Sweet Charity
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Sweet Charity
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Sweet Charity NYC Reviews and Tickets

85%
(251 Ratings)
Positive
95%
Mixed
5%
Negative
0%
Members say
Entertaining, Great singing, Delightful, Funny, Great acting

About the Show

Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster stars in The New Group's revival of this classic musical about a sassy yet naive dance hall hostess whose overeager embrace of every man she meets lands her in hot water.

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Show-Score Member Reviews (251)

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75 Reviews | 39 Followers
100
Entertaining, Great singing, Great staging

See it if Enjoy musicals with a plot. Plot is eternal. Great singing and both seeious and funny.

Don't see it if The use of entire theatre as stage would bother you. You must turn in your seat for some scenes.

108 Reviews | 15 Followers
100
Entertaining, Great singing, Must see, Hilarious, Epic

See it if you want to be truly entertained....Plus Sutton Foster, need I say more.

Don't see it if you don't like small spaces.

70 Reviews | 16 Followers
100
Delightful, Funny, Great staging, Romantic, Edgy

See it if you want to see a classic musical reinvented and performed by the best.

Don't see it if you don't like intimate venues or minimalist theatre Read more

67 Reviews | 21 Followers
100
Delightful, Funny, Great acting, Masterful, Raunchy

See it if You want a complete well rounded show.

Don't see it if Raunchy shows make you uncomfortable

60 Reviews | 11 Followers
100
Funny, Entertaining, Delightful

See it if Catch this gem soon to see why Sutton Foster is a Broadway queen. She's funny, dazzling & endearing. Bonus is an intimate theater setting.

Don't see it if You want a traditional Broadway experience.

54 Reviews | 22 Followers
100
Exquisite, Funny, Great acting, Great singing, Masterful

See it if This was my kind of sweet charity. One of the best musicals i've seen this whole year. Sutton and cast and absolutely fuckin amazing!!!

Don't see it if If you are expecting a flashy old school typical production. this is edgy gritty version

61 Reviews | 82 Followers
97
Delightful, Enchanting, Great acting, Great singing, Great staging

See it if you want to see a well staged, well written musical. Are a fan of S.Foster or any of the cast. Each performer was perfect in their role!

Don't see it if you do not enjoy older musicals, are not a fan of Sutton Foster. You do not enjoy quirky humor that may be a little over the top. Read more

419 Reviews | 52 Followers
96
Enchanting, Great staging, Entertaining

See it if Fan of the music(al). Sutton Foster. Great production.

Don't see it if Expecting big.

Critic Reviews (50)

The New York Times
November 20th, 2016

"Foster makes the role of Charity so completely and convincingly her own, even if the production in which she appears rarely offers her support to match. (The exception is a wonderfully sadsack Shuler Hensley.)...The overall production exists principally as a serviceable frame for Ms. Foster’s portraiture. Mr. Bergasse is less assured doing Fosse. Though he has come up with some affecting choreography for Charity, should-be showstoppers lack satiric oomph."
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Time Out New York
November 20th, 2016

"There’s an argument to be made for this approach, but it would require a darker and more specific production than the rest of what director Leigh Silverman has assembled...Yet there’s much to enjoy in this 'Sweet Charity,' starting with the musical itself. The songs are top-notch; Neil Simon’s book still earns laughs. And Foster’s will-to-spunkiness is a terrific match for Charity. But if this revival has a future, it should fill out to meet its ambitions."
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New York Magazine / Vulture
November 20th, 2016

"In the stripped-down and stirring revival starring the astonishing Sutton Foster, Silverman has in many ways succeeded...This one never lets you forget that it is fundamentally about women endangered by men, poverty, and a lack of education…Without that Broadway lift, ‘Sweet Charity’ risks seeming leaden and grubby…Hollowness is unavoidable here...Silverman’s work with Foster is extraordinary. Together, they get the most out of the complicated comedy of scenes."
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New Yorker
November 27th, 2016

"You keep hoping that, despite early signs of limpness, it won’t be drained of all its energy and sentiment by the end. But the director, Leigh Silverman, is adept at throwing ash on soap bubbles. The problem is that she’s too serious about theatre; she wants her shows to count—to have a moral purpose...Instead of trusting in and directing the flow of Foster’s natural wellspring of talent, she set out to dam it."
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The Wall Street Journal
November 24th, 2016

"This new version is the best production imaginable, and Foster is giving the performance of a lifetime in the title role. I’ve never seen her do anything better—and that’s really saying something...Emotionally convincing to the highest degree, starting with Foster’s performance...Since the other members of the cast are good enough not to be swamped by her, the result is not an unbalanced tour de force but a dramatically convincing presentation of a musical whose flaws can only be overcome."
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Deadline
November 20th, 2016

"Another career-making performance by Sutton Foster...Hensley knocks it out of the admittedly tiny ballpark...But that too is one of the things making this revival exceptional...These practiced bodies are all but in our faces much of the time, which has the odd effect of making the story that much more tough-minded without relinquishing its poignance...Foster's is a beautiful performance in a grown-up, revelatory revival."
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New York Daily News
November 21st, 2016

"Director Leigh Silverman seemingly seized upon the following exchange between Charity’s fellow 'taxi dancers' to set the tone for this stripped-back, bare-bones New Group revival. 'Hello. I’m Rosie,' says a newbie. 'Not for long you ain’t," comes the reply...No room for hope or optimism or rosy-colored glasses. Even with great tunes like 'Big Spender'...Charity’s grimmer than usual end startles. More like, Sour Charity."
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Variety
November 20th, 2016

"Dancing is what you get a lot of in this modest but smartly staged production...Silverman’s production captures the air of wised-up innocence that defines the woolly era of the early ’60s. Charity is very much a child of her time, and Foster is just plain marvelous at conveying her yearning to fit in and belong. While a fine supporting cast are strongest in the dance department, there’s a sense that they have all seen the future and found it less fun than it was cracked up to be."
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