- Feb 2 "Molière Comedies" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 56 performances
Event of Interest
Feb 6 Rapper Tupac Shakur convicted on sexual assault charge and sentenced to up to 4 1/2 years in prison
Tupac Shakur
Album Release
Feb 7 Bluegrass and country musician Alison Krauss releases her compilation album "Now that I've Found You"
Alison Krauss
Album Release
Feb 7 "The Woman in Me" 2nd studio album by Shania Twain is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1996)
Shania Twain
- Feb 9 "Heiress" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 340 performances
Event of Interest
Feb 9 Irish music and dance show "Riverdance" first opens in Dublin, Ireland with lead dancer Michael Flatley
Michael Flatley