1961 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

  • Carnival! (Music and Lyrics: Bob Merrill Book: Michael Stewart). Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on April 13 and ran for 719 performances
  • Do-Re-Mi London production opened at the Prince Of Wales Theatre on October 12 and ran for 169 performances
  • Donnybrook! Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on May 18 and ran for 68 performances.
  • The Fantasticks London production opened at the Apollo Theatre on September 7 and ran for 44 performances
  • How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstein and Willie Gilbert) – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on October 14 and ran for 1417 performances.
  • Kwamina Broadway production opened at the 54th Street Theatre on October 23 and ran for 32 performances
  • Milk and Honey Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on October 10 and ran for 543 performances
  • The Music Man London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on March 16. Starring Van Johnson, Patricia Lambert, Ruth Kettlewell and Denis Waterman.
  • Salad Days (Julian Slade) – London revival at Prince's Theatre
  • Sail Away Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 3 and ran for 167n performances
  • The Sentimental Bloke (Music: Albert Arlen Lyrics: Nancy Brown, Albert Arlen, Lloyd Thomson and C. J. Dennis Book: Lloyd Thomson and Nancy Brown). Premiered at the Albert Hall, Canberra, March. Melbourne production opened at the Comedy Theatre on November 4.
  • The Sound Of Music (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II Book: Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse) – London production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 2385 performances.
  • Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (Music, Lyrics and Book: Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse) -London production opened at the Queen's Theatre on July 20 and ran for 485 performances.
  • Subways Are For Sleeping (Music: Jule Styne Lyrics and Book: Adolph Green & Betty Comden) Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on December 27 and ran for 205 performances.
  • Wildest Dreams (by Julian Slade) London production opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on August 3 and ran for 76 performances

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