Applause featuring Bonnie Franklin

[@MikeysGayToday]

I never knew Bonnie had such an amazing voice!!!!! Gah, I wish she had a bigger broadway career! What a great loss. Such a beautiful woman as well.

[@dannydougin3925]

She didn't want a bigger stage career. She wanted security. She gave acting classes and spoke of this.

[@ggersten]

RIP, Ms. Franklin. I will always remember this performance.

[@michaelduval1326]

I was at the Applause performance in Los Angeles when Bonnie made her debut on the West Coast. We did not have a clue who she was at that time. However for those folks that know the story line of the musical. Her performance really really up staged the Star ...Lauren Bacall with her performance. Thrilling I can just see it now.

[@dyssbroadway]

So many of these Hollywood stars can do it all - act, sing AND dance! Such talent.

[@BTURNER1961]

She had such a small role but she made magic out of it. She as a force of energy and electricity. Sheer youthful exuberance personified. .

[@LazlosPlane]

At last, a musical number that accurately describes the pathology of actors/actresses.

[@Jorlivia]

Bonnie Gail Franklin (January 6, 1944 - March 1, 2013) was an American actress, best known for her leading role in the television series One Day at a Time (1975-1984). She was nominated for the Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe Awards.

[@debmar5771]

Wow! I never knew how talented Bonnie Franklin was. I didn't know she did this show!

[@mrwittydan]

Bonnie Franklin is incredible! I am sure she was a show stopper! I was lucky to have seen her performance. Just to repeat, awesome and so much energy in one person! Some one should get her back on broadway!

[@deeks1970]

Wow! I had no idea she was a triple threat. So beautiful. Gone took soon. R.I.P. Bonnie

[@dolphinspirit4077]

So wonderful to watch an 8 minute number with all that energy!

[@YinzerTracy]

Applaud after you watch this video so she hears it in Heaven. :)

[@AdamqK]

Wow. We used to have the Broadway Cast Recording for this, and I remember loving it as a kid. I also remember they did a poor tv version with Lauren Bacall and....Larry Hagman. I believe a lot of the songs were cut out for that, and I didn't even bother watching the whole thing.

[@Jonnot-vo1qc]

Unfortunately, the original cast recording truncated this number and completely cut the Broadway show parody section, just leaving Applause, Applause. What a pity...thank goodness for the Tonys--thanks to them. so many musical production numbers have bee

[@bricktam]

Today, Bonnie Franklin passed away at the age of 69. RIP. I loved her in this show.

[@KellaB333]

I was looking for something to sing for an audition coming up, and I came across this. First thought before the song; Holy crap! I'm not listening to a 7 minute long song. First though after the song; That. Was. Beautiful.

[@nbianco]

The song is "Won't You Charleston With Me?" from The Boy Friend. There was a revival of The Boy Friend on Broadway in 1970 starring Judy Carne which opened two weeks after Applause opened.

[@MikeysGayToday]

What a great loss today. Love Bonnie Franklin.

[@artistphx]

Good performance by the group!

[@Geo789C]

wow. The Tony Awards in a Broadway House. Radio City Music Hall is a movie theatre. The past few years the Tony Awards have looked like a overblown sideshow. Thank you Rosie.

[@DDumbrille]

Bizarre number.

[@pompom11]

JOHNNY CARSON If anyone remembers her singing beautifully on The Tonight Show in 1977 or 78 if it's posted here reply with a link please. . Her voice was like an angel 35 years go. So good I never forgot her appearance on the show. . I was in College and caught the segment by chance, getting home late from classes. . thanks..

[@tesstickles1280]

[@33VMUH]

After watching this video, I now understand why Bonnie Franklin came across as so over-the-top on One Day At A Time. The qualities that make a great performance on the Stage do not translate very well on Television. Her terrific acting on the Stage with Applause comes across as overly dramatic and hammy on television.

