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Applause
Based on the film All About Eve and the original story by Mary Orr

An updated musical adaptation of the classic film All About Eve, Applause uncovers the ruthless world of show business, where a conniving young actress attempts to sabotage the career of a seasoned musical theatre star.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1970s
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Large

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 4 Tony Awards including Best Musical (1966)
    Winner! 2 Theatre World Awards (1966)
    Winner! 3 Drama Desk Awards (1966)
With sass, wit, and a pulsing 1970s score, Applause presents show biz in all its glory and ferocity. The updated musical version of All About Eve concerns superstar Margot Channing and her ambitious, scheming assistant, Eve Harrington.

Book writers Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote, "The strength of All About Eve, so soundly conceived and executed on the screen, lay in the timelessness of its basic story. It is a tale of treachery... told in terms of the witty, glamorous theatre star and the mousy, adoring girl from the sticks who ingratiates herself into the star's private world, and then systematically attempts to take over her career, her lover, and her life." The musical's hit songs include "But Alive," "Applause," "Welcome to the Theater" and "Something Greater."
REVIEWS:

"A musical play that is bright, witty, direct, and nicely punchy… the whole show is sharp and fun – everyone’s idealized version of what show business ought to be."

Clive Barnes, The New York Times


Premiere Production: Applause opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre on Mar 30, 1970, starring Lauren Bacall, Len Cariou and Penny Fuller. Bonnie Franklin sang the title song. The production won four Tony Awards and ran for 896 performances.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Expandable casting
  • Chorus Size: Large

  • TONY AWARDS ANNOUNCER
    TONY AWARDS HOST
    MARGO CHANNING - actress, queen of the theater
    EVE HARRINGTON - actress, a generation younger than Margo
    HOWARD BENEDICT - theatrical producer
    BUZZ RICHARDS - playwright
    DUANE FOX - Margo's hairdresser
    BILL SAMPSON - Margo's lover and her director
    KAREN RICHARDS - Buzz's wife
    PETER - Margo's agent
    BOB - Margo's lawyer
    STAN HARDING - newspaper columnist
    BONNIE - principal singer among the show biz gypsies
    BERT - stage manager for Margo's play
    VILLAGE BARTENDER
    SAMMY - one of the Village Bar patrons
    ORRIN - TV director and stage piano player for gypsies
    DANNY BURNS - dedicated show biz gypsy
    DEBI - solo voice among show biz gypsies
    SHOW BIZ GYPSIES - Carol, Joan, Mike, Gene
    AMERICAN AND ITALIAN TELEPHONE OPERATORS' VOICES
    ENSEMBLE - stage hands, show biz gypsies, autograph seekers, party guests, waiters, three musicians, Village Bar customers, TV technicians, and script girl.

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Prompt Book / Vocal-Chorus Book

    		$24.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    34 x Chorus-Vocal Parts
    24 x Dialogue Parts
    1 x Piano-Conductor's Score
    1 x Prompt Book

    		$550.00 +$135.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    3 Violins I & II
    1 Viola
    1 Cello
    1 Bass and Electric Fender Bass

    1 Reed I: Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, Piccolo (Optional Alto Flute)
    1 Reed II: Alto Saxophone, Clarinet & Flute
    1 Reed III: Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
    1 Reed IV: Tenor and Soprano Saxophones, Clarinet (Optional Eb Clarinet)
    1 Reed V: Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bassoon (Optional Flute)

    1 Trumpets I & II (Both double Flugelhorn, Trumpet I with electric attachment to lower pitch)
    1 Trumpet III (and Flugelhorn)
    1 Trombone I
    1 Trombone II
    1 Trombone III (Bass Trombone)

    2 Percussion I & II:
    I:
    Timpani (2)
    Xylophone
    Bells
    Vibraphone
    Chimes
    Cymbals:
    Suspended
    Finger
    Hand
    Sleigh Bells
    Triangle
    Bell Plate
    Bongo Drums

    Wood Block (2)
    Castanets
    Tambourine
    Cabasa
    Maracas
    Ratchet
    Duck Quack
    Slide Whistle
    Train Whistle
    Slapstick (opt.)
    Pistol
    Machine Gun
    Siren

    II:
    Snare Drum
    Bass Drum
    Tom-Tom
    Cymbals:
    Suspended
    Hi-Hat
    Sock
    Choke
    Sleigh Bells
    Castanets
    Wood Block
    Cow Bell
    Triangle

    1 Harp
    1 Electric Organ
    1 Guitar (Electric & Acoustic), Banjo, and Mandolin, cued for stage Ukulele

    Piano-Celeste (Piano-Conductor's Score send with rehearsal material. This is the Orchestra and Stage Piano part)
    Orchestra parts have been cross cued to make the following parts optional: Violins I & II, Viola, Cello, Harp, Organ & Guitar.


    		 $350.00 +$135.00/pm

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