"A Funny Thing Happened"
Jan 4 Second successful revival of by Stephen Sondheim's musical "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", starring Nathan Lane, closes at St James, NYC, after 715 performances and 1 Tony Award
- Jan 11 "Proposals" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 performances
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jan 12 13th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Eagles; Fleetwood Mac; The Mamas & the Papas; Lloyd Price; Santana; Gene Vincent; "Jelly Roll" Morton; and Allen Toussaint
- Jan 13 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway" opens at St James Theater NYC
- Jan 18 Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally's musical "Ragtime" opens at Ford Theater, NYC; runs for 834 performances
- Jan 25 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway" closes at St James Theater NYC
- Jan 25 Musical "Grease" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 1,503 performance
Posh and Becks Get Engaged
Jan 25 Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) and soccer player David Beckham get engaged
- Jan 26 25th American Music Awards: Spice Girls & Babyface win
"The Capeman"
Jan 29 Paul Simon and Derek Walcott's musical "The Capeman", about a 1959 gang murder, starring Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades, opens at the Marquis Theatre, NYC; runs for 68 performances
- Jan 29 Singer Bobby Brown found guilty of DWI in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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