Event of Interest
Jan 1 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 5th string quartet
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Jan 2 "Pal Joey" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 542 performances
- Jan 30 Paul Creston's 4th Symphony, premieres
Film Premier
Mar 27 "Singin' in the Rain", musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
Gene Kelly
- Apr 16 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances
- Apr 27 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 performances
- May 2 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music"
- May 3 "Call Me Madam" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 644 performances
- May 8 "Of Thee I Sing" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
- May 8 "Shuffle Along" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 4 performances
- May 10 "Shuffle Along" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 4 performances
- May 16 "New Faces (of 1952)" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 365 performances
- Jun 7 "3 Wishes after Jamie" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 performances
- Jun 25 "Wish You Were Here" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 597 performances
- Jul 5 "Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
- Jul 19 "Paint Your Wagon" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 289 performances
Event of Interest
Sep 12 Noël Coward's "Quadrille," premieres in London
Noël Coward
Event of Interest
Sep 23 "Kaw-Liga" single recorded by Hank Williams
Hank Williams
- Oct 4 "Top Banana" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 356 performances
- Oct 14 "Buttrio Square" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 7 performances
- Oct 18 "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 performances
- Oct 27 "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 89 performances
- Nov 6 Dmitri Shostakovich's cantata "About our Fatherland" premieres
- Nov 14 First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express
- Dec 15 "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 90 performances