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Applause (musical)
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| Music | Charles Strouse |
| Lyrics | Lee Adams |
| Book | Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
| Based upon | All About Eve |
| Productions | 1970 Broadway 1973 US television |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical |
Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical.
Based on the screenplay for the classic Bette Davis film All About Eve and the original story by Mary Orr upon which the movie was based, the plot retains the Broadway 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.
After four previews, the Broadway production opened on March 30, 1970 at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 896 performances. Directed and choreographed by Ron Field, the original cast included Lauren Bacall, Len Cariou, Penny Fuller, Bonnie Franklin, Lee Roy Reams, Robert Mandan, Brandon Maggart, and Nicholas 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. Bacall won a Tony Award.
The musical was later adapted for television, starring Bacall and Larry Hagman replacing Len Cariou in the role of Bill Sampson. It aired in the United States on CBS on March 19th, 1973. It has not been released commercially, but snippets of it have recently shown up on YouTube.com.
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- 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)
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| Preceded by 1776 |
Tony Award for Best Musical 1970 |
Succeeded by Company |
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1970: Applause • 1971: Company • 1972: Two Gentlemen of Verona • 1973: A Little Night Music • 1974: Raisin • 1975: The Wiz • 1976: A Chorus Line • 1977: Annie • 1978: Ain't Misbehavin' • 1979: Sweeney Todd • 1980: Evita • 1981: 42nd Street • 1982: Nine • 1983: Cats • 1984: La Cage aux Folles • 1985: Big River • 1986: The Mystery of Edwin Drood • 1987: Les Misérables • 1988: The Phantom of the Opera • 1989: Jerome Robbins' Broadway Complete List · Winners (1949–1969) · Winners (1970–1989) · Winners (1990–2009) |