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Bacallelujah!,
By glenn (west hollywood, ca United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Applause: Original 1970 Broadway Cast (Audio CD)
I've been waiting forever for a CD version of this classic showbiz musical. I bought the vinyl version years ago and had played it so many times, it was warped and useless. It's so exciting to hear the overture and all those great Adams and Strouse songs again! Quite simply, Lauren Bacall is at the zenith of her career here. How lucky we are to have the performance preserved forever. Her edgy, urbane and ascerbic persona makes her the definitive Margo. Her songs range from the high voltage "But Alive" to the wonderfully bitchy "Welcome to the Theater" in which she pulls no punches, and she shows a touching insight in "Something Greater." Her Tony Award was well-deserved. Penny Fuller is also a force to be reckoned with. Her Eve is disturbed, calculating and immensely talented. Fuller metamorphoses from saccharine to sinister in "The Best Night of My Life" and especially "One Hallowe'en." And let's not forget Bonnie Franklin who blows us away with the title song which has become an anthem of the theater. Len Cariou is also strong in one of his early musical roles. But the women rule here. If you love the theater and theater people, this is the musical for you. I never got to see the show, which I truly regret. It must have been one thrilling theatrical experience.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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a great score,
By Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 100 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Applause: Original 1970 Broadway Cast (Audio CD)
APPLAUSE is the acclaimed musical stage-version of the classic film "All About Eve", which memorably told the tale of conniving Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) who worms her way into the life of stage diva Margo Channing (Bette Davis) and begins her climb to eclipse Margo as the most successful actress on Broadway.The stage version moves the story forward from the 50's into the swinging 70's, making good use of the music-style from the period. APPLAUSE opened on Broadway starring Lauren Bacall (in her musical debut) as Margo Channing, and Penny Fuller as Eve Harrington. The cast also included Len Cariou (A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC), Bonnie Franklin, Lee Roy Reams (42ND STREET), Ann Williams and Robert Mandan. The songs, written by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, are uniformably excellent, with standouts including "But Alive", "The Best Night of My Life", "Applause", "Who's That Girl?"; the canny "Welcome to the Theatre"; and Eve's semi-breakdown in "One Hallowe'en" which dissolves into a frenzied and frightening reprise of "But Alive". Later in the run when Bacall completed her contract, producers scored a huge coo by convincing Anne Baxter (Eve in the movie) to replace Bacall as Margo. A fantastic, must-own cast-album.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A BRAND NEW "ALL ABOUT EVE"!,
By Sean Orlosky (Yorktown, IN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Applause: Original 1970 Broadway Cast (Audio CD)
A show that deserves "the sound that says love!", "Applause" is a smart, witty show that captures the essence of the immortal "All About Eve" in a way that few could expect it to. Thrilling and magical and sometimes downright bitchy, "Applause" is a kaliediscopic look at the backstage happenings in the crazy world of show business, told with a timeless story and a marvelous score.In her Broadway debut, the legendary Lauren Bacall shines as Margo Channing, an aging Broadway star still at the top of the heap when a stagestruck young fan, Eve Harrington (Penny Fuller), enters her life. At first charmed by the charming young woman, Margo soon feels uneasy and finally paranoic about her protegee... and with good reason. Eve soon cozies up to MArgo's director boyfriend, Bill Sampson (Len Cariou), and best friends Buzz and Karen Richards (Brandon Maggart and Ann Williams). The manipulative Eve manages to wheedle her way to become Margo's understudy, and becomes a sensation when Margo is intentionally sidetracked from performing her show one night, and it is finally realized that Eve was up to no good from the start. Has Eve seized Margo's happiness away for good... or will Margo have the last laugh? The Charles Strouse-Lee Adams score is just perfect, based on the book by the legendary team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Though no Ethel Merman, Lauren Bacall nevertheless pounds out song after song in an owlish, whiskey-and-cigarettes voice that is just perfect for her character, and makes her singing a veritable thrill on its own: in her best number, "But Alive", the tired but stimulated Bacall declares, "I feel groggy and weary and tragic... punchy and bleary and fresh out of magic, but alive.. but alive!... but ali-i-i-ive!" to perfection. in another number Bacall as Margo makes fun of her nineteen-year-old self in the amusingly satiric "Who's That Girl?". She sings a poignant, bittersweet ballad, "Hurry Back", and shines with the ironic "Welcome to the Theater"...Other sparkling songs include a familiar-sounding "Fasten Your Seatbelts", (in which Bacall does a brief but hilarious drunken spiel) "One Hallowe'en" (sung by a malicious Eve), Bill and Margo's duets "One of A Kind" and "Something Greater" and the brilliant title song, "Applause" are pure gems in this wonderful show. A four-time 1970 Tony winner, including Best Musical, Best Director, Best Choreography, and Best Actress for Lauren Bacall, "Applause" is as immortal as its 1950 predecessor, and is great fun for fans of "All About Eve"."Welcome to the Theater" to a night of great entertainment!
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