- May 2 "5 Guys Named Moe" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 445 performances
- May 2 "Candida" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
- May 2 "Tango Passion" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
- May 2 Lanford Wilson's play "Redwood Curtain" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC after 40 performances
- May 3 "Kiss of the Spider Woman" opens at Broadhurst NYC for 906 performances
- May 4 "Angels in America - Millennium Approaches" opens at Kerr for 367 performances
- May 9 "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 performances
- May 9 "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 performances
Academy of Country Music Awards
May 11 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, and Mary Chapin Carpenter win
Chattahoochee
May 17 "Chattahoochee" single released by Alan Jackson (CMA Award Single of the Year & Billboard Song of the Year, 1993)
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