SWEET CHARITY
 


Charity works at a dance club where she has seen only the dark side of life through bad relationships. One day she meets Oscar and believes her luck has changed. When things turn sour, Charity stays sweet and hopeful that someday her ideals will materialize.

 

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1966 Tony Award
Best Choreography

1986 Tony Award
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
(Michael Rupert)
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
(Bebe Neuwirth)
Best Costume Design
Best Reproduction (Play or Musical)

1986 Theatre World Award
Mark Jacoby

1986 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
(Michael Rupert)

2005 Theatre World Award
 Christina Applegate

2005 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
(Denis O'Hare)

BROADWAY PREMIERE
January 29, 1966, played 608 performances

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

LYRICIST
Dorothy Fields

LIBRETTIST
Neil Simon
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Gwen Verdon, John McMartin, Thelma Oliver, Helen Gallagher, James Luisi, Arnold Soboloff, Ruth Buzzi, Sharon Ritchie, John Wheeler, and Barbara Sharma

DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
Bob Fosse
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Tams Witmark

LYRICS
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