- Jan 9 Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown's musical "Follow Thru" premieres in NYC
Event of Interest
Mar 18 Dmitri Shostakovich's "The new Babylon" premieres in Leningrad
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Apr 4 "New Moon" musical opens in London
Event of Interest
May 2 Billie Holiday (14) and her mother are arrested for prostitution following a raid of a brothel in Harlem
Billie Holiday
- Oct 9 G Kaufman & R Lardner's musical "June Moon" premieres in NYC
Music Premiere
Dec 30 Cole Porter's musical "Wake Up & Dream" premieres in NYC
Cole Porter