Charlotte Sweet
The Highly Acclaimed Musical
Music: Gerald Jay Markoe / Libretto: Michael Colby
Production Requirements: 4 f, 4 m, unit set / Theatrical Rights
Set in Victorian England, CHARLOTTE SWEET spotlights Charlotte, a girl with one of the highest & most beautiful soprano voices in the world. Because of her father's debts, she is forced to leave Ludlow Ladd (her Liverpool sweetheart) and join Barnaby Bugaboo's Circus of Voices: a troupe of freak voices including low-voiced Katinka Bugaboo, fast-voiced Harry Host, bubble-voiced Cecily Macintosh, and Skitzy Scofield (with dual personalities & voices). Becoming the troupe's biggest sensation, Charlotte is mercilessly exploited by Barnaby until she has a vocal breakdown. Thereupon, Barnaby & his wife Katinka addict Charlotte to helium balloons in order to maintain her high notes. Only Ludlow Ladd can rescue her—in a scene full of surprises.
Production Requirements: 4 f, 4 m, unit set / Theatrical Rights
What the Critics Said...
3 Drama Desk Nominations:• “Outstanding Lyrics” • “Outstanding Music” • “Outstanding Actress in a Musical”
“It’s as if the Crummles from ‘Nichlas Nickleby’ stumpled onto the set of ‘Sweeney Todd.’ Mixes the adorable and the strange, and it is delectable. The glory is Mr. Colby’s lyrics.” - John Corry, N.Y. Times
"Witty and endlessly inventive lyrics. A daffy dilly of a musical.” - Marilyn Stasio,
N.Y. Post
“Your bon-bon for the season. Delightfully zany." - Don Nelsen, N.Y. Daily News
“Delightful, original, totally charming.” - John Madden, Variety
"A sweetheart of a musical evening in the theatre." - Mary Campbell, A.P.
“A lovely piece of work. Clever, resourceful combination of book and lyrics. Might well be a good bet on Broadway." - Leonard Harris, The Hollywood Reporter
"Bewitched the critics." - Earl Wilson, N.Y. Post
“The most ambitious musical since ‘The Most Happy Fella’. It succeeds brilliantly. What we’ve been waiting for since ‘The Black Crook’.” - Patrick O’Connor,
Hollywood Entertainment Network
