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Sweet Charity

Minskoff Theatre, (4/27/1986 - 3/15/1987)
Preview:Apr 15, 1986 Total Previews:15
Opening:Apr 27, 1986   
Closing:Mar 15, 1987 Total Performances:369


Category: Musical, Comedy, Revival, Broadway
Setting: New York. Mid 1960s.





by opening date




Book by Neil Simon; Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Based upon an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano; Musical Director: Fred Werner; Music orchestrated by Ralph Burns; Additional orchestrations by Richard Bellis, Fred Werner and Billy May

Original production conceived, staged and choreographed by Bob Fosse; Directed by Bob Fosse; Choreographed by Bob Fosse

Scenic Design by Robert Randolph; Lighting Design by Robert Randolph; Costume Design by Patricia Zipprodt; Sound Design by Otts Munderloh; Hair Design by Phyllis Della; Frug hair pieces by Sergio Valente Beauty Center of Bergdorf

General Manager: Joseph Harris Associates, Inc.; Company Manager: Kathleen Lowe

Production Manager: Phil Friedman; Production Stage Manager: Craig Jacobs; Stage Manager: Lani Ball; Technical Supervisor: Jeremiah Harris Associates; Assistant Stage Mgr: David Blackwell


Casting: Howard Feuer; General Press Representative: Jeffrey Richards Associates; Assistant to Mr. Fosse: Gwen Verdon; Dance Captain: Mimi Quillin; Associate Dance Captain: Chet Walker; Miss Nygren's Fur by Ben Kahn Furs; Advertising: Fisher & Co.

Special thanks to Dizzy Gillespie


Opening Night Cast

Debbie Allen Charity  
Quinn Baird Married Couple (man)  
 Ensemble  
Christine Colby Ensemble  
Alice Everett Cox Ensemble  
Kim Morgan Greene Ensemble  
Jan Horvath Married Couple (woman)  
 Old Maid  
 Ensemble  
Mark Jacoby Vittorio Vidal  
Jane Lanier Ensemble  
Irving Allen Lee Daddy Johann Sebastian Brubeck  
Fred C. Mann III Manfred  
 Ensemble  
Allison Reneé Manson Ensemble  
Tanis Michaels First Cop  
 Brother Harold  
 Ensemble  
Dana Moore Rosie  
 Ensemble  
Bebe Neuwirth Nickie  
Carrie Nygren Ursula  
Michelle O'Steen Ensemble  
Kelly Patterson Ice Cream Vendor  
 Ensemble  
Stanley Wesley Perryman Brother Ray  
 Ensemble  
Mimi Quillin Mimi  
 Ensemble  
Adrian Rosario Young Spanish Man  
 Ensemble  
Michael Rupert Oscar  
Jeff Shade First Young Man  
 Ensemble  
Celia Tackaberry Woman with Hat  
 Panhandler  
 Receptionist  
 Good Fairy  
David Warren-Gibson Dark Glasses  
 Ensemble  
Tom Wierney Doorman  
 Waiter  
 Ensemble  
Lee Wilkof Herman  
Allison Williams Helene  


Standby: Bebe Neuwirth (Charity).

Understudies: Kirsten Childs (Helene), Christine Colby (Ursula), Kim Morgan Greene (Charity), Jan Horvath (Good Fairy, Panhandler, Receptionist, Woman with Hat), Michael Licata (Oscar, Vittorio Vidal), Tanis Michaels (Daddy Johann Sebastian Brubeck), Dana Moore (Nickie), Kelly Patterson (Vittorio Vidal), David Warren-Gibson (Oscar), Tom Wierney (Herman).