[@michaelcoluccio2097]

Omg I literally just said the same thing to my husband

[@michaelcanestraro2849]

She over acted like a crazy woman on many episodes of One Day at a Time, which I call One Overreaction at a Time. I still impersonate her over ripe sighs and gasps and intakes of breath. All for the people in the 3rd balcony of the Palace Theatre, but absurd close up.

[@kyleorlando]

This was from the 1970 Tony Awards.

[@clickerbootsmoir1012]

She is a very good Tap dancer who luvstotap

[@TsWade2]

Here's the list of musicals they're referencing, Hello Dolly Cabaret West Side Story The Boyfriend Rose Marie Fiddler On the Roof Oklahoma Oh Calcutta and Funny Girl

[@carlerle787]

also Mame

[@sonnyburakoff7683]

This could be the night

[@JarrodnGreg]

It sure looked real.

[@PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

Repose En Paix, Bonnie Franklin. இڿڰۣ-ڰۣ~

[@AdamqK]

@kyleorlando Or perhaps No No Nanette, which I seem to remember was on at the time -- I saw a touring production in '74 or '75.

[@nokocchi1983]

wish the full number had been recorded for the cast album!

[@ecj2006]

RIP Bonnie Franklin!

[@mayadg16]

Who watched this from Lost Treasures of Broadway VHS tape (#1)? This was my jam! (A 1998 kid who used to watch this with her grandmother and mother who influenced me with musical theatre)

[@smichelle65]

RIP, Bonnie.

[@GideonBernstein]

No wonder Bonnie Franklin got nominated for a Tony award for this show.

[@hll1980]

RIP Mrs. Franklin.

[@chicagofrank2010]

May she R.I.P.

[@larrykampf7192]

Wow, I'm amazed how many people know music from ' that certain show called The Boyfriend'

[@shadowldrago]

Thing is, I understand her logic, to me, there's nothing quite like sweet applause. Better than any drug.

[@themansayz]

RIP Bonnie Franklin.

[@tipsy9947]

The actor at 2:14 seems like Sandy Duncan if she were a guy and had a thick Long Island accent.

[@ilfranchi]

@thoroughlymodernmax yes!

[@WithmeVerissimusWhostoned]

Awesome! 10*

[@Smartboy8877]

@Billsfan16 Where did you ever learn that?

[@JoshFreilich]

It's actually "Won't You Charleston With Me" from THE BOYFRIEND.

[@Smartboy8877]

@LilyJordan23 I like Bonnie Franklin too!

[@yksnimus]

holy shit, her outfit is amasing o_o

[@kyleorlando]

@kyleorlando Though it could be any of those pastiche piece from the 20's or 30's like The Boyfriend.

[@bobhess7434]

I remember when this first aired and being SHOCKED by that brief nudity.

[@MadelynKontis]

"Won't You Charleston with Me?" from The Boyfriend.

[@elserso1]

What year was that??? Bonnie was great n beautiful !

[@chocolatesouljah]

Agreed! The year was 1970.

[@dwbush777]

Is that Brandt Edwards I see stage left - singer/dancer? I remember you from the National Touring Show. You're from Vadallia, TN. :)

[@smichelle65]

Poor guy @ 6:13--his big moment on national tv, too!

[@DavesGoneBy]

Bonnie Franklin fans! Hear her live radio interview Sat 10/1, noon(ET) on Dave's Gone By (uncradio. c0m). If you miss it, check the audio archives at davesgoneby. c0m.

[@paulcanaday-elliott9834]

What a very strange number. Not certain how it’s at all relevant to the rest of the show, but it certainly looks like it was entertaining. Bonnie Franklin shows up, knocks the song out of the park, then goes backstage again until curtain call.

[@kyleorlando]

@TsWade2 Oh, sorry. I think that was for High Button Shoes.

[@Duncandunc]

Yes, it leads into the Hello Dolly parody.

[@TsWade2]

@kyleorlando No. I mean the part where ladies are singing after the West Side Story part.

[@JarrodnGreg]

It is THE BOYFRIEND. The tune is "won't you Charleston with me?"

[@kyleorlando]

@TsWade2 That was West Side Story I think.

