Once Upon a Mattress
Jun 1 Revival of Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer's musical comedy "Once Upon a Mattress", starring Sarah Jessica Parker, closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 188 performances
- Jun 15 "Little Foxes" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC after 56 performances
Music City News Awards
Jun 16 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes win
- Jun 17 Wynton Marsalis releases his "Blood on the Fields" album (first jazz work to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music - 1997) [1]
- Jun 19 "Forever Tango!" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC
- Jun 21 "Defending the Caveman" closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 671 performances
- Jun 25 Jamaica issues warrant for singer Sade, who fails to report to court on charges of failure to obey a cop who signaled her to stop
Glastonbury Festival
Jun 27 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Prodigy, and Radiohead headline; other performers include Smashing Pumpkins, Ray Davies, Van Morrison, Sting, Beck, Phish, and Nanci Griffith
Master Class
Jun 28 Terrence McNally's play "Master Class", starring Audra McDonald and Zoe Caldwell, closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 598 performances and 2 Tony Award wins
- Jun 29 "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 88 performances
- Jun 29 "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 performances
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