Editing 1979 in music (section)

==Musical theatre==
* ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (Broadway show)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' (Music: [[Fats Waller]], Lyrics: Various Book: [[Murray Horwitz]] & [[Richard Maltby, Jr.]]). [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] on March 22.
* ''[[Carmelina]]'' (Book: [[Alan Jay Lerner]] & [[Joseph Stein]] Lyrics: [[Alan Jay Lerner]] Music: [[Burton Lane]]) Broadway production opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on April 8 and ran for 17 performances.  Starring [[Georgia Brown (English singer)|Georgia Brown]] and [[Cesare Siepi]]
* ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' (Music: [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], Lyrics and Book: [[Tim Rice]]). Broadway production opened at [[the Broadway Theatre]] on September 25 and ran for 1567 performances
* ''[[The King and I]]'' London revival opened at the [[London Palladium|Palladium]] on June 12 and ran for 538 performances
* ''[[My Old Friends]]'' (Music, Lyrics and Book: [[Mel Mandel]] and [[Norman Sachs]]). Off-Broadway production opened at the [[Orpheum Theatre (East Village, New York)|Orpheum Theatre]] on January 12 and transferred to the [[22 Steps Theatre]] on Broadway on April 12 for a total run of 154 performances.
* ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' (Music: [[Richard Rodgers]], Lyrics and Book: [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – Broadway revival opened at the [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]] on December 13 and ran for 310 performances
* ''[[Works based on Peter Pan|Peter Pan]]'' (Music: [[Mark Charlap]], Lyrics and Book: [[Carolyn Leigh]] with additional songs, Music: [[Jule Styne]] and Lyrics: [[Betty Comden]] & [[Adolph Green]]).  Broadway revival opened at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] on September 6 and ran for 551 performances.
* ''[[Saravà]]'' (Music: [[Mitch Leigh]], Lyrics and Book: [[N. Richard Nash]]).  Broadway production opened at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] on February 23 and ran for 140 performances
* ''[[Sugar Babies (musical)|Sugar Babies]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] on October 8 and ran for 1208 performances.
* ''[[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]'' (Music and Lyrics: [[Stephen Sondheim]], Book: [[Hugh Wheeler]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Uris Theatre]] on March 1 and ran for 557 performances
* ''[[They're Playing Our Song]]'' (Music: [[Marvin Hamlisch]], Lyrics: [[Carole Bayer Sager]], Book: [[Neil Simon]]). Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on February 11 and ran for 1082 performances
* ''[[Tommy (rock opera)|Tommy]]'' London production opened at [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] on February 6 and ran for 118 performances
* ''[[The Venetian Twins (musical comedy)|The Venetian Twins]]'' (Music: [[Terence Clarke (composer)|Terence Clarke]], Lyrics and Book: [[Nick Enright]]). Opened at the [[Sydney Opera House]] Drama Theatre on October 26.
* ''[[Whoopee!|Whoopee]]'' (Music: [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]], Lyrics: [[Gus Kahn]], Book: [[William Anthony McGuire]]). Broadway revival opened at the [[ANTA Theatre]] on February 14 and ran for 212 performances.