Sweet Charity at Little Theatre of Norfolk

Sweet Charity Book by Neil SimonMusic by Cy ColemanLyrics by Dorothy FieldsDirected by Hope MillerPerformances 9/6 - 9/29Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2:30pmCharity Hope Valentine is in love with the idea of finding true love, but she is stuck in a dead-end job as a dance-hall hostess for hire in 1966 New York City. She falls fast and hard for all the wrong men, in a comically unfortunate way. Based on Federico Fellinis screenplay for Academy Award winner Nights of Cabiria, Sweet Charity brought together Broadway legends - playwright Neil Simon and choreographer Bob Fosse. The musical comedy debuted on Broadway in 1966 starring Fosse's wife, Gwen Verdon. Shirley McClaine portrayed Charity in the 1969 movie version, while Debbie Allen and Christina Applegate are among the stars who played the title role in the 1986 and 2005 revivals, respectively. Sweet Charity includes showstoppers such as Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, The Rhythm of Life, and Rich Mans Frug. SWEET CHARITY is presented by arrangement with tams-witmark www.tamswitmark.com

Authors

• Bob Fosse
• Cy Coleman
• Dorothy Fields
• Ennio Flaiano
• Federico Fellini
• Neil Simon
• Tullio Pinelli

Tony Awards and Nominations for Sweet Charity