the kids? Try Chichester Theatre Festival’s production of The Midnight Gang. If you’re feeling literary, you can catch Wasted, a rock musical about the Brontë family, or Emma Rice’s joyous Wise Children. Science more your thing? You can watch Tangram Theatre’s The Element in the Room about Marie Curie. Or perhaps you'd like to celebrate some historic women? Take a look at the new song cycle Passion Project.

Here is a list of over 30 musicals you can currently watch online (legally!) for free! There truly is a musical for everyone!

Musicals are sorted below by Broadway & West End Composers, off-Broadway & off-West End Beyond London & New York, Musicals in Development/Concert Readings, & Family Friendly.

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Broadway and West End Composers

21 Chump Street
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 14 minute one-act musical based on This American Life episode “What I Did for Love” about a high school student who falls in love with an undercover police officer, and is arrested for selling drugs. Features Lindsay Mendez and Anthony Ramos. You can also purchase the full 2 hour concert, performed at Brooklyn Academy of Music, for $5 from This American Life.

Ghost Quartet at the McKittrick Hotel 
The original production of Dave Malloy’s song cycle about love, death, and whiskey. A camera breaks and four friends drink in four interwoven narratives spanning seven centuries. Currently freely available on YouTube.

From Here to Eternity 
With music by Stuart Brayson, lyrics by Sir Tim Rice, and a book by Bill Oakes, the musical depicts the affairs of US soldiers stationed in Hawaii in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Available to stream for free during Memorial Day weekend on BroadwayHD.

The World Goes ‘Round 
Blunt Theatre’s production the Kander and Ebb revue. Available on Vimeo.

Off-Broadway and Off-West-End

The Dolly Mixtures 
The incredible true story based on 8 South Shields womn who set up a variety act, The Dolly Mixtures when one of their husbands' Ken Graham, was diagnosed with cancer in 1972. For 15 years they performed in working men's clubs through-out the North East to raise laughs and money for Cancer Research. They raised £100,000 for Cancer Research in the male dominated clubs in the 70's and 80's. Available on YouTube. 

Eugenius! 
Nerdy Eugene is picked on at school, but he soon needs to find his own inner superhero when his comic “Tough Man” gets optioned by a Hollywood producer. Available on YouTube

Molly Wobbly
The women of Little Happening are desperate - all three are trapped in loveless marriages and stuck with failing businesses.  There is only one person who can help them - a woman they’ve never met.  Her name is Molly Wobbly. Available via Paul Boyd Music. 

Myth: The Rise and Fall of Orpheus
A modern retelling of Orpheus and the underworld, looking at mental illness and addiction in society through the rock music business. The storyline with echoes with the tragically short lives of some of music’s brightest stars, including Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse. Available on YouTube. ​

Sistas The Musical
The story of African-American women told through Top-40 music, from Bessie Smith to Beyonce. Available on TubiTv. ​

The State of Things 
A new British musical about a high school band, fighting to save their music course from being cut. Set against the backdrop of Austerity Britain, join this unlikely bunch of misfits as they stick two fingers up at the state of things! Available on YouTube

Timpson the Musical
With a nod to Romeo and Juliet, Timpson: The Musical is a fictional origin story of how the British retailer came to provide both cobbling and key cutting services. Available on YouTube.

V for Victory
A British musical exploring the lives of a group of friends in the resistance against the German occupation of Jersey during World War II. Available on YouTube.

Waiting for the Ship to Sail 
London-based theatre Chickenshed presents an artistic response to the urgent and pressing questions of global migration, and investigates the concepts of national and personal identity. Available on YouTube.

Wasted 
A “rocumentary,” or documentary rock musical about the Brontë family. Available at Southwark Playhouse.

Wise Children (UK only, until June 11) 
A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and heartbreak, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope. Expect show girls and Shakespeare, sex and scandal, music, mischief and mistaken identity. Emma Wise’s inaugural production with her new production, also called Wise Children. Only available in the UK until June 11. Available on BBC iPlayer.

 Beyond London and New York

Friends: The One Where They Sing! (The UnAuthorized Musical Parody)
The title says it all. Available on YouTube

Mushy: Lyrically Speaking 
Mushy, a young man with a debilitating stammer, finds himself at the centre of a television documentary. In a moment of inspiration from his teacher, Mr. Burton, he starts to find a rhythm in his voice through music. Social media erupts hailing it a miracle cure and both teacher and pupil become overnight celebrities. Available on Vimeo.

