Musicals

The musical extravaganza Chris And The Wonderful Lamp, with music by John Philip Sousa, is playing at The Victoria Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 58 performances.

The musical comedy A Runaway Girl is playing at Daly's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 40 performances.

The comic opera Madeleine or The Magic Kiss is playing at The Tivoli, San Francisco, California, USA.

The musical comedy Hodge, Podge And Co plays at the Madison Square Theare, Broadway, New York City, USA.

The musical comedy San Toy is playing at Daly's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 103 performances.

A revived musical comedy The Casino Girl plays at The Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of thirty-two performances.

The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.

The musical comedy Foxy Grandpa, based on a popular newspaper cartoon strip, is playing at Haverley's 14th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 125 performances.

The Bijou Musical Comedy Co. presents A Trip To Chinatown at The Bijou Theatre, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

The Chinese musical comedy San Toy is presented at Daly's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.

The musical The Silver Slipper, starring Sam Bernard, Cyril Scott, Mai De Villiers and Edna Wallace-Hopper is playing during its sixth week at The Broad way Theatre, Broadway New York City, USA.

Harry B. Smith's musical comedy the Je wel of Asia has its premiere at The Park Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

The musical comedy The Runaways, by Raymond Hubbell and Addison Burkhardt, is presented at the Casino Theatre, New York City, USA.

The comic opera The Fortune Teller, by Victor Herbert, is playing at Chases, Washington DC, USA.

In an address given at the Teachers’ Institute, College Chapel, Healdsburg, California, USA, Ellen G. White states that, "Great improvement can be made in singing. Some think that the louder they sing, the more music they make; but noise is not music. Good singing is like the music of the birds — subdued and melodious. In some of our churches I have heard solos that were altogether unsuitable for the service of the Lord’s house. The long-drawn-out notes, and the peculiar sounds common in operatic singing, are not pleasing to the angels. They delight to hear the simple songs of praise sung in a natural tone. The songs in which every word is uttered clearly, in a musical tone, are the songs that they join us in singing. They take up the refrain that is sung from the heart with the spirit and the understanding."

The stage musical Bric-A-Brac is playing at The Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, UK, during a run of 385 performances. Music for the show is by Lionel Monckton and Herman Finck, and the cast includes Gwendoline Brogden, Teddie Gerard, A. Simon Girard, Nelson Keys, Gertie Millar, Arthur Playfair and Lauri Wylie.

The musical show The Cohan Revue of 1916, with music by George M. Cohan, is presented at The Astor Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 165 performances.

A Zeigfield Production of the Jerome Kern musical Sally, starring Marilyn Miller, closes at The New Amsterdam Theatre on 42nd Street, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 561 performances.

'Spasm' band The State Street Ramblers record Stomp Your Stuff for Gennet Records in Richmond, Indiana, USA. [Spasm bands, like jug bands, were generally low-budget operations whose members would play on jugs, spoons, kazoos, washboards and anything else that might be pressed into becoming a musical instrument.]

Musical revue The Show Is On, starring Beatrice Lillie and Bert Lahr, closes at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after a run of 236 performances.

The movie musical Something To Sing About, starring Jimmy Cagney, opens in cinemas in the USA.

Ice-Capades of 1943, a musical spectacular on ice, closes at The Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

The musical romantic comedy Neptune's Daughter opens at cinemas in the USA. The film will be a major box office smash, but is now perhaps best-remembered for providing the movie debut of the song Baby, It's Cold Outside, which sparked a controvery in 2018 when radio stations in the USA banned it on the grounds that its lyric might now be interpreted as sexual harassment.

The New York Times reveals that Gertrude Lawrence has accepted the leading role in Rodgers and Hammerstein's stage musical The King And I, based on Anna And The King of Siam.

The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.

The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.

Judy Garland plays the sixth of seven nights at The Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK.

Judy Garland plays during a month at The Curran Theater, San Francisco, California, USA.

Eartha Kitt records Monotonous, the song she sings in the musical revue New Faces of 1952, for Victor Records in New York City, USA.

250-seat country-oriented New York City, USA, nightspot The Village Barn has its musical style changed to a 'Gay Nineties' format, by owner Meyer Horowitz. Established in 1929, the venue offered live music and nightly turtle races.

The Walt Disney ainimated musical feature Peter Pan is released to cinemas in Australia, Oceania. The film includes such Sammy Cahn-composed songs as The Second Star To The Right, You Can Fly and A Pirate's Life.

Pistol Packin' Mama by Gene Vincent enters the NME [New Musical Express] Singles chart in the UK at No28. It will peak at No19 and spend a total of six weeks on the chart.

Judy Garland appears in An Evening With Judy Garland at The Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.

Judy Garland signs a contract to play two performances in December 1961 at the O'Keefe Center in Toronto, Canada.

The musical comedy A Family Affair, with songs by John Kander, opens at The Billy Rose Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 65 performances.

Newly released singles reviewed in today's edition of UK pop weekly NME [New Musical Express] include Send Me The Pillow You Dream On by Johnny Tillotson, Summertime by Andy Williams, Moonglow by Sarah Vaughan, A Taste Of Honey by The Hi-Lo's and Lonely by Acker Bilk.

Barbra Streisand plays the eighth night in three-weeks of shows at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Page 7 and The Angels are the musical guests on tonight's adition of the Ed Sullivan Show on CBS-tv in the USA.

The Lettermen are the musical guests on The Red Skelton Show on NBC-tv in the USA.

Brian Poole And The Tremeloes fly to Ireland to film the musical A Touch Of Blarney.

The stage musical Les Miserables opens at The Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Charismatic drummer, bandleader and producer Jack Parnell dies of cancer, aged 87, in Southwold, Sussex, England, UK, Europe. Parnell was voted best drummer in the Melody Maker poll for seven years in succession. He composed many television themes, including Love Story (for which he won the Harriet Cohen Award), Father Brown, The Golden Shot and Family Fortunes. He was a regular judge on the ATV talent show New Faces. He was appointed musical director for ATV in 1956, a post he held until 1981, and served as the 'real' conductor for The Muppet Show orchestra during the entire series.

It is formally announced that the Universal Music Group has donated around 200,000 metal, glass and lacquer master discs from the period 1926 to 1948 to a Library of Congress site in Culpeper, Virginia, USA. The recordings, from Universal's vaults, include material by Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, The Mills Brothers, Fred Waring, Guy Lombardo, The Andrews Sisters, Ernest Tubb, Bill Monroe and many others.

The City Council Zoning Committee of Chicago, Illinois, USA, agrees to re-designate a three-block stretch of South Michigan Avenue between Cermak and the Stevenson Expressway from 'Motor Row' into 'Music Row.' The objective is to emphasise the city's musical heritage and attract tourism.

A new musical, The Last Ship, opens at The Bank Of America theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The musical is written by Sting, who joins the cast onstage during a curtain call and leads them in a song. Other celebrities attending the opening night include Paul Simon, James Taylor, Styx singer Dennis DeYoung and AC/DC's Brian Johnson.