Bucks County Performing Arts Center Presents 'Sweet Charity'

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. ? The Bucks County Performing Arts Center brings the musical, "Sweet Charity," to the stage from August 4 to 14 at the Delaware Valley University in Doylestown.

The musical by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon, was originally directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse, Gwen Verdon, alongside John McMartin.

The show is based on the screenplay for the 1957 Italian film, "Nights of Cabiria."

While Federico Fellini?s black and white film concerns the romantic ups and downs of an ever-hopeful prostitute, in the musical the character is a dancer-for-hire at a Times Square dance hall.

The musical premiered on Broadway in 1966, where it was nominated for nine Tony Awards winning the award for best choreography. The production also ran in the West End as having revivals international productions.

The musical was adapted for the screen in 1969 with Shirley MacLaine as Charity and John McMartin recreating his Broadway role as Oscar Lindquist. For Bob Fosse, who directed and choregraphed, the film was his feature-film directorial debut.

Sweet Charity opens on August 4 and runs to August 14 at the Bucks County Center for the Performing Arts, located at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown. Single tickets are $59 each. For tickets and information, visit buckscountycpa.org or call 215-297-8540.