- Dec 3 "Holiday" opens at Circle in Square Theater, NYC; runs for 49 performances
Company
Dec 3 Revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Company" closes at Criterion Theater, NYC, after 68 performances
- Dec 6 6th Billboard Music Awards: TLC & Hootie & The Blowfish win
Michael Jackson Collapses
Dec 6 Michael Jackson collapses while rehearsing for an HBO special
The Grateful Dead Break Up
Dec 7 American rock band The Grateful Dead break up after the death of Jerry Garcia
Penderecki's Symphony No, 3
Dec 8 Krzysztof Penderecki conducts the Munich Philharmonic in premiere of his Symphony No. 3
- Dec 17 "School after Scandal" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 23 performances
Music History
Dec 20 Revival of Phillip Hayes Dean's drama "Paul Robeson" opens at Longacre Theater, NYC; runs for 14 performances
- Dec 31 "Having Our Say" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 308 performances
- Dec 31 "Heiress" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 340 performances
- Dec 31 "Paul Roebson" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 14 performances
- Dec 31 "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 48 performances
- Dec 31 "Tempest" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 71 performances
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