- May 1 "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances
Music History
May 11 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on "The Dick Cavett Show"
Mary Had a Little Lamb
May 12 Paul McCartney & Wings release single "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- May 15 "Hard Job Being God" opens at Edison Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances
Don't Play Us Cheap
May 16 Melvin Van Peebles' musical "Don't Play Us Cheap" opens at Barrymore Theater, NYC; runs for 164 performances
Lost in the Stars
May 21 "Lost in the Stars" based on the novel "Cry the Beloved Country" by Alan Paton closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 39 performances
Applause
May 27 Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "Applause", starring Lauren Bacall, closes at Palace Theater, NYC, after 896 performances, winning 4 Tony Awards
- May 27 Jimmy Castor Bunch's "Troglodyte (Cave Man)" hits #6
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