List of rock musicals

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The following is a list of rock musicals organized chronologically by the start date of the original run. The author of the book, lyrics, and music of each piece is also noted.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kenrick, John, "The 1970s: Part I – Rock Musicals" article at the Musicals101 website
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wollman, Elizabeth Lara, The Theatre Will Rock: A History of the Rock Musical from Hair to Hedwig (University of Michigan Press, 2006)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Brasor, Philip, "A thumbnail history of the rock musical, March 9, 2006
  4. ↑ Jones, Chris (2015-09-03). "A 'Les Miz' prequel? Boublil and Schonberg are in town". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  5. ↑ " 'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' production history", lesfreres.org, retrieved August 20, 2010
  6. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark Will Now Open in February 2011" Archived 2011-01-20 at the Wayback Machine . Playbill.com. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  7. ↑ John Katsilometes (July 16, 2016). "'Raiding the Rock Vault' sets July 31 closing at Tropicana". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  8. ↑ Mike Weatherford (April 12, 2013). "'Raiding the Rock Vault' pulls out all the stops". Las Vegas Review-Journal– via NewsBank.
  9. ↑ "The Lightning Thief". www.lightningthiefmusical.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  10. ↑ Macandrew, Ruby. "Theatre review: That Bloody Woman", Stuff, September 14 2017
  11. ↑ "BAT OUT OF HELL flies into London". www.londonboxoffice.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
  12. ↑ "Head Over Heels by Go-Gos to open on Broadway in 2018".
  13. ↑ Paulson, Michael. "Jagged Little Pill to Close on Broadway, Citing Omicron", The New York Times, December 20, 2021

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