Sweet Charity, subtitled Original Broadway Cast, is an album containing a recording of the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity made by its 1986 Broadway revival cast, with Debbie Allen in the title role. The album was released by EMI America.
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Critical reception
In his retrospective review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann notes that in the 1986 production, Debbie Allen "was not able to put her stamp on the [title] role as Verdon had" but her "shortcomings are less noticeable than the musical revisions to the score enacted by composer and album co-producer Cy Coleman" who "attempts to inject a 1980s sound into his music". He opines that several songs now sound like new songs and concludes: "These alterations do not improve the score, and the original Broadway cast album remains the one to own."
Track listing
LP – EMI America SV-17196