[@GeorgeWTush]

The Boyfriend. The song is "Won't Your Charleston With Me?"

[@TsWade2]

4:48 What musical reference is that from?

[@hilarycutter]

What year was this? Just wondering. One day at a time fan here.

[@buddyboy80]

That was "won't you charleston with me?" from The Boyfriend.

[@MadelynKontis]

What's the reference at 4:58?

[@MikeA15206]

A dog knows his own.

[@probably_meg]

@smichelle65 That was supposed to happen.

[@armyjeep]

That would be "Won't You Charleston with Me?" from 'The Boyfriend'

[@33VMUH]

Did she now?

[@ilfranchi]

do you think the fall at 6:15 was intentional?

[@TsWade2]

@kyleorlando That makes sense.

[@safenders]

RIP Bonnie Franklin. please if you are uninformed about cancer now is the time to get informed . In America 1 out 4 people will die from it. Take the time to educate yourself about cancer prevention.

[@cubskevin]

It is from "The Boyfriend"

[@johndalton3180]

Wow. I doubt they could get away with those bare asses on network television today. Interesting, when Bonnie does Sally Bowles, she puts on an English accent. This was before Liza did it and Bob Fosse made her American.

[@stvp68]

John Dalton I can’t tell if the guys are wearing hose

[@fossefan]

I think it was intentional -- a reference to Barbra Streisand doing the Roller Skate Rag in Funny Girl.

[@danriley4431]

Yeah, it's The Boy Friend.

[@XUCHPRA1]

R.I.P Bonnie Franklin

[@marvinmelhorn2516]

What in hell does any of this have to do with ALL ABOUT EVE? This number must've stopped the show cold.

[@gymnastix]

"Applause" is a musical adaptation of "All About Eve." While there are additional characters in "Applause" not in the film, plus the obvious musical-dance numbers, the core of both the film and stage musical remains the same, that of the story of a veteran stage actress-star named "Margot Channing" and how she and the lives of her co-workers and friends are affected by the antagonist, an ambitious and scheming newcomer actress named "Eve Harrington." As I recall, there are some other slight alterations, such as in "All About Eve" the theatrical award given "Margot" is the Sarah Siddons Society Award (named for the 18th Century Welsh actress known for her definitive portrayal of "Lady Macbeth"), while in "Applause" "Margot" receives the better-known Tony Award (named after actress-director Antoinette Perry) of the American Theater Wing (ATW). Perry was also the co-founder of the ATW. I hope I have answered your question of "What in hell does 'Applause' have to do with 'All About Eve'?" A shorter answer would have been simply, "Quite a lot, actually." But I thought your inquiry warranted more details, also for the benefit of others so uninformed. The traditional route is for films to be made from plays, including even from Broadway musicals. But sometimes, especially in more recent times (often with Disney titles), the reverse route is taken, that the film is first produced, followed by a stage adaptation which capitalizes on the fame of the film. While theater purists would still prefer the traditional route, the fact is that stage adaptations of popular films sometimes pay the bills on Broadway. In fact, as with other art, sometimes a popular production enables the artist to work on her/his other art, with the security of financing from the more popular work(s) providing greater artistic freedom "down the road." Critics and too-serious artists seem to enjoy moaning about the loss of art. But commerce can actually enable art too.

[@davemargolis423]

I think that's the same melody as "Rochelle, Rochelle"...

[@brettkoeshall2325]

Bonnie Franklin back in 1970 before her death in 2013.

[@johndalton3180]

Yes. 43 years before her death. Once she died, she didn't work too much.

[@jonsduran]

It's from Thoroughly Modern Millie

[@sporran5643]

I think stayfrosty1125 clearly has some gay "issues" he needs to address from the back of his very dark and deep closet.

[@hapgood22]

Great number. Ugly clothes.

[@pinesiskin59]

Ugh. I just can't get past the ugly 1970 outfits.

[@Muttonchop_USA]

I have a retro pair of bell bottoms (checks not stripes). I get many compliments when I'm out & about.