Published between1996 and 1997, Applause was a newsstand and subscription magazine devoted to UK theatre.
Edited by Clive Hirschhorn, it was published by ticket agency Applause and aimed to provide theatregoers with informed comment, interviews, features, reviews, and gossip about the plays and players making news in both London and New York. It also provided special offers and discounts on West End shows and event.
CONTENTS
Issue 8, May 1997
Read Applause magazine, issue 8, May 1997
OFFSTAGE – News and gossip from around the West End
THE MOUSE MUSCLES IN – Matt Wolf looks at Disney’s Broadway and West End ventures
NEW FACES – Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’s Julie-Alanah Brighten
JOHN BARROWMAN – talking to Martin Stirling
ONSTAGE – Clive Hirschhorn reviews the West End’s latest offerings
ACT OF COMPLICITE – Clare Colvin talks to Simon McBurney about the work of Theatre de Complicite
APPLAUSE THEATRE CLUB – Christopher Biggins brings you more great money-saving offers on top West End shows
NED SHERRIN
HAUNTED HOUSES – Linn Branson goes ghost-hunting in London’s theatres
TERRENCE MCNALLY – Patrick Pacheco on the American playwright hoping to make his mark here with Master Class
HAT TRICKS – San Francisco’s cult caper Beach Blanket Babylon hits town. Sasha de Suinn goes shopping for hats
SUMMER FARE – Michael Coveney takes a look at this year’s summer festivals
BOOK REVIEWS – Rhoda Koenig on the lives of Ibsen and Peggy Ashcroft
SPECTRUM – Opera, Dance, and TV reviews and previews by Max Loppert, Jeffery Taylor and Ronald Bergan
PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Designer John Napier talks to Nick Smurthwaite
OFFSTAGE BROADWAY – Michael Riedel with news and gossip from the Big Apple
QUIZ
SHOWS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Roy Hattersley, MP