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Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, plays at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 236 performances.
The musical comedy Between The Devil, with lyrics by Howard Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 93 performances. 
Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, Eric Blore, Edward Everett Horton and John Howard are appearing at Keith's RKO Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
Billy Fields' "all new Burlesk Revue" featuring Vic Plant, Gladys McCormack, Paul Lind, Sandra and The Three Luna Trix is playing at The Gayety Burlesk in Washington DC, USA.
Brose Walsh makes his debut as a solo performer, at the Horseshoe Hall at Frenchill, outside Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland, Europe. He will go on to found and lead The Brose Walsh Showband.
Swing jazz trumpeter Philippe Brun records Blues and Easy Going in Paris, France, Europe, with accompaniment by Stephane Grappelli on cello and Django Reinhardt on guitar.
Time magazine reports on the unexpected runaway success of the song Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (You Look Beautiful to Me), noting that before the publishers could even have the song printed up, ''Decca had two records out: Andrews Sisters, which had already sold 10,000 copies, and Glen Gray's. Brunswick Records had released a Russ Morgan version, Victor Records had Guy Lombardo's recording of the song ready this week in time to be put on sale with the sheet music.''
In an article about the increasing popularity of African music, Time magazine reports that Bengali choreographer Uday Shankar has just released "an album of five discs devoted to Hindu music as played by the performers of his company [Victor. Musical Masterpiece Series, price $9]. Preserved in wax were the most striking musical accompaniments and interludes of the famed Shan-Kar performances, including Vishnudass Shirali's incredible solo on twelve drums."
The Raffles Orchestra, directed by Dan Hopkins, performs at a Special Dinner And Ball in The Raffles Hotel, Singapore, Asia. Fancy dress is optional.