74. BROADWAY MUSICALS OF THE TIMES
Broadway Musical Chronology: The 1950s
by John Kenrick. All dates are for Broadway openings unless otherwise noted.
KEY: Show Title (Genre), Opening Date, Theatre, Number of Performances
1950
Alive and Kicking
(Revue), 1/17/1950, Winter Garden, 46
Dance Me a Song
(Revue), ½0/1950, Royale, 35
Arms and the Girl
(M), 2/2/1950, 46th St., 134
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
(Revue), 3/2/1950, Broadhurst, 44
Consul
(Opera), 3/15/1950, Ethel Barrymore, 269
Great To Be Alive!
(M), 3/23/1950, Winter Garden, 52
Katherine Dunham
(Revue), 4/19/1950, Broadway, 37
Peter Pan
(M—Jean Arthur), 4/24/1950, Imperial, 321
Tickets, Please!
(Revue), 4/27/1950, Coronet, 245
Brigadoon
(M), 5/2/1950, New York City Center, 24
Liar
(M), 5/18/1950, Broadhurst, 12
Carousel
(M—London), 6/7/1950, Drury Lane, 566
Michael Todd’s Peep Show
(Revue), 6/28/1950, Winter Garden, 278
Telephone, The/The Medium
(M—R), 7/19/1950, Edison Hotel Arena, 110
Pardon Our French
(Revue), 10/5/1950, Broadway, 100
Call Me Madam
(M), 10/12/1950, Imperial, 644
Barrier
(M), 11/2/1950, Broadhurst, 4
Guys and Dolls
(M), 11/24/1950, 46th St., 1194
Let’s Make an Opera
(M), 12/13/1950, Golden, 5
Bless You All
(Revue), 12/14/1950, Mark Hellinger, 84
Out of This World
(M), 12/21/1950, New Century, 157
1951
Where’s Charley?
(M—Return), ½9/1951, Broadway, 48
Mikado, The
(M—R), ½9/1951, St. James, 8
Trial by Jury/HMS Pinafore
(M), 2/5/1951, St. James, 8
Jotham Valley
(M), 2/6/1951, 48th Street, 31
Gondoliers
(M—R), 2/12/1951, St. James, 4
Iolanthe
(M—R), 2/15/1951, St. James, 4
Gay’s the Word
(M—London), 2/16/1951, Saville, 502
Razzle Dazzle
(Revue), 2/19/1951, Hotel Edison Arena, 8
Cox and Box/The Pirates of Penzance
(M-R), 2/19/1951, St James, 8
Kismet
(M—London), 3/8/1951, Coliseum, 501
King and I, The
(M), 3/29/1951, St. James, 1246
Make a Wish
(M), 4/18/1951, Winter Garden, 102
Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A
(M), 4/19/1951, Alvin, 267Flahooley
(M), 5/14/1951, Broadhurst, 40
Oklahoma!
(M—R), 5/29/1951, Broadway, 72
Courtin’ Time
(M), 6/13/1951, National, 37
Seventeen
(M), 6/21/1951, Broadhurst, 180
Two on the Aisle
(Revue), 7/19/1951, Mark Hellinger, 279
Bagels and Yox
(Revue), 9/12/1951, Holiday, 204
Borscht Capades
(Revue), 9/17/1951, Royale, 90
Italian Straw Hat
(M), 9/30/1951, Fourth St., 1
Jose Greco
(Revue), 10/1/1951, Shubert, 65
Music in the Air
(M—R), 10/8/1951, Ziegfeld, 56
Top Banana
(M), 11/1/1951, Winter Garden, 350
Paint Your Wagon
(M), 11/12/1951, Shubert, 289
Hamlet of Stepney Green
(M), 11/13/1951, Cricket, 165
1952
Pal Joey
(M—R), 1/3/1952, Broadhurst, 540
Kiss Me, Kate
(M—R), 1/8/1952, Broadway, 8
Call Me Madam,
(M—London), 3/15/1952, Coliseum, 485
Three Wishes for Jamie
(M), 3/21/1952, Mark Hellinger, 91
Four Saints in Three Acts
(Opera—R), 4/16/1952, Broadway, 15
Of Thee I Sing
(M—R), 5/5/1952, Ziegfeld, 72
Shuffle Along
(M), 5/8/1952, Broadway, 4
New Faces of 1952
(Revue), 5/16/1952, Royale, 365
Wish You Were Here
(M), 6/25/1952, Imperial, 598
Evening with Beatrice Lillie, An
(Revue), 10/2/1952, Booth, 275
Buttrio Square
(M), 10/14/1952, New Century, 7
Mikado, The
(M—R), 10/20/1952, Mark Hellinger, 8
Pirates of Penzance
(M), 10/27/1952, Mark Hellinger (Chartock’s Co.), 8
My Darlin’ Aida
(M), 10/27/1952, Winter Garden, 89
Trial by Jury/HMS Pinafore
(M—R), 11/3/1952, Mark Hellinger (Chartock’s Co.), 8
Iolanthe
(M—R), 11/10/1952, Mark Hellinger (Chartock’s Co.), 8
Two’s Company
(Revue), 12/15/1952, Alvin, 90
1953
Jose Greco
(Revue), 1/12/1953, New Century, 16
Danny Kaye
(Revue), 1/15/1953, Palace, 128
Hazel Flagg
(M), 2/11/1953, Mark Hellinger, 190
Maggie
(M), 2/18/1953, National, 5
Wonderful Town
(M), 2/25/1953, Winter Garden, 559
Porgy and Bess
(M—R), 3/10/1953, Ziegfeld, 305
Can-Can
(M), 5/7/1953, Shubert, 892
Me and Juliet
(M), 5/28/1953, Majestic, 358
Guys and Dolls
(M—London), 5/28/1953, Coliseum, 555
Oklahoma!
(M—R), 8/31/1953, New York City Center, 40
Anna Russell’s Little Show
(Revue), 9/7/1953, Vanderbilt, 16Carnival in Flanders
(M), 9/8/1953, New Century, 6
At Home with Ethel Waters
(Revue), 9/22/1953, 48th Street, 23
Comedy in Music
(Victor Borge), 10/2/1953, Golden, 849
King and I, The
(M—London), 10/8/1953, Drury Lane, 926
Kismet
(M), 12/3/1953, Ziegfeld, 583
John Murray Anderson’s Almanac
(Revue), 12/10/1953, Imperial, 227