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 6, March 1997
Read Applause magazine, issue 6, March 1997
OFFSTAGE – News and gossip from around the West End
LADY IN THE DARK – Dick Vosburgh on a musical that gets its West End premiere 56 years after it was first written
MARIA FRIEDMAN – David Nathan interviews the actress, and talks about her starring role in Lady in the Dark
ONSTAGE – Clive Hirschhorn reviews the West End’s latest offerings
DIARY – New productions in and around the West End
MATT WOLF – Questions the wisdom behind this year’s awards nominations
APPLAUSE THEATRE CLUB – Christopher Biggins brings you more great money saving offers on top West End shows
NED SHERRIN
PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE – David Nathan talks to producer Bill Kenwright
RICHARD NELSON – Sheridan Morley assesses the work of an American playwright who does very well over here
REMARKABLE CAREERS – A look at the work of actress Constance Cummings, with Michael Arditti
BOOK REVIEW – Sam Ingleby on Neil Simon’s memoirs
QUIET AT THE BACK, PLEASE! – The theatre nuisance according to Ronald Bergan
NEW FACES – Ruaidhri Conroy, currently making his mark in The Cripple of Inishmaan
SPECTRUM – Opera, Dance, TV and Art reviews and previews by Max Loppen, Jeffery Taylor, Ronald Bergan and John Russell-Taylor
OFFSTAGE BROADWAY – Michael Riedel with news and gossip from the Big Apple
QUIZ
SHOWS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Gerald Kaufman, MP