Musical Theater
- Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin) – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on May 16 and ran for 1147 performances
- Around the World ( Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Orson Welles) Broadway production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on May 31 and ran for 75 performances
- Beggar's Holiday opened at the Broadway Theatre on December 26 and ran for 111 performances
- Burlesque Broadway revival opened at the Belasco Theatre on December 25 and ran for 439 performances
- Call Me Mister Broadway revue opened at the National Theatre on April 18 and ran for 734 performances
- Lute Song ( music: Raymond Scott lyrics Bernie Hanighen) Broadway production opened at the Plymouth Theatre on February 6 and ran for 146 performances
- Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway revival opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on January 5 and ran for 418 performances
- Song of Norway London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 7 and ran for 526 performances
- St. Louis Woman Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on March 30 and ran for 113 performances
- Sweetest And Lowest London revue opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on May 9 and ran for 791 performances
- Three to Make Ready Broadway revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre (New York) on March 7 and ran for 327 performances.
- Yours Is My Heart Broadway production opened on September 5 at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 36 performances
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