The run closed May 27, 1972
- Opened
- March 30, 1970
- Closed
- May 27, 1972
- Performances
- 896
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Palace Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 27th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
This is a New York theatre. The address is Manhattan and the former names are Broadway names, but the record is filed as West End and its coordinates, architect and history were taken from the London theatre of the same name. Every one of these names exists on both streets. Reported to broadway-data as issue #97.
Who was in it60 named
Bill Allsbrook
John Anania
David Anderson
Renee Baughman
Ray Becker
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
Tom Urich
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
12 of these 60 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 48 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters11 roles recorded
Lauren Bacall Margo Channing
Len Cariou Bill Sampson
Penny Fuller Eve Harrington
Bonnie Franklin Bonnie
Lee Roy Reams Duane Fox
Robert Mandan Howard Benedict
Brandon Maggart Buzz Richards
Ann Williams Karen Richards
John Anania Peter
Tom Urich Bert
Ray Becker Stan Harding
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 1 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Won |
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.
Speaker not recorded. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 49- It took only one Broadway musical for Lauren Bacall to join the roster of power-house female stars who have won distinction in the theatre. And she did it by appearing as another powerhouse female star, Margo Channing, in a musical version of the 1950 movie, All About Eve. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 221
- Woman of the Year had certain points of similarity with Miss Bacall’s previous musical, Applause. Both shows were told in flashback, and both involved a strong-willed public personality trying to solve the problem. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 253
- Both shows were told in flashback, and both involved a strong-willed public personality trying to solve the problem of juggling a career and marriage. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 284
- After the failure of It’s a Bird... It’s a Plane... It’s Superman came the success of Applause (3/30/70; 896 performances). The show was an adaptation of the. Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 528
- Lauren Bacall in Applause and Hugh Jackman in The Boy from Oz, are good examples. Broadway Musicals the 101 Greatest Shows of All Time Bloom Ken 1949 Vlastnik Fra, p. 288
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Applause at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.