With music by , midway in his career between and , lyrics by and a book by and , Applause ran 896 performances and won four 1970 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Leading Actress in a Musical for its star, .
However, the show made a star of (Tony nominee for Best Featured Actress in a Musical), who played "Bonnie," a character portrayed as the ultimate gypsy. The show prefigured in several ways, and included several future ACL originals, including Renee Baughman, and in the chorus line.
See if you can spot them in this clip of the title song, from that year's Tony Awards broadcast. And see how many other shows you can recognize in the mashup that is part of their floor show.
