Seattle Musical Theatre invites Seattle to spend Valentine's month with SWEET CHARITY, the girl who wants to be loved. This Tony Award-winning musical follows the titular broad as she sings, dances, laughs, and cries her way through the harsh reality of Times Square, searching for The One. Even amongst a colorful array of characters, including her cynical trio of streetwise girlfriends, a phony evangelist, a list of unreliable suitors, the unflappable Charity knows in her heart that there's gotta be something better than this.
With a witty and energetic book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, this quirky romance includes musical theatre favorites Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Too Many Tomorrows, There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This, I'm a Brass Band, and Baby, Dream Your Dream. Directed and choreographed by Harry Turpin. Music Direction by Michael Nutting. SWEET CHARITY runs February 13-March 1, 2015 at Seattle Musical Theatre at Magnuson Park. Tickets ($20-$35) are available at www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org or by calling 1-800-838-3006. SMT is thrilled to welcome back award-winning Director and Choreographer Harry Turpin (The Who's TOMMY and Pajama Game). Turpin has also worked as a choreographer for Anything Goes, Hello Dolly, Twas The Night, City of Angels, The Wiz, Gifts of the Magi, The Pajama Game, Grease, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, and several productions of Bye, Bye, Birdie--with his production at Holy Names Academy receiving a nomination for best Choreography by the 5th Avenue Theatre Spotlight Awards. Turpin recently won the 2014 BroadwayWorld Seattle Regional Award for his direction and choreography for The Who's TOMMY.SWEET CHARITY's creative team also includes light and sound design by Caleb Dietzel, sets by Phillip Lienau, props by Stacie Hart, and costumes by John Allbritton.
Seattle Musical Theatre veteran Megan Tyrell, last seen in Young Frankenstein at SMT as Victor's repressed fiance Elizabeth, will take on the titular role. Other credits include Big River and The Producers (Village Theatre, swing), Chicago (SSR), Melancholy Play (StageRight), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Capital Playhouse), Stardust (Harlequin Productions), Quake, Electra, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Tartuffe (UofI).Videos