I need your help with my 12,000-song/600-hour Broadway playlist!

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/5/26 at 2:59pm

At nearly 12,000 songs and almost 600 hours, I’ve compiled a playlist of over 500 original Broadway cast albums that are available on Apple Music. Before I start diving in and adding some West End, off-Bway, and revival albums, if you notice anything notable missing, please let me know, and I will see if it is available to stream and add to this playlist!  (Surprisingly there are quite a few not available to stream. Hmm… ) Enjoy!

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/broadway-compendium/pl.u-KkyGCZ1MP5J

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 4/5/26 at 3:58pm

I feel like like a Playlist of... everything... isn't a Playlist. A Playlist is curated. Nobody is listening to a 12,000 song Playlist. 

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/5/26 at 4:17pm

That's fine! I just wanted a place to hit shuffle and listen to as many musicals (and any new to me), so it's different music every time. I didn't have to share it, but some might find it interesting or worth a look and listen. Plus, I just wanted help to see what I could add. I also work with a lot of students and want to help them and others who can't or don't collect CDs or also want more musical theatre history to play through. And the only way to do that is to create a "playlist".

Updated On: 4/5/26 at 04:17 PM

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 4/5/26 at 4:29pm

jacobsnchz14 said: "At nearly 12,000 songs and almost 600 hours, I’ve compiled a playlist of over 500 original Broadway cast albums that are available on Apple Music. Before I start diving in and adding some West End, off-Bway, and revival albums, if you notice anything notable missing, please let me know, and I will see if it is available to stream and add to this playlist! (Surprisingly there are quite a few not available to stream. Hmm… ) Enjoy!

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/broadway-compendium/pl.u-KkyGCZ1MP5J"

Things I won’t be doing today:  looking through someone else’s 12,000 songs to see if they missed one  

 

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/5/26 at 4:33pm

I should have thought about this before posting, but if nothing else, just enjoy it if you wanna give it a listen. ✌🏽 

[darquegk]

Posted: 4/5/26 at 5:30pm

See, I get you. There’s curated mixtape playlists, and there’s “replace a Sirius XM channel” playlists. 

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/5/26 at 5:59pm

I just checked and it seems there is a way to import music from YouTube & YouTube Music into an apple playlist.

I have YouTube Music. I chose it because I have been able to find a lot of music from older shows that aren't streaming but people create "videos" of the recordings on YouTube. I can put them in my Showtunes playlist and have the audio. Might want to try searching around for anything you may not have been able to find on YouTube. Just a thought and suggestion. 

Have fun on your search! 

Updated On: 4/5/26 at 05:59 PM

[NYCtheater]

Posted: 4/5/26 at 6:16pm

This looks really great! Can see it took a lot of work and time (but must have been fun!) Thanks so much for sharing. :)