SYNOPSIS

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Book by Neil Simon | Music by Cy Coleman | Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, and Ennis Flaiano

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Sweet Charity follows the romantic trials and tribulations of Charity Hope Valentine, “a girl who wanted to be loved.” Charity is a taxi dancer at a seedy dance hall in New York City. Though the job may be decidedly undesirable, Charity’s hopeful romanticism and unfailing optimism lift her out of her circumstances and help her reach for a life beyond. In the past, she’s been strung along and hung out to dry by a series of bad relationships and lousier men. When she meets Oscar, a neurotic, shy actuary seemingly from another world, will she finally find true love at last? 

 

With iconic musical numbers such as Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, and There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This, every audience is destined to fall in love with Charity’s limitless spirit, as she lives life “hopefully ever after.”