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Sweet Charity: Museum Object and Cultural History

Sweet Charity: release date: 1966. manufacturer: Columbia. Object Name: sound recording.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Original Broadway Cast. Sweet Charity (Columbia KOS 2900). 33-1/3 rpm.

Sweet Charity, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and book by Neil Simon opened at the Palace Theatre on January 29, 1966, and closed on July 15, 1967, after a run of 608 performances. Bob Fosse received a Best Choreography Tony Award in 1966.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • release date: 1966
  • manufacturer: Columbia
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: vinyl (overall material)
  • Physical Description: paper (overall material)
  • Physical Description: ink (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
  • place made: United States
  • Subject: Musical Theater
  • ID Number: 1981.1003.181
  • maker number: KOS 2900
  • accession number: 1981.1003
  • catalog number: 1981.1003.181
  • Credit Line: Gift of Bryan Sorens
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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