1931 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

• America's Sweetheart Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on February 10 and ran for 135 performances.
• The Band Wagon Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 3 and ran for 260 performances
• Bitter Sweet (Noël Coward) - London revival
• The Cat and the Fiddle Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 15 and ran for 395 performances
• Cavalcade (Noël Coward) - London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on October 13 and ran for 405 performances
• Die Dubarry Berlin production opened on August 14
• Folly To Be Wise London revue opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on January 8. Starring Cicely Courtneidge.
• Here Goes the Bride Broadway production opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on November 3 and ran for 7 performances.
• Hold My Hand (Music: Noel Gay Lyrics: Desmond Carter Book: Stanley Lupino) London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on December 23. Starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Stanley Lupino.
• The Land of Smiles (Franz Lehár) - London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on May 8
• The Laugh Parade Broadway revue opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 2 and ran for 231 performances
• Of Thee I Sing Broadway production, opened December 26 and ran for 441 performances.
• The Third Little Show Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre on June 1 and ran for 136 performances
• Victoria and Her Hussar London production opened at the Palace Theatre on September 17 and ran for 100 performances
• White Horse Inn London production opened at the Coliseum Theatre on April 8 and ran for 651 performances
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 Broadway revue opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on July 1 and ran for 165 performances.