Sweet Charity - New Group

[ryandl15]

Posted: 6/18/16 at 3:32pm

does anyone know when the New Group's production of Sweet Chairty will go on sale? 

[kade.ivy]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 2:24pm

Subscriber tickets go on sale tomorrow (7/21). Are there any subscribers here? Have you seen a list of performance dates? I'm trying to figure out if this show will be running when I'm in town. Thanks! 

[Esther]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 2:59pm

From the subscriber email: 

 

11/2-12/11

Tuesday - Friday 730PM , Saturday 2PM & 8PM, Sundays @ 2PM

Additional performances (Sunday) 11/6 & 11/27 @ 730PM, (Wednesday) 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 & 12/7 @ 2PM. 

 

NO performance on 11/24 (Thanksgiving)

 

Post-show Talkbacks 11/8, 11/29 & 12/7 (does not say if it's after both performances on 12/7)

 

[mar6411]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 3:53pm

Thanks Esther.  

[kade.ivy]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 4:17pm

Esther said: "From the subscriber email: 

 

11/2-12/11

Tuesday - Friday 730PM , Saturday 2PM & 8PM, Sundays @ 2PM

Additional performances (Sunday) 11/6 & 11/27 @ 730PM, (Wednesday) 11/16, 11/23, 11/30 & 12/7 @ 2PM. 

 

NO performance on 11/24 (Thanksgiving)

 

Post-show Talkbacks 11/8, 11/29 & 12/7 (does not say if it's after both performances on 12/7)

 

 

"

Thanks a lot! Looks like they're planning on closing before the Christmas/New Year rush, even if they extend a week. 

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 6:06pm

Any word on when tickets go on sale to non-subscribers?

[Luv2goToShows]

Posted: 7/20/16 at 7:45pm

Thank Esther,   I am a subscriber and never got that email, when did you get it?  Come to think of it, I have not received any emails from them in a while. 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 7:46pm

It looks like Emily Padgett is in the cast! Perhaps as Nickie or Helene? As well as Paloma Garcia Lee!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 8:30pm

Well Helene is always played by a black woman, so unless this production is backwards I doubt they will cast a white woman in a traditionally black role. 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 9:33pm

Who knows, that one poster insisted that Padgett would make a terrific Nabulungi!! I'd love to see what she'd do with Helene!! (This is a joke. I realize it can be taken seriously.) In all seriousness, thank you Jay, I forgot which role was typically played by a black woman, which is why I suggested both roles. So, perhaps Nickie then!

[macnyc]

Posted: 7/25/16 at 10:23pm

I'm not familiar with Sweet Charity at all. But I'm confused. Isn't this sort of a big production? Why would they be doing it in such a tiny theater? And with such big names? Is this a pre-Broadway run perhaps? But it's not an untried property, so why would a pre-Broadway run be necessary? I'm so confused.

Updated On: 7/25/16 at 10:23 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/26/16 at 12:16am

Confused as well because the confines of that space couldn't suit a full fledged Broadway musical, so if/when it moves to Broadway, I'd assume they'd wanna flesh it out a bit more? Unless they're going with a totally stripped down version?

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 7/26/16 at 2:21am

the production concept is apparently very intimate and very stripped down, but yes it is essentially a pre-broadway try-out 

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 7/26/16 at 3:03am

I am a huge fan of this show, but it also seems to be a show that never really works without Fosse (his staging and choreography).  I've seen "video" of the 1987 revival (largely a recreation of the original) with three different Charities, and it really is a stunning production.  Of course the show really is Fosse's--he hired Coleman and Fields to do the score, and then when he found writing the script difficult played the demo and persuaded Neil Simon to take over.  That said, I am a fan of Bergasse (I believe he's choreographing?) and his choreography surely will be better than Cilento's for the last revival--ironic as Cilento was such a great Fosse dancer.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/26/16 at 9:55am

There are commercial producers attached to this production. Assuming all goes well, this will be a pre-Broadway tryout. The concept and designs are very much "intimate" and "stripped down," so it works. No clue why McCollum chose New Group for the tryout. Only he can answer that. 

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 7/26/16 at 9:56am

I think the most exciting thing about this production is how different it'll be. I imagine a more grittier Charity, and that excites me. Her life sucks, but she's truly an optimist. It's going to be so fascinating to not only see Sutton, but see how her Charity interacts with this new world the New Group is creating.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/26/16 at 10:49am

I just don't even know where they'd put the orchestra. Such a strange choice of space. I kind of would loved to have seen this at 42West, but Trip of Love is still going. 

So if this does transfer they're going to want a Jacobs/Schonfeld type house?

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 9:31am

If they've started rehearsal, shouldn't we be hearing a cast announcement soon?

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 10:05am

isn't this being planned as a scaled down version?? I wouldn't expect a big cast,

[smidge]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 10:08am

Brave Sir Robin2 said: "Any word on when tickets go on sale to non-subscribers?

A Playbill article said the subscriber tickets were available a full month before the general public. So probably around 8/21.

 

Updated On: 7/27/16 at 10:08 AM

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 10:10am

I didn't say a big cast, just curious who's in it.

[bandit964]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 10:23am

It's playing at the Courtyard theater, right?  I'm assuming they'd really want Circle In the Square if they transfer.

[Esther]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 10:28am

Luv2goToShows said: "Thank Esther,   I am a subscriber and never got that email, when did you get it?  Come to think of it, I have not received any emails from them in a while. 

Sorry- I just saw this.  I think It came on the 19th.  Maybe the 20th.  It was very short notice. 

"

 

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 7/27/16 at 2:37pm

I am horrible at predicting these things but with such a short run I'm afraid all the tickets will be gone by the time subscribers finish purchasing tickets early. Do you get to see the seating chart when you purchase? Any update on how well this has been selling?

[orlikethecolorpurple]

Posted: 8/3/16 at 11:02pm

b u m p . 

really hoping to see this during my november trip. i didn't realize how intimate the theatre is!