Powers said: ''The role has been one of the great things on my wish list. Del Rossi said, ''We had Stefanie, but we didn't have a new production.'' No involvement of Broadway producers was acknowledged, although it is no secret that Barry and Fran Weissler have their eyes on this production. Responses to questions about the musical's new version gave the impression that Ms. Theater insiders, speaking on condition of anonymity, have been talking about Broadway producers with a new production of ''Applause'' and a new star, Stefanie Powers, at the ready.
One of the team members used ''overseer.'' His name does not appear in the program, although Paper Mill's season brochure lists him high on the creative team. No one associated with the new ''Applause'' has come up with an exact program credit for him, however. To create a new life for ''Applause,'' in the words of Paper Mill's executive producer, Angelo Del Rossi, the dream team has been expanded to include the director Gene Saks, the choreographer Ann Reinking (Ron Field won two Tony Awards for direction and choreography) and Tommy Tune, who may be regarded as perennial show doctor, offstage maven, free-floating consultant or general guru - production supervisor, perhaps. ''And I love doing my own lyrics,'' he added. ''We never really split.'' He has since worked with other lyricists. ''Bring Back Birdie,'' a failure in 1981, was the last of their theatrical collaborations, which included ''Bye Bye Birdie,'' ''All American,'' ''Golden Boy'' and ''It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman.'' ''But we've never been un-unioned,'' said Mr. To many theatergoers, the Strouse-Adams part of the dream team represents a reunion of sorts. Comden mentioned book revisions: ''dramatic adjustments to suit the new songs.'' Also eliminated are ''Hurry Back,'' ''She's No Longer a Gypsy'' and ''Something Greater,'' which has lyrics like ''being to your man what a woman should be.'' No one on the dream team was about to argue that the song was out of sync with the priorities of a modern woman, Mr.
''Backstage Babble,'' the opening number of the old ''Applause,'' with lyrics that mostly go ''ba ba da, ba ba da,'' accounts for the half-song that's out.
Three and a half songs are out four new songs are in. Then come a dramatization of ''Jane Eyre'' in the Paper Mill tradition of ''A Tale of Two Cities'' ''No, No, Nanette,'' with James Brennan, and ''Man of La Mancha'' with ''a new concept,'' starring Ron Raines and Judy McLane.Ĭlearly the 1996 ''Applause'' is not the 1970 ''Applause,'' which won the Tony Award for best musical. The English farce ''Out of Order,'' by Ray Cooney, follows, starring Paxton Whitehead. The rest of the Paper Mill season is to consist of the musical ''Gigi,'' in a new staging with Liliane Montevecchi.
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