Applause
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Opened Feb 7, 2008
Closed Feb 10, 2008
Opened Feb 7, 2008
Closed Feb 10, 2008
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
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 production stars Christine Ebersole.
Applause is presented as part of the 2008 Encores! Series at City Center.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
New York City Center
130 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019
One of New Yorks Grande Dames of the theater district, City Center is home to Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Encore! series of Lost Musicals and The Manhattan Theater Club's Stage 1. Newly renovated and very comfortable, the theater seats 2684 patro [...] Read More
130 W 55th St
New York, NY 10019
One of New Yorks Grande Dames of the theater district, City Center is home to Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Encore! series of Lost Musicals and The Manhattan Theater Club's Stage 1. Newly renovated and very comfortable, the theater seats 2684 patro [...] Read More
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There is something altogether fitting that one of the most famous of all backstage musicals,
Applause, has arrived at City Center for a four-day run with a backstage story of its own. As Encores! producer Jack Viertel explained to the opening night audience, star Christine Ebersole has been suffering with the flu for days and missing the past few rehearsals, but insisted on going on with the show despite "not being at full speed." (Plus, there are no actual understudies).
Ironically, this unfortunate situation managed to prove two truths. First, Ebersole at any speed -- and I would guess she was going 45 mph -- is a marvel, and her firecracker performance as the great stage diva Margo Chann[...]