Musical Theater
- Bye Bye Birdie (Lee Adams and Charles Strouse) – Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on April 14 and ran for 607 performances
- Camelot (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on December 3 and ran for 873 performances
- Do-Re-Mi Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on December 26 and ran for 400 performances
- The Fantasticks Off-Broadway production opened at the Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3 and ran for 17,162 performances
- Flower Drum Song (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 24 and ran for 464 performances
- From A to Z Broadway revue opened at the Plymouth Theatre on April 20 and ran for 21 performances
- Greenwillow Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on March 8 and ran for 97 performances
- Hooray For Daisy London production opened at the Lyric, Hammersmith on December 20. Starring Eleanor Drew and Robin Hunter.
- Irma La Douce Broadway production opened at the Plymouth Theatre on September 29 and ran for 524 performances
- Oh, Kay! Off Broadway revival opened at the East 74th Street Theatre on April 16 and ran for 119 performances.
- Oliver! (Lionel Bart) – London production opened at the New Theatre on June 30 and ran for 2618 performances
- Parade Broadway revue opened at the Players Theatre on January 20 and ran for 95 performances
- Tenderloin Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on October 17 and ran for 216 performances.
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Meredith Willson) – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on November 3 and ran for 532 performances
- Valmouth Off Broadway production opened at the York Playhouse on October 6 and ran for 14 performances
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