Mid SWEET CHARITY Review

[Matt_G]

Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#0

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:23pm

I just got off the phone w/ Princeton78 who's at the sold out SWEET CHARITY right now. He told me Christina is doing a FABULOUS job. She got about 2 minutes of entrance applause and he said she actually motioned to the audience to stop the applause after "If They Could See Me Now". She's wearing mid calf white boots probably to help her foot, so it sounds like she's she's doing a great job! :)

Edit - He says they also added back in the original overture. VERY cool.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

Updated On: 4/18/05 at 09:23 PM

[Unknown User]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#1

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:25pm

could be wearing some kind of brace inside the boot?

[Matt_G]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#2

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:26pm

Very possibly since he says that Charlotte didn't wear boots at all.

"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."

[Jwei123]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#3

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:26pm

SO exciting! I can't wait to see her. I'm really proud of all of her hard work. Thanks Matt (and princeton!)

awkward.

"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912

[Johnnytoc]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#4

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:32pm

Awesome to hear. Thanks Matt and Princeton!

[#1Elphie]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#5

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:33pm

I'm so glad she's doing well! Good for her!

[WickedShopofQ]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#6

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:34pm

cant wait for a full review and to see her on the TODAY show and on REGIS AND KELLY both on friday!

...Please understand that it's still strange and frightning...

[chinkie azn jai]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#7

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:40pm

Thank GOD they put back in the original overture!! and YAY for Christina!

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[apdarcey]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#8

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:41pm

cool.

[TheBoyfromChi]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#9

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:45pm

Great to hear that! Thanks for posting this!

"I hope you're all happy, keeping Alan off the team. Couldn't you, for once, open your minds and hearts and hear something that he couldn't see? I, for one, am glad that Alan is blind, so he can't see what, I am so sad to say, you can't hear." -Jerri Blank

[BwayTheatre11]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#10

Posted: 4/18/05 at 9:46pm

This makes me very happy.

CCM '10!

[BobbyBubby]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#11

Posted: 4/18/05 at 10:30pm

It tickles me how they changed so much of the original, and are slowly changing it back to the way it was...I love that original overture, I am so happy it is back.

[justme2]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#12

Posted: 4/18/05 at 10:36pm

Great news from "the front".

I guess the boots do fit the theme of the show...

"My dreams, watching me said, one to the other...this life has let us down."

[Ebonic_Singer]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#13

Posted: 4/18/05 at 10:49pm

Cool.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#14

Posted: 4/18/05 at 10:50pm

It was on TKTS tonight.

[apdarcey]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#15

Posted: 4/18/05 at 11:33pm

ready for the full one.

[Princeton78]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#16

Posted: 4/23/05 at 6:30pm

Hehehe..I just found this thread....
Thanks Matt_G for posting it. It was a performance I shall never forget...if only for the electricity in the house that night.

"Y'all have a GRAND day now"

[MusicalDirector109]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#17

Posted: 4/23/05 at 6:36pm

So the show is being altered even now?? When does it open??

[DAME]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#18

Posted: 4/23/05 at 6:44pm

Of course they are still altering. It is in previews. I heard a rumor ( and this is a second hand rumor from someone I don't know) that they have brought someone in to doctor some of the coreography in one number. Princeton; can you talk a little about the coreography? I have never liked Waynes work. I have always found it just serviceable.

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[Aphexis]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#19

Posted: 4/23/05 at 6:58pm

The choreography was.... ehh. The only number that really shined in terms of movement was the Rich Man's Frug. The rest, including ...Brass Band, were mediocre. I felt like all of it had much more potential to be creative. I know Mr. Cilento has much more in him!

[Princeton78]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#20

Posted: 4/23/05 at 7:03pm

Dame..
Rich Man's Frug was incredible.

It seemed as if the rest of the choreography was the same as it was in Boston a few weeks ago. The ending was definately different however. In Boston, the show closed with a reprise of "Brass Band" and it now closes a bit more quietly with a reprise of "I'm the Bravest Individual." "Brass Band" is servicable but not memorable and it's not Christina's fault. I thought the choreography for "If My Friends Could See Me Now" was just fine...cute with a neat ending involving the lighting. My favorite song in the entire show is "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" and the 3 ladies do not dissapoint.

"Y'all have a GRAND day now"

[broadwaygiant19122]

re: Mid SWEET CHARITY Review#21

Posted: 4/23/05 at 7:09pm

i found the choreography to be completely uninspired even in frug. in addition, i had no idea how dated the show is. i mean i knew it was in the 60's , but whoa.