Productions4 on Broadway
| 1942 | Mansfield Theatre Original. December 28, 1942 · George Abbott · predates this show | 8 performances |
| 1966 | Palace Theatre Revival. January 29, 1966 · Bob Fosse | 608 performances |
| 1986 | Revival Theatre not recorded. April 27, 1986 | 369 performances |
| 2005 | Al Hirschfeld Theatre Revival. May 4, 2005 · Walter Bobbie | 279 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature53 passages
The musical was also the first legitimate show to play the Palace, the legendary vaudeville mecca on Broadway at 47th Street. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p208
After a 7-year break, Dorothy resumed her career without her brother, in a show that was another vehicle for Gwen Verdon, Sweet Charity (1/29/66; 608 performances). Cy Coleman collaborated with Dorothy on the score, and Nem SIMON wrote the libretto. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p190
Following a revival of Sweet Charity with Debbie Allen, the next failure at the Minskoff was Teddy and Alice (11/12/87; 77 performances), a musical starring Len Cariou. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p376
Coleman had introduced jazz rhythms in Sweet Charity, having previously written standard Broadway scores for Wildcat and Little Me. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p74
In four more Broadway shows, all with Fosse, Verdon owned Broadway: New Girl in Town (where she proved herself as a very fine dramatic actress), the murder-mystery musical Redhead (where she won her fourth Tony Award in seven years), Sweet Charity (where her over-the-shoulder stance became as famous as the Damn Yankees… book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p84
In addition to his work with Sondheim, Bernstein, Kander and Ebb, and Lloyd Webber, Prince during these years managed to direct On the Twentieth Century with yet another composer, Cy Coleman (with the legendary librettist-lyricists Comden and Green). Coleman was another distinguished composer with a long career that fl… book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p406
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