Musical Theater
- Belinda Fair London production opened at the Strand Theatre on June 30 and ran for 131 performances
- Brigadoon London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on April 14 and ran for 685 performances
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 8 and ran for 740 performances
- King's Rhapsody London production opened at the Palace Theatre on September 15 and ran for 838 performances
- Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill) – Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre on October 30 and ran for 273 performances
- Miss Liberty Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on July 15 and ran for 308 performances. Starring Eddie Albert, Allyn Ann McLerie and Mary McCarty
- South Pacific (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 7 and ran for 1925 performances
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