Sweet Charity

... Staging and Choreography

Bob Fosse

Cast

... Charity Hope Valentine	Gwen Verdon
... Helene	Thelma Oliver
... Nickie	Helen Gallagher
... Herman	John Wheeler (i)
... Ursala	Sharon Ritchie
... Vittorio Vidal	James Luisi
... Oscar	John McMartin
... Daddy Johann Sebastian Brubeck	Arnold Soboloff
... Rosie	Barbara Sharma
... Good Fairy	Ruth Buzzi

Act One

Act Two

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

• Pre-Broadway Detroit

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Helen Gallagher replaced Gwen Verdon in late June 1967. On June 30, it was reported in the New York Times that Gallagher's name would go up in lights on the Palace marquee that night. The Times theatre column in which this was mentioned said that the show would close on August 26.

Gallagher had been playing the role since at least June 22. On the morning of that day, Verdon had emergency surgery at New York Hospital to remove a cyst.

On July 1, Vincent Canby, then working as a second-srring theatre critic for the Times, reviewed the show with Gallagher. He gave Gallagher an essentially favorable review, but with reservations in comparison with Verdon. His overall verdict t was that the show was still good, but not as good as it had been with Verdon.

He concluded by saying that the show would probably be at the Palace for a while. It closed two weeks later, six weeks ahead of schedule. 

Main Run

• Palace Theatre (New York, NY)
  January 29, 1966 - July 15, 1967

Tryout

• Shubert Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)
  December 6, 1965 - December 18, 1965
• Fisher Theatre (Detroit, MI)
  December 22, 1965 - January 15, 1966

Commercial Recordings

• Original Broadway Cast (February 6, 1966)
  Gwen Verdon , Michael Davis (i) , John Stratton , Elaine Cancilla , Bud Vest

Private Recordings

• No private audio listed yet.

Broadcast Recordings

• No broadcast audio listed yet.

Archival Recordings

• No archival audio listed yet.