Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats,” based on poetry by T. S. Eliot, first premiered in the West End, London.
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The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.
The musical 'Dreamgirls' was performed for the first time at the Ambassador Theatre, New York City.
Musical 'Grease' opened at the New London Theatre.
Cinderella, the first full-length ballet by Frederick Ashton with music by Sergei Prokofiev, was first presented at Covent Garden, London, by Sadler's Wells Ballet.
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 premiered in Vienna, Austria.
