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"Sweet Charity": ghosts of Verdon, others haunt Molly Ringwald.(Theater review)
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Byline: Misha Berson
Oct. 26--Charity Hope Valentine is one of those eternal waifs who may be luckless in love but is much beloved by audiences.
From the moment Charity walks into the joint -- Manhattan's tawdry Fandango, where she toils as a so-called "dance hostess," wink, wink -- this naif heroine in the musical "Sweet Charity" has tough luck tattooed all over her.
But you keep pulling for Charity to triumph over circumstances, because this street-schooled optimist can't stop pulling for herself.
Watching the slick and snazzy national touring version of ...
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