- Dec 7 C Coleman & D Zippel's musical "City of Angels" premieres in NYC
- Dec 9 "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne
- Dec 11 Cy Coleman and David Zippel's musical "City of Angels" opens at Virginia Theater, NYC; runs for 878 performances, wins 6 Tony Awards and 8 Drama Desk Awards
Music History
Dec 25 Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in East Berlin's Schauspielhaus to celebrate fall of the Berlin Wall. Broadcast worldwide to audience of 100 million.