Sweet Charity

 

 

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Fast, funky and funny, Sweet Charity follows the adventures of Charity Hope Valentine, a dance hall hostess at the "Fandango Ballroom" in New York City.  Charity struggles to find a man, any man, who can make her happy.  The first throws her in a lake. The second locks her in a closet. But the third, Oscar, is something else.

 

When the two of them get trapped in an elevator together, it’s clearly the start of something new.  But will it be something different?

 

Love is what it’s all about!

 

But will Charity live happily ever after?

 

 

Sweet Charity is one of the classic Broadway musicals with a bright, brassy score by Cy Coleman, including such hit songs as ‘Big Spender’, ‘If My Friends Could See Me Now’ and ‘The Rhythm of Life’ and a wise-cracking script by Neil Simon, most famous for ‘The Odd Couple’.

Written By:                  Neil Simon

Music By:                    Cy Coleman

Lyrics By:                    Dorothy Fields

 

Directed By:                 Philippa Alford

Musical Director:           Bernard Reilly

Choreographer:             Julie Donnelly

 

CAST:

Charity Hope Valentine: Sharon Murphy
Oscar: Conor Clear
Nickie: Maria Mallon
Helene: Sinead McLoughlin
Vittorio Vidal: Niall Dempsey
Herman: Andrew Docherty
Carmen: Lorraine Murphy
Betsy: Amanda Ryan
Ursula March: Eimear Humphries
Rosie: Kate Wheeler

Daddy Brubeck: John Bowe

Manfred: Ollie Durack

 

 

 

BROADWAY PREMIERE
January 29, 1966, played 608 performances

REVIVAL
April 27, 1986, played 369 performances
May 4, 2005, played 279 performances

 

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