Event

Sweet Charity

Charity Hope Valentine always tries to look on the bright side of life, despite working in a rundown dance hall and contending with a seemingly endless run of bad dates. Determined to find love, Charity falls for suave actor Vittorio, but their romance is all too brief. However, when Charity finds herself stuck in an elevator with the reserved Oscar, it turns out that she may have finally met her match. Her world is the all too real world of Times Square, and the people who pass through her world are as deceptively charming a group as ever swept across any stage. From her cynical, hard-core trio of girlfriends at the dance hall, to the phony evangelist, the Coney Island fun people, the Central Park strollers and the YMHA self-improvers, every character is interesting. This is a bright and sophisticated show in every sense. Cy Coleman has captured the rhythms and sounds, and Dorothy Fields the vernacular and fun of New York. Its a comedy in every sense of the word. Neil Simon has a particular talent for looking at the truly amusing side of life. Wonderful musical numbers include Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Too Many Tomorrows, Theres Gotta Be Something Better Than This, Im a Brass Band and Baby, Dream Your Dream.