Photo Coverage: Meet the Cast & Creative Team of the New Group's SWEET CHARITY!
By: Walter McBride Oct. 04, 2016
The New Group will soon present Sweet Charity, the production launching the company's 2016-2017 Season. This twice-extended engagement, originally set to play through December 11, now runs through Friday, December 30.
Choreographed by Joshua Bergasse and directed by Leigh Silverman, this production featuresYesenia Ayala,Darius Barnes, JAmes Brown III, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Shuler Hensley, Sasha Hutchings, Donald Jones, Jr., Nikka Graff Lanzarone,Emily Padgett, Joel Perez, Cody Williams, and as Charity Hope Valentine, two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster.
A limited engagement begins November 2 at The Pershing Square Signature Center (TheRomulus Linney Courtyard Theatre, 480 West 42nd Street), in advance of an Official Opening Night on Sunday, November 20.
This production of the classic musical Sweet Charity (Book by Neil Simon; Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields), stars two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster("Younger," Violet, Anything Goes) as Charity Hope Valentine, the sassy, diehard romantic dancehall hostess whose naivety and overeager embrace of every man she meets keeps getting her in hot water. Performed in an intimate setting with original choreography by Joshua Bergasse (On the Town), this production of Sweet Charity will be given a fresh, modern perspective by director Leigh Silverman (Violet, Well).
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Joel Perez, Emily Padgett, Joshua Bergasse, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Georgia Stitt, Cody Williams, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley with the cast
Leigh Silverman and Joshua Bergasse
Leigh Silverman and Joshua Bergasse
Georgia Stitt and Sutton Foster
Scott Elliott, Sutton Foster and Leigh Silverman
Scott Elliott, Sutton Foster, Leigh Silverman and Joshua Bergasse
Scott Elliott, Sutton Foster, Leigh Silverman and Joshua Bergasse
Joel Perez, Emily Padgett, Joshua Bergasse, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Georgia Stitt, Cody Williams, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley with the cast
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