Musical Theater
- Bloomer Girl Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 5 and ran for 654 performances.
- Follow The Girls Broadway production opened at the New Century Theatre on April 8 and ran for 882 performances.
- Mexican Hayride Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 28 and transferred to the Majestic Theatre on December 18 for a total run of 481 performances
- A Night In Venice (Johann Strauss II London production opened at the Cambridge Theatre on May 25
- On the Town (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green) - Broadway production opened at the Adelphi Theatre (New York) on December 28, transferred to the 44th Street Theatre on June 4, 1945 and transferred to the Martin Beck Theatre on July 30, 1945 for a total run of 462 performances.
- Seven Lively Arts Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 7 and ran for 183 performances
- Song Of Norway Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on August 21 and transferred to the Broadway Theatre on April 15, 1946 for a total run of 860 performances
- Sweeter And Lower London production
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