Applause cast recording? — Page 2

Saw the show & enjoyed it many eons ago in a galaxy far far away.

To compare it to the movie is like comparing Apples & Oranges. This could be a good revival but who would play the leads ?

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Currently listening to the recording. Though not the best score ever, it's very tuneful and definetly a product of its time. I think "But Alive" is a great song and the title song is a great show biz anthem. I think a revival could work as long as they made no effort to update it and kept it set in the '70s. How about Ebersole or Leavel as Margo?

I think there was a revival planned, and it seems to me it was booked into a theatre in the Twin Cities and then cancelled. Stephanie Powes was scheduled to star in it here.

This, of course, doesn't surprise me. We were supposed to get Christine Baranski in Mame, too. That was cancelled, and they just dropped the road company of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. I don't get season tickets to those shows, so I have no idea what replaced them, or how season ticket holders are compensated. I know that I don't want to sit through another Chicago, Les Miz, Cats or Rent.

As a matter of fact, Les Miz is the show that follows the World Premiere of Easter Parade at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre later this year!

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I loved the show and I love the cast recording. The television version wasn't so hot, though.

The television version is bad. There is no atmosphere whatsoever. This was played on cable here in Australia about a year ago. It was like watching an episode of General Hospital, or the like. You watch a production number, the cast finish with a pose - silence, then go to next scene. No playoff, no applause, nothing.

I remember reading some reviews for the Weissler revival about 8 or so years ago. They weren't complimentary and the show closed soon after. Other than Bacall and Baxter who else did the show, tours, regional etc?

Updated On: 2/4/07 at 09:07 PM

I am completely in love with the recording! I spend hours every day dancing to it, I adore it. I'd really like to see it revived sometime.

I love the Overture, Hurry Back, Welcome to the Theatre, But Alive, Applause, Good Friends, One Halloween... probably a good 75% of the recording.

Bacall is such a delight, as is Cariou. As a person who loves musicals of the 60s and 70s, this tops the list as one of my favourites.

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