- Applause (musical)
Infobox Musical
name= Applause
caption=Original Cast Recording
music=Charles Strouse
lyrics=Lee Adams
book=Betty Comden andAdolph Green
basis="All About Eve "
productions= 1970 Broadway
1973 UStelevision
awards=Tony Award for Best Musical "Applause" is a musical with a book by
Betty Comden andAdolph Green , lyrics byLee Adams , and music byCharles Strouse . It won theTony Award for Best Musical andLauren Bacall won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical.Based on the
screenplay for the classicBette Davis film "All About Eve " and the original story by Mary Orr upon which the movie was based, the plot retains theBroadway theatre background of the original but changes the characters to musical performers rather than dramatic actors. At its center is veteran actress Margo Channing, who innocently takes a fledgling actress under her wings, unaware that the ruthless Eve is plotting to steal her career and her man.Production history
The Broadway production opened on
March 30 1970 at the Palace Theatre, and closed on July 27, 1972, after 896 performances and 4 previews. Directed andchoreographed byRon Field , the original cast includedLauren Bacall as Margo Channing,Len Cariou ,Penny Fuller as Eve Harrington,Bonnie Franklin ,Lee Roy Reams ,Robert Mandan ,Brandon Maggart ,Ann Williams , andNicholas Dante .Anne Baxter , who had portrayed Eve in the original film, replaced Bacall as Margo Channing when she departed the cast later in the run.The musical was later adapted for television, starring Bacall and
Larry Hagman replacingLen Cariou in the role of Bill Sampson. It aired in the United States onCBS on March 19, 1973. It has not been released commercially, but snippets of it have recently shown up on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71dRwNTN69I YouTube.com] .City Center 'sEncores! presented a new production of "Applause" February 7 to 10, 2008. It was directed byKathleen Marshall and starredChristine Ebersole ,Michael Park ,Erin Davie , Megan Sikora,Mario Cantone ,Tom Hewitt ,Chip Zien , andKate Burton . [Sommer, Elyse. [http://www.curtainup.com/encoresapplause.html Encores review, February 9, 2008] ]ong list
;Act I
*Backstage Babble
*Think How It's Gonna Be
*But Alive
*The Best Night of My Life
*Who's That Girl?
*Applause
*Hurry Back
*Fasten Your Seat Belts
*Welcome to the Theatre;Act II
*Inner Thoughts
*Good Friends
*The Best Night of My Life
*She's No Longer a Gypsy
*One of a Kind
*One Hallowe'en
*Something Greater
*FinaleAwards and nominations
*
Tony Award for Best Musical (winner)
*Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical (winner)
*Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (winner)
*Tony Award for Best Choreography (winner)
*Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (Cariou, nominee)
*Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Maggart, nominee)
*Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Franklin and Fuller, nominees)
*Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (nominee)
*Tony Award for Best Costume Design (nominee)
*Tony Award for Best Lighting Design (nominee)
*Theatre World Award (Cariou and Franklin, winners)
*Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance (Bacall, winner)
*Drama Desk Award Outstanding Director (winner)
*Drama Desk Award Outstanding Choreography (winner)References
reflist
External links
*ibdb title|id=3519|title=Applause
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157321/ Internet Movie database listing, "Applause", 1973]
* [http://www.tams-witmark.com/musicals/applause.html Tams-Witmark production and summary]
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