List of plays and musicals about the American Revolution

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This is a list of plays and musicals about the American Revolution.

• Dearest Enemy – 1925 musical with a book by Herbert Fields, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and music by Richard Rodgers
• Valley Forge – 1934 play by Maxwell Anderson
• Arms and the Girl - 1950 musical by Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, and Rouben Mamoulian, music by Morton Gould, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
• Ben Franklin in Paris – 1964 musical by Sidney Michaels
• 1776 – 1969 Broadway musical; Composed by Sherman Edwards
• The Ruckus at Machias – 1976 play by Richard Sewell
• A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine – 2009 stage play by Trevor Griffiths
• Jefferson's Garden – 2015 stage play by Timberlake Wertenbaker
• Hamilton – 2015 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
• My Dearest Friend – 2016 opera by Patricia Leonard

See also

• Founding Fathers of the United States
• Commemoration of the American Revolution
• List of films about the American Revolution
• List of television series and miniseries about the American Revolution