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Chicago Theater Review: SWEET CHARITY (Writers' Theatre) by Lawrence Bommer

SAD TRIUMPH OF HOPE OVER EXPERIENCE It’s like kicking a puppy dog to dislike Charity Hope Valentine. Charity is the cloyingly-named heroine of the 1966 musical by Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields and Neil Simon, a show once made famous by Gwen Verdon’s slinkiness and Bob Fosse’s choreography. Writers' Theatre approaches this strange amalgam of high [...]

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:00PM on February 2, 2013

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