Fun. Laughs. Good times. SWEET CHARITY.
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Union Theatre, University of Melbourne
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Time: 7:30pm
Fun. Laughs. Good times. SWEET CHARITY.
“Do you wanna have fun?”
That’s the question you can hear echoing from the Fan-Dango Ballroom, the
centre of action in the University of Melbourne Music Theatre
Association’s new production of Sweet Charity. To be staged at the
University’s Union Theatre from October 15th – 19th, Sweet Charity is a
super sixties sensation featuring a large cast, glittering chorus numbers,
memorable music score, and a script brimming with wit, intelligence, and
pathos. Featuring such dynamic numbers as “Hey, Big Spender,” “If My
Friends Could See Me Now” and “Rhythm of Life,” Sweet Charity is a
stupendous musical spectacle!
The charming, naïve, unlucky-in-love taxi dancer Charity Hope Valentine is
focus of the show. One of many girls employed at the euphemistically named
Fan-Dango Ballroom, a dance hall in 1960s New York City, sweet Charity
encounters love in all the wrong places, yet never yields her eternal
optimism and hope for a better life. Her adventures in a bustling
metropolis bring her into contact with a fascinatingly diverse range of
characters – the blithe passers-by of Central Park; the wonderfully tacky
inhabitants of the Fan-Dango Ballroom; the chic and sparkling diners of
the glamorous Pompeii Club; the carefree spirituality of the Rhythm of
Life Church members; and the hustle and don’t-give-a-care bustle of Times
Square crowds all come to play in Charity’s world.
It is this diverse range of persons, settings and styles that gives Sweet
Charity its distinctive flavour. Developed by Broadway master director and
choreographer Bob Fosse, the show utilises each number of the wonderful Cy
Coleman/Dorothy Fields score to showcase a unique element of New York life
in the dynamic, vibrant, and epochal 1960s. Exploding with the particular
dynamism of the era, the joyous and exuberant songs provide an avenue to
explore swinging life in the Big Apple. From the open bawdiness of “Hey,
Big Spender” to the quite intensity of “Too Many Tomorrows” and the razzle
dazzle of “I’m a Brass Band,” Sweet Charity bristles with energy and
vitality.
The many delights of UMMTA’s Sweet Charity shall be on display for all to
see from Wednesday 15th – Saturday 18th October at 7.30pm, and Sunday 19th
October at 5pm. Bookings are strongly advised – don’t miss this
opportunity to see a classic Broadway musical given new zest and vigour
for a modern audience. Guaranteed fun. And laughs. And good times.
UMMTA presents “Sweet Charity”
Book by Neil Simon, Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Union Theatre, University of Melbourne from Wednesday 15th – Saturday 18th
October at 7.30pm, and Sunday 19th October at 5pm.
Ticket prices: $18 – Full, $15 – Concession, $12 – Members, groups (10+)
and all tickets for preview show [Wed 15th Oct].
Tickets available at http://union.unimelb.edu.au/theatre/sweet-charity or
on 0406 330 825. For more information go to www.ummta.org.
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