12 ‘Not To Be Missed’ Musicals For Teens

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you will no doubt have become accustomed to me continuously telling you how fantastic movie musicals are for integrating music learning into your homeschool. 

While I have in fact provided movie musical lists for pre-schoolers, primary schoolers and tweens, I haven’t still given you a top twelve list for teenagers. 

So without further ado, I thought I should give you the list in today’s post. 

I have also included printables to enable your teenagers to up level their learning and music appreciation. So, don’t forget to have them download and use it. 

– Hairspray – Your teenage daughters’ hearts will skip a beat watching Zac Efron playing the role of Link Larkin, in this marvellous musical.

– Footloose – Can you imagine living in a town where music and dancing is banned? I’m sure neither can your teens. So this is no doubt going to be a hit with them.

– Phantom of the Opera – This chilling story of a masked madman living beneath a Paris Opera House is both thrillingly murderous and warming as well when love prevails.  

– Evita – This is a ‘must see’ story of a poverty stricken girl, growing up to be the wife of Argentinian President and worshipped by her people. While they are at it, you can have your teenagers learn about that time in history in South America. 

– Chicago – This musical set in the great ‘Windy City’ of the murderous mistresses, is one t hat I simply can’t get enough of.

– Les Miserables – With a stellar cast, the novel, made into a broadway and then a movie musical is one not to be missed.  

– Rent – New York city before gentrification, the AIDS crisis of the 80s, LGBTQ issues and more, who can say ‘no’ to this wonderful musical? 

– Moulin Rouge – Have you ever seen modern pop songs performed in the context of 1899? I guess not. That is exactly what Moulin Rouge does, and thus, became one of the most stunningly beautiful musicals of all time. 

– Cats – Based on T.S. Eliot’s whimsical poems, this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is a definite ‘must see’.

– Unsinkable Molly Brown – Another heart warming ‘rags to riches’ story, that takes feisty Molly Brown from poverty in Missouri, to the elegant palaces of Europe.

– Jesus Christ Superstar – This is a rock opera featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music about Jesus’ final days leading up to the cruxifixction. 

– A Chorus Line – This movie showcases, one day in the life of seventeen dancers, all vying for spot, in the ‘chorus line’ of a broadway musical. 

If you can’t find these movies on Netflix, or would like to build your own library of Musicals, then my post 7 ‘Unbelievable’ Ways To Add Musicals To My Homeschool, will definitely help. 

Want to take your kids’ learning to the next level? Then download these printables and help them learn to appreciate music through these musicals.