1951 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

• And So To Bed (Vivian Ellis) London production opened at the New Theatre on October 17 and ran for 323 performances
• Borscht Capades
• Flahooley (E. Y. Harburg and Sammy Fain) Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 14 and ran for 40 performances.
• Gay's The Word London production opened at the Saville Theatre on February 16 and ran for 504 performances
• The King And I (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway production
• Kiss Me, Kate (Cole Porter) – London production opened at the Coliseum on March 8 and ran for 501 performances
• The Lyric Revue London production
• Make a Wish (Hugh Martin)Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on April 18 and ran for 102 performances. Starred Nanette Fabray.
• A Month Of Sundays Broadway production.
• Oklahoma! first German production (Berlin)
• Paint Your Wagon (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on November 12 and ran for 289 performances
• Penny Plain London production
• See You Later (Sandy Wilson) London production opened at the Watergate Theatre on October 3.
• Seventeen Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on June 21 and ran for 182 performances
• South Pacific (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – London production
• Top Banana Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on November 1 and ran for 350 performances.
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on April 19 and ran for 267 performances
• Two On The Aisle Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on July 19 and ran for 279 performances
• Zip Goes A Million London production opened at the Palace Theatre on October 20 and ran for 544 performances