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New York City Center presents:

Applause

Musical Comedy
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Opened on February 7, 2008
Closed on February 10, 2008
Location:
New York City Center
130 West 55th Street
New York, NY 10019
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Website: www.nycitycenter.org
Synopsis:
This musical is about show business and the characters are typical of Broadway's glitter. The central character, Margo Channing, is a superlative actress and a sophisticated comedienne. On opening night she basks in Backstage Babble performed by the cast. Unhappily, Margo's faults are as grand as her talent. She is paranoid about her age and even though she doesn't want to marry Bill Sampson, the play's director, she says she can't live without him. Based on All About Eve, the Bette Davis/Anne Baxter film, Applause is a witty, satiric look at backstage shenanigans. This...
News and Reviews:
REVIEW
Applause
An ailing Christine Ebersole gives a firecraker performance that proves to be reason enough to see the City Center Encores! revival of this mediocre musical.
Reviewed by: Brian Scott Lipton »
THEATER NEWS
Burton, Cantone, Davie, Hewitt, Park, et al. to Join Ebersole in Applause
Full casting has been announced for the City Center Encores! production of
By: Brian Scott Lipton »
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New York Spotlight:
July 2008
New York Spotlight: July 2008
[title of show] transfers to Broadway, while Sean Hayes, Jane Krakowski, and Cheyenne Jackson headline Damn Yankees and Jonathan Groff, Will Swenson, and Caryn Lyn-Manuel star in Hair. Additional highlights include Alan Cumming in The Bacchae, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes in Gate/Beckett, and Jamie Farr and Anita Gillette in Flamingo Court.  Full Story 
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