Applause

Description

APPLAUSE
Award-Winning Musical
Based on the 1950 film All About Eve
Book by Comden & Green
Lyrics by Lee Adams
Music by Charles Strouse
July 24 — August 30, 2026

This is the showbiz story of all stories. Applause is the Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adoph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The musical is based on the 1950 film All About Eve. An earnest, respectful understudy, endears herself to a Broadway actress and then engineers a way to go on in place of the star and steal all of the thunder. The musical adaptation team is top flight: Strouse (wrote Annie) with Adams wrote Bye Bye Birdie. Comden and Green also wrote many hits for stage and screen including the class ic Singin’ in the Rain. Great story, wonderful score.

CAST
Leslie Stevens* as Margo Channing
Savannah Mortenson as Eve Harrington
Damon Kirsche as Bill Sampson
Mike Sabatino as Howard Benedict (3 weekends)
Lee Grober as Howard Benedict (3 weekends)
Angie Lin as Angie (aka Bonnie)
Doug Haverty as Buzz Richards
Connie Mellors as Karen Richards
Darrell Mondaine* as Duane Fox

FEATURED CHARACTERS/GYPSIES/ENSEMBLE:
Allison Jakubowski
Avan Seals*
Hisato Masuyama
Ken Patton* as Bert
Jennifer Skiffington
Judy Rosenfeld
Lloyd Pedersen as Peter
Mia Catalano*
Melissa Strauss
Tom Allen as Stan Harding
Zak Herman
*Guest artist

CREATIVE TEAM
Bruce Kimmel – Director
Melissa Strauss – Producer
Shelby Hopkins – Assistant Director
Wendy Dale Young – Props
Richard Allen – Musical Supervisor
Gerald Sternbach – Rehearsal Pianist
Becca Sweitzer – Choreographer
Shon LeBlanc – Costume Designer
Cyndy Payo – Asst Costume Designer
Carter Vickers – Set Designer
Devin Harris – Lighting Designer
John Harvey – Sound Designer
Cathy Tomlin – Sound Mixer /Stage Manger
John Ledley – Light Board Op
Krys Ferhairvari – Wigs
Artistic Council – Lloyd Pedersen