Shows · Applause

Applause

Opened 1970

896 performances

Musical, Revolution

Tony Award for Best Musical, 1970

APPLAUSE Original Broadway Cast 1970 MCA 1st Press NM ~ MCA-37100 Lauren Bacall Image 1 of 4 — eBay seller listing photograph

Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The musical is based on the 1950 film All About Eve and the short story on which the movie is based, Mary Orr's "The Wisdom of Eve".

Music: Charles Strouse
Lyrics: Lee Adams
Book: Betty Comden & Adolph Green

Productions1 on Broadway

1970

Palace TheatreBroadway Original, opened March 30, 1970, directed by Ron Field

896 performances, 1 Tony wins

Songs8 songs

Think How It’s Gonna Be, But Alive, Who’s That Girl?, Applause, Fasten Your Seat Belts, Welcome to the Theatre, One of a Kind, Something Greater

Recordings 1 recording

2000

Applause (1970 original Broadway cast) Decca Broadway 012 159 404-2, released 2000

United States

Licensing 2 entries

US	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	available
UK	Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark	available

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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