Below is my list of musicals that address the subject of memory—particularly works in which memories or the act of remembering plays a significant dramaturgical role:

Ballroom

The Boy From Oz A

Chorus Line

A Class Act

Fiorello!

Follies

Fun Home

Funny Girl

Grey Gardens

Hallelujah, Baby!

The Happy Time

Lady in the Dark

A Little Night Music

Lorelei

Merrily We Roll Along

My Favorite Year

Nine

Now. Here. This.

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Passing Strange

The Rink

Road Show

The Will Rodgers Follies

The inclusion of some of these works is certainly debatable. However, any of these musicals could serve as the subject for a conference paper or even a panel at ATHE 2015. What other musicals dealing in memory can you identify? I challenge you to add to my list or debate any of the titles included here. I then challenge you to think about how you might tailor a paper or panel to these works. 

Parade by Jason Robert Brown.  Memory weighs down this play in so many ways.

Next to Normal.  We don't know the boy is a memory until halfway through the first act.

Secret Garden.  Ghosts haunt most of the play.