Lauren Bacall as Margo Channing in a Gay Bar

By John Q. Sanchez on April 30, 2007 | | Link | Print |


Mrs. Bogart croaks her way through this forceful number from “Applause,” the 1970 musical adaptation of “All About Eve.” In this scene, stage legend Margo Channing (Bacall) follows her assistant down to Greenwich Village, with schemeing Eve Harrington in tow. Their destination’s a frugtastic all-male watering hole where the decorative use of enormous neon alphabet letters suggests the owners had an educational theme in mind. (Notice that those letters almost spell out G-A-Y P-O-W-E-R!) —John Q. Sanchez

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  • Marc Felion says:

    April 30, 2007 at 1:32 pm

    Wow. That is brilliant. I’ve always heard of “Applause” but never knew it was an adaptation
    of “All About Eve.” That is probably the most well-lit gay bar I have ever seen. My favorite
    part though is at :39 when the bottoms present themselves. You don’t see that choreography everyday.

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  • RcktMan says:

    April 30, 2007 at 8:21 pm

    Oh my GOD I don’t believe this! CGMC just got the music for this very song for our next show! Talk about the forces working together! Thank you for posting this… I’m going to be directing a slew of chorus boys to this right now! :)

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  • John Q. Sanchez says:

    April 30, 2007 at 8:28 pm

    Rckt, who will be your Lauren Bacall?!

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  • midknightso says:

    May 1, 2007 at 12:32 am

    Wow this is not too clandestine at all! at :39 seconds left, as Marc says, wow, too wild! go for it!

    and Fausto, you are more than right….

    G
    AY S
    POWE
    R

    is as Clear as you can get and still have some “cleverness”… but after seeing the guys and all the antics, there is NO “almost” about what is “spelled” out! pretty funny!! woohoo

    ps, that IS a well lit place Marc (such was that era of shows), but lights are so easy to dim (hehe), imagine being there if the lights suddenly dropped to 10%, hot, and with the room full of those guys?… yikes, the pool table would not be used for pool…… tho I suppose there would still be plenty of balls in play.

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  • RcktMan says:

    May 1, 2007 at 7:53 am

    John, it’s going to be a full choral number… but we do the whole song. It’s just too groovy to believe!

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  • John Q. Sanchez says:

    May 1, 2007 at 8:30 am

    RcktMan, that is going to be bazurk! Does this mean you know all of that chorus’s lyrics in this song? I can only make out a tiny bit “She’s here and…” “It’s just too groovy to believe!” Tell us the rest!

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  • RcktMan says:

    May 1, 2007 at 8:21 pm

    Yeah… they’re changed a bit (to “We’re here” vs. “She’s here”), but this is that section:

    “She’s here, my dear, can you believe it?
    She’s here, Oh God, I can’t believe it!
    She’s here, it’s just too groovy to believe! Whoo!!!”

    Talk about 60s fabulousness.

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  • RcktMan says:

    May 1, 2007 at 8:24 pm

    OH by the way… we even do the “Chicky chicky ow! OW OW OW!’s” ;)

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    John Q Sanchez lives in Brooklyn, New York. He went to art school with Fausto Fernós in the mid-90s in Chicago where he wrote for local publications including Babble, edited by Jim Pickett. He's worked at several high-profile magazines in New York and was an editor for the web-zine Blair. He's fascinated by oddball divas, bombastic child stars, and the everyday person capturing their unique performances for an online audience.
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