Photo Flash: 'Applause' Begins at City Center Encores!
By: BWW Feb. 07, 2008
New York City Center Encores! begins its 2008 season tonight with the 1970 Tony Award-winning hit, Applause, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall with Music Direction by Rob Berman. Applause will play five performances, from February 7-10 at New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues).
Applause, based on the classic Bette Davis film, All About Eve, is the ultimate backstage musical – the story of the great Broadway star Margo Channing (Christine Ebersole) and her duplicitous understudy, Eve Harrington (Erin Davie). It has music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, and book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
The Encores! cast is: Christine Ebersole, Kate Burton, Mario Cantone, Tom Hewitt, Michael Park, Megan Sikora, Chip Zien and Erin Davie, with Tony Freeman, Bob Gaynor, David Studwell, J.D. Webster, Cole Burden, John Carroll, Paula Leggett Chase, Susan Derry, Sarah Jane Everman, Lisa Gajda, Gregg Goodbrod, Justin Greer, James Harkness, Joe Komara, Raymond Lee, Monica Patton, Manuel Santos, Jennifer Savelli, Chaunteé Schuler, Steven Sofia, Kevin Vortman and Kristen Beth Williams.
Performances are: Thursday, February 7 at 8PM; Friday, February 8 at 8PM; Saturday, February 9 at 2PM & 8PM and Sunday, February 10 at 6:30PM.
Tickets are available at the New York City Center Box Office (West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues), through CityTix® at 212-581-1212, or online at www.nycitycenter.org. Orchestra and Grand Tier tickets are $95; Mid-Mezzanine tickets are $90; Rear Mezzanine and Front Gallery tickets are $50; Rear Gallery tickets are $25.
Photos by Joan Marcus
Christine Ebersole and Michael Park
Christine Ebersole (background) and Erin Davie
Megan Sikora and company
Chip Zien and Kate Burton
Erin Davie and Tom Hewitt
Mario Cantone, Christine Ebersole, Erin Davie and company
The company of Applause at City Center Encores!
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