Sweet Charity Turns Sour

The supposedly Broadway-bound revival of Sweet Charity starring Christina Applegate won’t be making it to New York, after all. Intial test runs of the show in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Boston garnered mixed reviews, and Ms. Applegate broke her foot midway through the Chicago run, further depressing already-slow ticket sales. Facing the possibility of an expensive Broadway flop, the producers pulled the plug this weekend.