Renee Zellweger as Charity Hope Valentine! — Page 2

Renee Zellweger is to busy being in love and taken other girls man lol ( yes theres alot of jealousy in that statement). i don't like her singing voice to sqeaky

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A.) I would not see Sweet Charity again if Renee was Charity....
B.) (IMO) I don't think Charlotte D'amboise is that amazing i thought she was really bad in Chicago
C.) Charlotte is supose to replace but there is a clause in her contract that alows the producers to put in another star....

I want the show to close with Christina because she is Charity Hope Valentine

I haven't seen the new production of CHARITY, but judging from the names you are tossing about as replacements, I can only assume that the dancing demands aren't as special in this version of the show than they've been in the past. Of course when I think if SWEET CHARITY I think of Gwen Verdon, Juliet Prowse, Gretchen Wyler, Debbie Allen, Ann Reinking and Chita Rivera. These were ladies who played Charity in various Bob Fosse stagings and were true dancers. They met Fosse's incredible demands and maybe even surpassed them. The names you are mentioning can handle simple choreography but aren't "dancers" in the truest sense of the word.

I can only assume that the dancing in this version isn't nearly as complicated as it was in Fosse's original.

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Dollypop - This version of Charity still calls for a trained dancer. Christina and Paige are both trained daners. Actually Paige Davis is trained in all aspects of Musical Theatre. SJP, I would imagine has dance traing too. Renee could NEVER handle the dancing, and that is a fact. It still calls for a trained dancer, but Walter Bobbie has said this - "Yes, Charity dances 3 or 4 times in the show, but that is not the soul of the character, Charity calls for a fantastic comedic actress". He has said something along those lines, and I feel this is true for the revival.

Love the idea and if they want to keep the show open, they had better get a "star" lined up to take Applegate's place when she leaves. It wont be Zellweger though.

^ That is just speculation. If you know anything about The Weissler's, they most likely won't end the show without trying another star. Trust me.

^ Oh go back to posting your Producers clips.

Charity is making a lot of money each week, and filling most of the Theatre. The show is here to stay.

Margo, thank you - but I keep on Charity's grosses. Whenever I talk to someone who sees the show, they tell me MOST of the theatre was filled. So maybe they aren't filling a lot for the matinees, which may be bringing down its attendance. But I knew you would come in here ready to say all my info was false.

It makes a lot more money weekly than a lot of shows are making. So I guess that is doing poorly. Whatever.

Unless you're one of the Weisslers, not sure why you seem so personally offended by the facts. Charity is not among the top dozen or so grossing shows most weeks (and the shows that gross less than they do are in smaller theatres, for the most part). It's attendance figures for the last month have been:

6/26 74.1%
6/19 67.8%
6/12 68.5%
6/5 62.7%

By any definition, that's not "filling the theatre." Far from it. That's roughly break even. As I said, it can run with those numbers, but a "hit" it's not.

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I still like Christina in the role.