1957 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

  • Bells Are Ringing London production
  • Brigadoon (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) — Broadway revival
  • Damn Yankees (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) — London production
  • Harmony Close London production opened at the Lyric, Hammersmith on April 17.
  • The Music Man (Meredith Willson) opened at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway on December 19, 1957 and ran for 1375 performances.
  • New Girl In Town — Broadway production
  • West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein) — Broadway production
  • Zuleika — London production, Saville Theatre

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