On April 8, 1995, a staged concert was held at Carnegie Hall in New York City as a benefit for the Gay Men's Health Crisis.

presented a staged concert from April 8 through April 11, 2010, with Sutton Foster as Nurse Fay Apple, Donna Murphy as Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper, and Raul Esparza as Hapgood, with direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw.

In March 2012, Bacon was featured in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, ' 8 ' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as Attorney Charles J. Cooper.

Twain's first break finally came on February 8, 1987, when Bell staged a fundraiser for the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto where Twain performed with Broadway star Bernadette Peters, jazz guitarist Don Ross, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

* February 8 – American civil rights movement: A civil rights protest staged at a white-only bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina is broken up by highway patrolmen ; 3 college students are killed.

* October 8 – The first Sweetest Day is staged in Cleveland, Ohio.

The play Anne of the Thousand Days, the film's basis, was first enacted on Broadway in the Shubert Theatre on 8 December 1948 ; staged by H. C. Potter, with Rex Harrison and Joyce Redman as Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn respectively, running 288 performances ; Harrison won a Tony Award for his performance.

Then, on 8 February 1963, a military coup led by a Ba ' athist-Nasserist alliance was staged in Iraq, toppling Qasim who was subsequently shot dead.

In March 2012, Sheen was featured with George Clooney in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, ' 8 ' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as attorney Theodore Olson.

In March 2012, Curtis was featured with Martin Sheen and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, ' 8 ' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as Sandy Stier.

As agreed at Cherchell, in the early hours of 8 November 400 French Resistance fighters staged a coup in the city of Algiers.

The Stuckist art group staged their first demonstration against the prize, dressed as clowns, describing it as an " ongoing national joke " and " a state-funded advertising agency for Charles Saatchi ", adding " the only artist who wouldn't be in danger of winning the Turner Prize is Turner ", and concluding that it " should be re-named The Duchamp Award | archivedate = 8 May 2007

In March 2012, Clooney was featured with Martin Sheen and Brad Pitt in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's play, ' 8 ' — a staged reenactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Prop 8 ban on same-sex marriage — as attorney David Boies.

Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat ( Thai: สฤษด ิ์ ธนะร ั ชต ์, alternatively spelled Dhanarajata ), ( June 16, 1908 – December 8, 1963 ) was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963.

The sketch was staged in Frankenfeld's live show shortly thereafter, and recorded on July 8, 1963 at the Theater am Besenbinderhof, Hamburg in front of a live audience.

In 1962, he and director Heinz Dunkhase discovered the comedy sketch Dinner for One in Blackpool which was staged in Frankenfeld's live show shortly thereafter, and recorded on July 8, 1963.

A popular apocryphal story which surfaced in French Communist circles claimed that women from clothing and textile factories had staged a protest on 8 March 1857 in New York City.

The armed forces, under the nominal command of General Saw Maung staged a coup on August 8 to restore order.

As agreed at Cherchell, starting at midnight and continuing through the early hours of 8 November, as the invasion troops were approaching the shore, a group of 400 French resistance under the command of Henri d ' Astier de la Vigerie and José Aboulker staged a coup in the city of Algiers.

In the wake of these events, members of Ni Putes Ni Soumises staged a march through France, which started in February 2003 and passed through to over 20 cities before culminating in a 30, 000-strong demonstration in Paris on March 8, 2003.

The speedway track, which staged 8 meetings including a world championship qualifying round, was unusual in that it featured a brick wall safety fence.

Germany surrendered effective 8 May 1945 with the German Instrument of Surrender, ending the European theater of World War II.

Kevin Norwood Bacon ( born July 8, 1958 ) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, The River Wild, Murder in the First, Apollo 13, Hollow Man, Stir of Echoes, Trapped, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Friday the 13th, Death Sentence, Frost / Nixon, X-Men: First Class and Tremors.

** The US 11th Armored Division liberates the prisoners of Mauthausen concentration camp, including Simon Wiesenthal. American soldiers fighting in the Pacific War | Pacific theater listen to radio reports of Victory in Europe Day on May 8, 1945.

George Michael " Micky " Dolenz, Jr. ( born March 8, 1945 ) is an American actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director, best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the 1960s made-for-television band The Monkees.

Her parents opened a drive-in movie theater, where Tharp worked from the time she was 8 years old.

The current standard rate is 25 %, food and drink is 15 %, and movie theater tickets and public transportation 8 %.

The respectable folks saw traveling theater shows at Schieffelin Hall, opened on June 8, 1881.

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón ( January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992 ), best known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor, as well as a theater and film director.

On July 8, 2008, The Moscow Times reported that the hearings at the European Court of Human Rights will be closed to the public at the request of Russian authorities as, according to Igor Trunov, they " have promised full disclosure on how they handled the crisis ", including " the makeup of the knockout gas used in the storming of the theater by commandos.

After the attack, Nord-Ost returned to the same theater stage in Moscow on February 8, 2003 and continued showing there until May 10, 2003, when the producers took it off the stage, quoting the loss of viewer interest due to fears caused by the attack.

In its opening weekend, Pretty Woman opened at # 1 at the box office grossing $ 11, 280, 591 and averaging $ 8, 513 per theater.

* March 8 – Bill Graham opens the Fillmore East in an abandoned movie theater in New York City.

Early in the Pacific theater the 7th Marines formed the nucleus of the newly created 3rd Marine Brigade and arrived to defend Samoa on May 8, 1942.

June Havoc ( November 8, 1912 – March 28, 2010 ) was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer, writer, and theater director.

On June 30, Variety reported three major nationwide theater chains were willing to exhibit the film, and it went into general release on July 8.

In April 2007, Brian signed a deal with Comedy Central to star in two one-hour stand-up specials, release the specials on DVD, develop a show for the network, and headline a theater tour, “ Brian Regan in Concert: A Comedy Central Live Event ,” which began June 8, 2007.

In 1910, the park's new owner, Harry Wylie, modernized the park with carousels, a motion picture theater, and a " Figure 8 " roller coaster.

His mother discovered that Varney quickly began to imitate the cartoon characters, so she started him in children's theater when he was 8 years old.

Reputed to be the birthplace of Apollo's son Asclepius, the healer, Epidaurus was known for its sanctuary situated about five miles ( 8 km ) from the town, as well as its theater, which is once again in use today.

# Public distance includes anything more than 8 feet ( 2. 4 m ) away, and is used for speeches, lectures, and theater.

The Center, which opened on September 8, 1971, produces and presents theater, dance, ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, and folk music, in addition to multi-media performances for all ages.

Before IMAX, a previous movie theater there showed films such as NASA's Apollo 8 ( to the soundtrack of Yellow Submarine ) and The 21st Century with Walter Cronkite.

It is almost invariably at 8 ′ pitch, though on theater organs it is not uncommon to encounter a chorus of vox humana stops at 8 ′ and 4 ′ pitch, with the addition of a 16 ′ acting as a pedal stop.

Roberts Scott Blossom ( March 25, 1924 – July 8, 2011 ) was an American theater, film and television actor and poet.