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Shows · Applause · Palace Theatre, 1970

Applause, 1970

Opened March 30, 1970

Closed May 27, 1972

896 performances

Palace Theatre

Original

Broadway

1 Tony Awards

Applause
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Of the productions that opened in the 1970s, this had the 27th longest run.

Who was in it60 named

Bill Allsbrook
John Anania as Peter
David Anderson
Renee Baughman
Joan Bell
Debi Carpenter
John Cashman
Jon Daenen
Patti D Beck
Marilyn D Honau
Gene Foote
Laurie Franks
Nat Horne
Gene Kelton
Alan King
Marybeth Kurdock
Mike Misita
Carol Petri
Sheilah Rae
Orrin Reiley
Jeannette Seibert
Henrietta Valor
Jerry Wyatt
Anne Baxter
Arlene Dahl
Gene Aguirre
Wayne Boyd
Keith Charles
Franklin Cover
Patti Davis
Gwyda Donhowe
Jay Fox
Bobbie Franklin
John Gabriel
Peggy Hagan
Phebe Hagen
Peggy Leroy
Merrill Leighton
Janice Lynde
Judy Mccauley
John Medeiros
Larry Merritt
Joseph Neal
Jozella Reed
Kathleen Robey
Lawrence Weber

Creative team

Director
Ron Field
Choreographer
Ron Field
Producer
Joseph Kipness & Lawrence Kasha

Tony Awards 1 from 1 nomination

Best Musical
Won

Recordings

1 recording of Applause exist, but none was released while this run was on. See Applause for all of them.

Around this production

Watling, rather too attractive for Georgy, was, at season’s end, the forlorn third nominee for the Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award against Lauren Bacall in Applause and Katharine Hepburn in Coco. Not Since Carrie Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops Ken Mandelbaum, p. 169

Movie star Lauren Bacall made a smashingly groovy musical debut in Applause, Strouse and Adams's 1970 musical version of the film All About Eve.

Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 49

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