Thanksgiving is here, and it's difficult not to daydream about savory dishes and sweet desserts. While you await your Turkey Day feast, chow down with some of our favorite Broadway songs about food! Hope you're hungry...
Enjoy songs from musicals like: Oliver!, Waitress, Shucked, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, On the Town, Shrek, Something Rotten!, The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Shop of Horrors, She Loves Me, Beauty and the Beast, Sweeney Todd, Flower Drum Song, In the Heights, and so many more!
Want more showtunes? Study up on Broadway history with music from the 1940s , 1950s , 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s , 2010s and 2020s . Check out our favorite Overtures , Opening numbers , 'I Want' songs , Act 1 finales , Act 2 openers , 11 o'clock numbers , and Finales . Plus, Fall into fall and kickstart the holiday season!
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best Orchestrations - Top 3
1.
Anders Eljas, Brian Usifer - Chess
22.2% of votes
2.
Ethan Popp, The Rescues - The Lost Boys
20.4% of votes
3.
William David Brohn - Ragtime
12% of votes
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