Once The Small World of Charity was announced in early 1965, all Broadway was looking forward to this new Bob Fosse musical that would star Gwen Verdon. But there was never anything small about any Bob Fosse musical, so the name of this Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields musicalization of Fellini's Cabiria was changed to Sweet Charity. Late summer of 1965 brought even more exciting news. The book would be written by Br…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:02AM on January 25, 2011