To celebrate the Century of Progress, fan dancer Sally Rand appears at the Chicago World's Fair, attracting thousands.

30 Aug.

Samuel Barber's School for Scandal Overture is first performed at Philadelphia's Robin Hood Dell.

26 Sept.

The Group Theatre production of Sidney Kingsley's Men in White, starring Morris Carnovsky, Luther Adler, and Elia Kazan, opens at New York's Broadhurst Theater, where it runs for 367 performances.

30 Sept.

Based on the book by Irving Berlin and Moss Hart, the musical As Thousands Cheer, with music and lyrics by Berlin, Edward Heyman, and Richard Myers, opens at New York's Music Box Theater on Broadway. The show, starring Marilyn Miller, Clifton Webb, and Ethel Waters, runs for 400 performances.

2 Oct.

Eugene O'Neill's only comedy, Ah, Wilderness, opens at New York's Guild Theater and stars George M. Cohan, William Post Jr., Elisha Cook Jr., and Gene Lockhart The play runs for 289 performances.

24 Oct.

Mulatto, by Langston Hughes...