- Oct 2 Burton Lane and Yip Harburg's musical "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 725 performances and 3 Tony Award wins
- Oct 11 "Love Life" opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 252 performances
- Oct 11 Frank Loesser's musical "Where's Charley?", starring Ray Bolger, and directed by George Abbott, opens at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 792 performances and wins a Tony Award
- Oct 16 Revival of Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom's operetta "The Red Mill" opens at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC; rums for 831 performances
- Oct 19 "My Romance" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances
- Oct 24 Francis Poulenc's "Sinfonietta" premieres
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