- Dec 2 Frederico Valerio and Elizabeth Miele's musical "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 4 performances
Prayers of Kierkegaard
Dec 3 Samuel Barber's cantata "Prayers of Kierkegaard" premieres
- Dec 3 William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida" premieres in London
- Dec 4 Frederico Valerio and Elizabeth Miele's musical "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC, after 4 performances
On Your Toes
Dec 4 Revival of George Abbott, Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart's musical "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 64 performances
Shostakovich In Sweden
Dec 9 Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honored guest of Royal Swedish Academy of Music
- Dec 27 Gian Carlo Menotti's Pulitzer Prize winning opera "The Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater in ,NYC; runs for 92 performances
House of Flowers
Dec 30 Harold Arlen and Truman Capote's musical "House of Flowers" premieres at Alvin Theater, NYC; runs for 165 performances
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