- Aug 1 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 149 performances
- Aug 1 British pop-reggae band UB40 deported from Seychelles after being arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession
A Little Night Music
Aug 3 New York City Opera's limited run production of Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater, NYC, for 11 performances
Music History
Aug 13 American soul singer Curtis Mayfield becomes paralyzed from neck down after stage lighting equipment falls on him at an outdoor concert at Wingate Field in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York; although unable to perform live, he continued to compose, sing, and record
No Fences
Aug 27 "No Fences" second studio album by Garth Brooks is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1991)
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