- May 1 Jim Cartwright's play "The Rise & Fall of Little Voice" opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 9 performances
Music History
May 1 Revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "My Fair Lady" closes at Virginia Theater, NYC, after 165 performances
Academy of Country Music Awards
May 3 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, and Wynonna win
Music History
May 4 Singer Courtney Love cleared of drug charges
Passion
May 9 Stephen Sondheims's musical "Passion" opens at the Plymouth Theater, NYC; runs for 280 performances, winning 6 Drama Desk and 4 Tony Awards
Music Concert
May 10 Barbra Streisand's begins 1st concert tour in 30 years, at the Capitol Centre in Landover, Maryland (after "warm-up" shows in Las Vegas and London)
- May 10 DGC Records releases "Weezer" (known as The Blue Album), the debut album of rock band Weezer
- May 10 Musical sequel "The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 16 performances
- May 11 Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical "Grease" opens at Eugene O' Neill Theater, NYC; runs for 1,503 performances
- May 16 Norwegian black metal musician Varg Vikernes is sentenced to 21 years in prison for the murder of musician Euronymous and for the arson of three churches
- May 22 Musical sequel "The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC, after 16 performances
- May 24 Poison singer Bret Michaels is involved in a car crash
The Flintstones
May 27 "The Flintstones" live action movie based in the 1960s cartoon, starring John Goodman (as Fred), Rick Moranis (as Barney), and Rosie O'Donnell (as Betty) premieres
Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat
May 29 Revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's biblical rock opera "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Minskoff Theater, NYC, after 223 performances
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