Sweet Charity

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Broadway musical musical film musical theatre work stage musical

Sweet Charity is a 1966 Broadway musical (later adapted into a film) about the romantic misadventures of a New York City dance hall hostess, featuring music by Cy Coleman and choreography by Bob Fosse.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Sweet Charity canonical 17
Sweet Charity (1969 film) 3
Sweet Charity (1966 stage musical) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
musical theatre work ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
adaptedAs Sweet Charity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sweet Charity (1969 film)
awardNomination Tony Award for Best Choreography ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
basedOn Nights of Cabiria ⓘ
Sweet Charity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Ennio Flaiano ⓘ
Federico Fellini ⓘ
Tullio Pinelli ⓘ
bookBy Neil Simon ⓘ
broadwayClosingDate 1967-07-15 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 1966-01-29 ⓘ
broadwayRunLength 608 performances ⓘ
choreographer Bob Fosse ⓘ
composer Cy Coleman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre musical comedy ⓘ
romantic musical ⓘ
hasOrchestrationStyle jazz-influenced score ⓘ
hasTheme optimism in the face of adversity ⓘ
lyricist Dorothy Fields ⓘ
mainCharacter Charity Hope Valentine ⓘ
notableRevival 1986 Broadway revival ⓘ
2005 Broadway revival ⓘ
notableSong Big Spender ⓘ
If My Friends Could See Me Now ⓘ
I’m a Brass Band ⓘ
The Rhythm of Life ⓘ
There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This ⓘ
Where Am I Going? ⓘ
orchestrator Ralph Burns ⓘ
originalBroadwayStar Gwen Verdon ⓘ
originalDirector Bob Fosse ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalProducer Fryer, Carr and Harris ⓘ
originalRolePortrayed Charity Hope Valentine ⓘ
premiereDate 1966-01-29 ⓘ
premiereLocation Broadway ⓘ
premiereTheatre Palace Theatre ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
settingPeriod 1960s ⓘ
starring Shirley MacLaine ⓘ
subject dance hall hostess ⓘ
romantic misadventures ⓘ

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Gwen Verdon → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Shirley MacLaine → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Bob Fosse → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Bob Fosse → directed → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Stubby Kaye → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Stubby Kaye → playedIn → Sweet Charity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Charity (1969 film)
Christina Applegate → notableTheaterWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Charity (Broadway revival)
Dorothy Fields → wroteLyricsFor → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Bebe Neuwirth → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Neil Simon → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Prince of Wales Theatre → hostedProduction → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Charlotte d'Amboise → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Charity (musical)
Chita Rivera → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Cy Coleman → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Verdon → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
subject surface form: Gwen Verdon
Sweet Charity → adaptedAs → Sweet Charity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Charity (1969 film)
Sweet Charity → basedOn → Sweet Charity self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sweet Charity (1969 film)
Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity → appearsIn → Sweet Charity ⓘ
subject surface form: Charity Hope Valentine
Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity → createdForWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
subject surface form: Charity Hope Valentine
Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity → firstAppearance → Sweet Charity ⓘ
subject surface form: Charity Hope Valentine
this entity surface form: Sweet Charity (1966 stage musical)
Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity → filmAppearance → Sweet Charity ⓘ
subject surface form: Charity Hope Valentine
this entity surface form: Sweet Charity (1969 film)
Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
subject surface form: Gwen Verdon
Peter Stone → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
Peter Hylenski → notableWork → Sweet Charity ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Charity (revival)