Sweet Charity

Musical - Revival

Al Hirschfeld Theatre

  • First Preview: April 11, 2005
  • Opening Date: May 4, 2005
  • Closing Date: December 31, 2005
  • Previews: 25
  • Performances: 279

Music: Cy Coleman

Lyrics: Dorothy Fields

Book: Neil Simon

 
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Synopsis

A New York taxi dancer is open-hearted but unlucky in love, until she meets a strait-laced claustrophobe and nurses him through an elevator jam, in this musical adaptation of the Federico Fellini film The Nights of Cabiria.

 

Opening Night Cast

Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity Christina Applegate Charity Hope Valentine
Denis O'Hare in Sweet Charity Denis O'Hare Oscar Lindquist
Paul Schoeffler in Sweet Charity Paul Schoeffler Vittorio Vidal
Janine LaManna in Sweet Charity Janine LaManna Nickie
Kyra Da Costa in Sweet Charity Kyra Da Costa Helene
Ernie Sabella in Sweet Charity Ernie Sabella Herman
Shannon Lewis in Sweet Charity Shannon Lewis Ursula
Ensemble
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Opening Night Production Credits

Neil Simon Neil Simon Book
Cy Coleman Cy Coleman Music
Dorothy Fields Dorothy Fields Lyrics
Walter Bobbie Walter Bobbie Director
Wayne Cilento Wayne Cilento Choreographer
Scott Pask Scott Pask Scenic Design
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Inside the Playbill (10)

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Sweet Charity - Opening Night
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Galleries (1)

Production Photos

  • Sweet Charity (2005) Production Photos
 
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Shows That Opened That Season: 2004 - 2005

 
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Awards


Drama Desk Award

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
2005 Outstanding Actress in a Musical Christina Applegate Nominee
2005 Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Denis O'Hare Winner
2005 Outstanding Revival of a Musical   Nominee
2005 Outstanding Set Design of a Musical Scott Pask Nominee

Outer Critics Circle

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
2005 Outstanding Actor in a Musical Denis O'Hare Nominee
2005 Outstanding Choreography Wayne Cilento Nominee
2005 Outstanding Director of a Musical Walter Bobbie Nominee
2005 Outstanding Revival of a Musical   Nominee

Theatre World

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
2005 Theatre World Award Christina Applegate Winner

Tony Award

Year Category Name Winner/Nominee
2005 Actress in a Musical Christina Applegate Nominee
2005 Choreography Wayne Cilento Nominee
2005 Revival of a Musical   Nominee

Grosses

Week Ending Week # This Week Gross
Potential Gross		 Diff $ Avg Ticket
Top Ticket		 Seats Sold
Seats in Theatre		 Perfs
(Prev)		 % Cap
This Week 		Diff %
Cap
Jan. 1, 2006 31 $838,097
$1,130,315		 $485,971 $81.46
$101.25		 10288
1422		 9
0		 80.39% 24.14%
Dec. 25, 2005 30 $352,126
$879,134		 -$173,274 $62.89
$101.25		 5599
1422		 7
0		 56.25% -19.90%
Dec. 18, 2005 29 $525,400
$1,004,724		 -$47,346 $60.65
$101.25		 8663
1422		 8
0		 76.15% -7.46%
Dec. 11, 2005 28 $572,746
$1,004,724		 - $60.22
$101.25		 9511
1422		 8
0		 83.61% -
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Totals
Last 4 Weeks
   $2,288,369
$4,018,897		   $66.31 34061
45504		 32
0		 74.85 %  
Cumulative
   $18,653,757
$38,179,513		   $62.16
$101.25		 300014
432288		 279
25		 69.40 %  
 
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