Only the Brave
Wales Millennium Centre’s moving musical based on a true story. Only the Brave follows Captain John Howard and Lieutenant Denholm Brotheridge, and their wives Joy and Maggie, as the soldiers prepare for the D-Day landings. Available on Vimeo. ​

Three in the Bed
A new Australian musical comedic farce about the blunders of relationships and sexuality for twenty-somethings, written by songwriter & actor Jonathon Holmes. Jessica has always had a crush on Tim, who turns up to her party suddenly single. Unfortunately, Tim meets Zoe. But Zoe thinks she has a way to make all parties happy… what could possibly go wrong? Available on YouTube. ​

Tyneham: No Small Sacrifice
In 1942, more than 200 residents of Tyneham had to leave their homes when the area was needed as part of a tank firing range. The villagers were promised their homes would be returned, but this promise was never fulfilled. Tyneham remains military property to this very day. Available on YouTube

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking
It’s 1933 and Einstein is giving his inaugural lecture on Special and General Relativity at Princeton University. But it's tough when your two wives and mother keep coming in, your equations are being used to make atomic bombs and there’s the small (rather large) matter of the Universe to explain. Available on SceneSaver.

The Element in the Room 
Marie Curie's story is a tale of of glowing powders with extraordinary powers, lives saved and destroyed, and unparalleled achievements in the face of unbelievable odds. Available on SceneSaver

The Origin of Species 
Charles Darwin is hard at work on his new book about barnacles. To boost sales, his publisher has invited you young and not so young naturalists to watch him at work. Easily distracted, Charles begins sharing his family history, songs he has written and some of his new discoveries about barnacles. However today is about to prove to be no ordinary day. Available on SceneSaver.

Musicals in Development/Concert Readings

Golden Bricks and Ruby Shoes 
Inspired by a news article about the FBI assisting in the recovery a pair of stolen ruby slippers, Golden Bricks and Ruby Shoes is an in-development song cycle about the famed Wizard of Oz pumps, and the people who were obsessed with them. Available on YouTube.

Passion Project in Concert
A song cycle about twelve unsung women from history who sing to their great loves: the object of their careers. An aviator sings to her airplane, an acrobat to her tightrope, an astronomer to her comet. Available on Facebook. ​

 Family Friendly

The Hunting of the Snark 
Inspired by the genius of Lewis Carroll and his much beloved classic poem, a sparkling new musical extravaganza for the whole family. Available for a limited time on YouTube. ​

The Midnight Gang 
Based on David Walliams book of the same name. Twelve-year-old Tom lands in the children’s ward of the spooky Lord Funt Hospital and meets a gang of fellow kids whose missions of wish fulfillment begin at midnight. Available until May 29 via Chichester Festival Theatre. ​

Beauty and the Beast
Not the Disney musical, but a new version by Chichester Festival Theatre. Available until June 19. Available at Chichester Festival Theatre. 

Stellaluna The Musical
Stellaluna the bat, Verdi the snake, and Pinduli the hyena all seek refreshment at a watering hole one hot day, only to find themselves the subjects of a bullying lion's ridicule. But by sharing stories about building self-confidence, these three misfit animals find wisdom, peace, and friendship. Available at Broadway On Demand. ​

StarKid Musicals

A Very Potter Musical 
StarKid’s first production and a viral sensation that launched Darren Criss’s career. The sequels, A Very Potter Sequel and A Very Potter Senior Musical are also freely available online. Available on YouTube.

Ani: A Parody Musical
A musical parody of Star Wars. Available on YouTube. ​

Holy Musical, B@tman
It’s Batman, singing and dancing. Available on YouTube. ​

Me and My Dick
Adults only. A coming of age story about Joey Richter whose best friend is...his dick. Available on YouTube. ​

Starship 
Bug wants to be a Starship Ranger, but there's one thing they are he's not... human. Available on YouTube. ​

The Trail to Oregon
Produced in Chicago in 2014. Claims to be the most historically accurate musical portraying the Oregon Trail. Available on YouTube.

Twisted
Hop on your flying carpet, because this musical parody retells the classic tale of Aladdin... from the villain's point of view! Available on YouTube.

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