Tracks: 1. Overture 2. You Should See Yourself 3. Big Spender 4. Charity's Soliloquy 5. Rich Man's Frug 6. If My Friends Could See Me Now 7. Too Many Tomorrows 8. There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This 9. Charity's Theme 10. I'm The Bravest Individual 11. The Rhythm Of Life 12. Baby Dream Your Dream 13. Sweet Charity 14. Where Am I Going? 15. I Love To Cry At Weddings 16. I'm A Brass Band 17. Finale
Tracks: 1. Act 1: Overture 2. Act 1: Charity's Theme 3. Act 1: You Should See Yourself 4. Act 1: Big Spender 5. Act 1: Charity's Soliloquy 6. Act 1: Rich Man's Frug (Extended Verion - First Release) 7. Act 1: If My Friends Could See Me Now 8. Act 1: Too Many Tomorrows 9. Act 1: There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This 10. Act 2: I'm The Bravest Individual 11. Act 2: The Rhythm Of Life 12. Act 2: Baby, Dream Your Dream 13. Act 2: Sweet Charity 14. Act 2: Where Am I Going? 15. Act 2: I'm A Brass Band 16. Act 2: I Love To Cry At Weddings 17. Act 2: Finale: If My Friends Could See Me Now 18. I Love To Cry At Weddings (First Release) 19. You Wanna Bet 20. Where Am I Going? 21. If My Friends Could See Me Now 22. Interviews: Introduction 23. Interviews: Curtain Calls 24. Interviews: Party 25. Interviews: Ethel Merman 26. Interviews: Helen Gallagher 27. Interviews: Neil Simon 28. Interviews: Gwen Verdon
Posted 2007-08-05 20:52:47: Amazon.com Editoral Review: This document of Bob Fosse's 1966 Broadway production is almost enough to make one forget the dreadful and dated 1968 film version with Shirley MacLaine (who, though brilliant, never rose above the film's concessions to the era--who'll ever forget Sammy Davis Jr.'s "psychedelic" production number on "The Rhythm of Life"?). Ironically, it was the late, great Fosse's film debut. More's the pity he simply didn't just provide a visual document of his original Broadway show; after all, it was Fosse who'd conceived the notion of a musical comedy based on Fellini's 1957 film Nights of Cabiria as a vehicle for Broadway star Gwen Verdon (Mrs. Fosse at the time) and then put writer Neil Simon together with composer Cy Coleman and lyricist Dorothy Fields. Onstage, it simply worked great. The score produced two huge hit standards--"Big Spender" and "If My Friends Could See Me Now"--and proved that fantasies about hookers (even though Charity's called a "taxi dancer" here) with hearts of gold could provide mainstream entertainment years before Julia Roberts became Pretty Woman. Sony gives the rerelease its regular Broadway Masterworks series update treatment, with previously unreleased tracks, elongated songs (featuring material cut from the original album), interviews from opening night, and even composer Coleman performing three songs from the show with an orchestra for a long-unavailable album he cut in the late '60s. --Bill Holdship
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