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 1, October 1996
Read Applause magazine, issue 1, October 1996
OFFSTAGE – News and gossip from the West End
KILLING WITH KINDNESS Matt Wolf asks if London’s theatre critics are too soft
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – The biggest thing ever to hit the West End, Hal Lewis looks at Disney’s venture into Theatreland
HEATHCLIFF – Cliff Richard has been weathering a storm of criticism, Christopher Tookey assesses the situation
ONSTAGE – Clive Hirschhorn reviews some of the latest openings
NED SHERRIN – The musings of a wit and raconteur
APPLAUSE THEATRE CLUB – Great savings on many top West End shows
INTERVIEW – Comic actor Gene Wilder in conversation with Ronald Bergan
DICK VOSBURGH tracks down the lost Musicals
LONDON’S THEATRES – Ronald Bergan looks at the rebuilt Globe Theatre
PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Alan Ayckbourn has made one of the single greatest contributions to British theatre. He speaks to Clare Colvin
SPECTRUM – A look at the ‘other’ arts
CD REVIEW – Tom Vallance has been comparing the various recordings of Sondheim’s ‘Company’
BOOK REVIEW – ‘Speak Low’ is a collection of the letters from Kurt Weill to Lotte Lenya. Reviewed by Ronald Bergan
NED SHERRIN – Extracts from his book ‘Theatrical Anecdotes’
OFFSTAGE BROADWAY – More news and gossip from America’s theatre capital
SHOWS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE – Ken Livingstone and the show that made a lasting impression