1959 in Music - Musical Theater

Musical Theater

• Aladdin (Cole Porter) London production opened at the Coliseum on December 17.
• Destry Rides Again Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on April 23 and ran for 472 performances
• Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (Lionel Bart) – Stratford production opened at the Theatre Royal on April 17 and ran for 63 performances
• Fiorello! Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on November 23 and ran for 795 performances
• Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on May 21 and ran for 702 performances
• Hooray for Daisy London production opened at the Lyric Opera House, Hammersmith on December 20 and ran for 51 performances
• Juno (Marc Blitzstein) – opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, March 9, 1959
• Kawaii onna (Toshirō Mayuzumi), Osaka
• Lend An Ear Broadway revival opened at the Renata Theatre on September 24 and ran for 94 performances
• Little Mary Sunshine Broadway production opened at the Orpheum Theatre on November 18 and ran for 1143 performances.
• Lock Up Your Daughters (Lionel Bart) – London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on May 28 and ran for 328 performances
• The Love Doctor London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on October 12 and ran for only 16 performances.
• On the Town Broadway revival opened at the Carnegie Hall Playhouse on January 15 and ran for 70 performances
• Redhead Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on February 5 and ran for 405 performances
• Shakespeare in Harlem (Margaret Bonds) – Westport, CT
• The Sound of Music (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16 and ran for 1443 performances.
• Take Me Along Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 22 and ran for 448 performances