Scarlett Johansson made her debut on Broadway.
Luciano Pavarotti's final opera took place at New York Metropolitan Opera.
Opera singer Andrea Bocelli started his career in the production of 'La bohème' in Cagliari.
Queen Elizabeth II reopened the reconstructed Globe Theatre in London.
The musical 'Chicago' opened at Richard Rodgers Theater in New York City.
The 'Grease' musical production opened at the Eugene O' Neill Theater in New York City, running for 1,503 performances.
Andrea Bocelli made his classical debut singing at a concert at Teatro Romolo Valli in Reggio Emilia.
Neil Simon's play 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor' opened at Richard Rodger's New York City theatre.
The musical comedy 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was first performed at the Minskoff Theatre, New York City, US.
The musical 'Sunset Boulevard' by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened at the Adelphi Theater in London.
The musical 'Grand Hotel' was first performed at the Martin Beck Theater in New York City.
The musical 'Dreamgirls' was performed for the first time at the Ambassador Theatre, New York City.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Phantom of the Opera' was premiered in London with stars Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman.
The musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman premiered on Broadway at Orpheum Theater, New York, US.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical 'Cats,' based on poetry by T. S. Eliot, first premiered in the West End, London.
Theatrical 'Oh! Calcutta!' opened at the Edison Theatre in New York City.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered at the Belasco Theater, New York City, US, and ran for 45 performances.
Musical 'Grease' opened at the New London Theatre.
Hard Job Being God, a Broadway musical, closed at the Edison Theater NYC after six performances.
Grease The Musical first opened at the Eden Theatre in Manhattan, New York.
Stephen Schwartz's musical 'Godspell' premiered off-Broadway.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical soundtrack, 'Jesus Christ Superstar,' was recorded.
The Metropolitan Opera House opened to a full house in New York City.
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.
Gypsy opened at Broadway Theater in NYC for 702 performances.
The musical 'My Fair Lady' had its first performance on Broadway in New York City.
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.
Stalin and officials walked out of Lady Macbeth opera, calling it a 'muddle,' not music.
Lady Macbeth by Dmitri Shostakovich was performed for the first time in Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Silent romance comedy ''City Lights" by Charlie Chaplin premiered at the Los Angeles Theater.
Times Square Theater opened with a capacity of 1,032.
The musical 'Sometime' put on its first performance at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway, New York City, US.
The musical 'Yip! Yip! Yaphank!' by Irving Berlin premiered at the Century Theatre in New York City.
The play 'Why Marry?' opened at the Astor Theatre in New York City.
The opera company The Deutsche Opernhaus (now know as Deutsche Oper Berlin) was founded. They opened with a performance of The Deutsche Opernhaus.
The original stage production of Peter Pan took place in London, England.
The Wizard of Oz was shown at The Chicago Grand Opera House for the first time.
The chandelier of the Palais Garnier Opera House broke, and its debris fell on a crowd.
The world-famous Swan Lake ballet premiered in St. Petersburg at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre.
Oscar Wilde's 'Lady Windermere Fan' premiered at St James Theatre, London, UK.
The musical 'Cordelia's Aspirations' was performed for the first time at Theatre Comique, New York, US.
The opera 'Parsifal' by Richard Wagner premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.
German composer Richard Wagner completed 'Parsifal' – one of his most famous operas.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed his 'Swan Lake' ballet.
Leo Delibes' opera 'Le Roi l'a Dit' premiered in Paris at the Opéra-Comique.
The romantic comedic opera 'Marta' premiered in Vienna by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 premiered in Vienna, Austria.
The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London, opened.
Beethoven premiered Fidelio in Vienna, Austria, which was his only opera.
Mozart's last opera, 'The Magic Flute,' premiered in Vienna.
