Times Square Theater opened with a capacity of 1,032.
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Mozart's Symphony No.36 premiered in Linz, Austria.
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.
The musical 'Sunset Boulevard' by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened at the Adelphi Theater in London.
A fire destroyed Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
The musical comedy 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was first performed at the Minskoff Theatre, New York City, US.
