Overview
- Producers announced the project on Wednesday, confirming an autumn workshop that will star Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose.
- Tony-nominated brothers Jeff and Rick Kuperman will provide all-new direction and choreography and describe the plan as a contemporary, dance-driven approach to the show.
- The producing team includes ATG Theatricals, Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Bee Carrozzini, Kevin Ryan, and Lamar Richardson.
- Producers and coverage say additional details such as exact workshop dates, venue, and any plans to move the production to Broadway have not been released.
- Sweet Charity is a 1966 Neil Simon-Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields musical known for numbers like "Big Spender" and "If My Friends Could See Me Now," and workshops are a common development step used to reshape staging and test a creative concept before committing to a full production.