The Girl Friend
Mar 17 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's musical "The Girl Friend", starring Sammy White and Eva Puck, opens at the Vanderbilt Theatre, NYC; runs for 301 performances
Lady, Be Good!
Apr 14 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's 1st collaborative musical "Lady, Be Good!", featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adelle Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, opens at Empire Theatre, London's West End; runs for 326 performances
Turandot
Apr 25 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" premieres in Milan
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1
May 12 Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Symphony premieres in Leningrad
- May 22 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by Gene Austin hits #1
The Cocoanuts
Aug 7 George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin's musical "The Cocoanuts" starring the Marx Brothers closes at the Lyric Theatre, NYC, after 276 performances; later adapted as a film
Oh Kay
Nov 8 George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, and P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Kay" opens at the Imperial Theatre, NYC; runs for 256 performances
This Was a Man
Nov 23 Noël Coward's "This Was a Man" premieres in NYC
Miraculous Mandarin
Nov 27 Béla Bartók's ballet "Miraculous Mandarin" premieres at the Cologne Opera, Germany, conducted by Eugen Szenkar
Le Pauvre Matelot
Dec 16 Darius Milhaud's opera "Le Pauvre Matelot" premieres in Paris
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