1953 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

  • Airs On A Shoestring London revue opened at the Royal Court Theatre on April 22 and ran for 772 performances
  • At The Lyric London production
  • The Boy Friend (Sandy Wilson) commenced at London's Players Club on April 14 and reopened in an expanded version on October 13 before moving to the West End proper in 1954.
  • Braziliana London production
  • The Buccaneer London production
  • Can-Can (Cole Porter) – Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on May 7 and ran for 892 performances
  • Hazel Flagg Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on February 11 and ran for 190 performances
  • John Brown's Body opened February 14
  • John Murray Anderson's Almanac Broadway revue opened at the Imperial Theatre on December 10 and ran for 227 performances
  • The King And I (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on October 8 and ran for 926 performances
  • Kismet Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 3 and ran for 583 performances
  • Maggie Broadway production opened at the Royal National Theatre on February 18 and ran for 5 performances
  • Me And Juliet Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on May 28 and ran for 358 performances
  • Paint Your Wagon (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on February 11 and ran for 477 performances
  • The Wayward Way
  • Wonderful Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green) – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on February 25 and ran for 559 performances

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