Super 'Sweet Charity' full of sugar & spice

From: Sunday News Lancaster, PA | Date: November 7, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

For a girl named Charity, she has an abundant amount of hope and faith: hope that she'll find her true love, faith that her current guy is "the one."

In the Ephrata Performing Arts Center's production of the Broadway hit, "Sweet Charity," Kristie Ohlinger dazzles and delights as Charity Hope Valentine, the New York City Fandango Ballroom dancer who is waiting for Prince Charming to sweep her away to his castle ... his gas station ... or any place at all.

For Charity, it doesn't matter much who the guy is. It could be the cad in orange pants who pushes her into a lake and steals her money. ...

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