History Theatre / SweetCharity

** Justified in "Hey Big Spender", as the dance hall girls act as mechanically as possible, while flatly spouting tired sexual euphemisms -- the only hint of passion is for the wad of bills Big Spender shows off.

* PopCultureOsmosis: Both "Hey Big Spender" and "If You Could See Me Now" quickly found themselves in commercials, parodies, and so on.

* DullSurprise: Justified in "Hey Big Spender", as the dance hall girls act as mechanically as possible, while flatly spouting tired sexual euphemisms -- the only hint of passion is for the wad of bills Big Spender shows off.

* {{Adorkable}}: Oscar. Neurotic, geeky, shy and utterly loveable...until the last scene.
* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations[=/=]ScreenToStageAdaptation: It's based on Creator/FedericoFellini's ''Film/NightsOfCabiria''.

* BittersweetEnding: The play and film lack the DownerEnding from the source Fellini film, in which the protagonist's lover steals all her savings and leaves her penniless. Instead, Charlie chucks Charity in the lake but does ''not'' steal her stuff. Instead we get a wistful, hopeful FairyTale ending.

* BittersweetEnding: The film lacks the DownerEnding from the source Fellini film, and opts for a wistful FairyTale ending.

%% * DownerEnding: No matter which of the three endings the production uses, it's going to be sad. In fact...

%% * LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Charity's main problem.
%% -->'''Helene''': You run your heart like a hotel. You got guys checking in and out all the time.

* RevisedEnding: Bob Fosse shot [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Charity_(film)#Alternate_ending a completely different denouement]] for the film adaptation just in case Universal execs objected to it ending on a down note. In it, Charity and Oscar reunite. The U.S. release version of the film uses the original ending, but perhaps because it flopped at the box office, Universal recut it for its international release and used this revised ending instead. (It is a bonus feature on the DVD release.)

%% * ScamReligion: The Rhythm of Life Church was supposedly founded at the urging of a mysterious Voice:
%% -->And the voice said, "Brother, there's a million pigeons\\
%% Ready to be hooked on new religions."

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* DidNotGetTheGuy: Charity. And she came so close! The circumstances change depending on which ending the production you see is using (there are three) but the fact is, Oscar and Charity do not wind up together. However, the AlternateEnding had Charity and Oscar giving it a chance.

%% * WackyWaysideTribe: The Rhythm of Life Church. A jazz group that turned into a religion. Okay, sure.

* DidNotGetTheGuy: Charity. And she came so close! The circumstances change depending on which ending the production you see is using (there are three) but the fact is, Oscar and Charity do not wind up together.
** DidGetTheGuy: The AlternateEnding had Charity and Oscar giving it a chance.

%% * BlatantLies: Every line of "Big Spender".

* {{Parody}}: "Rich Man's Frug" is a TakeThat to a popular dance craze of TheSixties.

* IWantSong: "There's Got To Be Something Better Than This" is a straightforward I Want Song, "Baby Dream Your Dream" is a bittersweet example, and "If My Friends Could See Me Now" can be considered an I Want as well.

%% * AlwaysVSexy: Movie star Vittorio Vidal.

!!This play provides examples of:

* SignatureScene: The first few notes of "Big Spender" are to musical theater to what the first notes of [[Music/LudwigVonBeethoven Beethoven's]] 5th Symphony is to classical music.

* AlwaysVSexy: Movie star Vittorio Vidal.
* BadGirlSong: "Hey Big Spender".
* BlatantLies: Every line of "Big Spender".
* BSODSong: "Where Am I Going"; even more so in the movie, when it is featured after Oscar walks out on Charity.

* DownerEnding: No matter which of the three endings the production uses, it's going to be sad. In fact...
** RevisedEnding: Bob Fosse shot [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Charity_(film)#Alternate_ending a completely different denouement]] for the film adaptation just in case Universal execs objected to it ending on a down note. In it, Charity and Oscar reunite. The U.S. release version of the film uses the original ending, but perhaps because it flopped at the box office, Universal recut it for its international release and used this revised ending instead. (It is a bonus feature on the DVD release.)

* TheElevenOClockNumber: "I Love To Cry At Weddings".

* LatinLover: Vittorio Vidal.
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Charity's main problem.
-->'''Helene''': You run your heart like a hotel. You got guys checking in and out all the time.

* NoAntagonist: Charity's kind of her own worst enemy...

* ScamReligion: The Rhythm of Life Church was supposedly founded at the urging of a mysterious Voice:
-->And the voice said, "Brother, there's a million pigeons\\
Ready to be hooked on new religions."
* SidekickSong: "Baby, Dream Your Dream" by Nicki and Helene.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: And thinks every guy is 'the one!'

* WackyWaysideTribe: The Rhythm of Life Church. A jazz group that turned into a religion. Okay, sure.

* DownerEnding: No matter which of the three endings the production uses, it's going to be sad.

* BlatantLies: Pretty much every line of "Big Spender".

* SuperfluousSolo: "Too Many Tomorrows". The minor character Vittorio inexplicably has this long, slow, boring solo right after Charity's dazzling showstopper "If My Friends Could See Me Now". It has nothing to do with the plot, and he sings it to a thoroughly unimportant character. Notably, this song was removed from the movie.

''Sweet Charity'' is a 1966 musical with book by Creator/NeilSimon based on the Creator/FedericoFellini film ''Nights of Cabiria'', score by Creator/CyColeman and Creator/DorothyFields, originally directed by Creator/BobFosse and starring Gwen Verdon. It tells the story of Charity Hope Valentine, a romantic dance hall hostess looking for love in all the wrong places, and how she eventually finds it--and loses it. The play is considered a classic example of Fosse's direction and style of dance, and some of the numbers (ie "Big Spender" and "Rich Man's Frug") are some of the best examples of Fosse style dance.

* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: It's based on Creator/FedericoFellini's "Nights of Cabiria".

* LockedInARoom: Charity and Oscar meet in an elevator that gets stuck between floors.