Sweet Charity 60 No. 5 - Footage

Gwen Verdon as Charity singing "If My Friends Could See Me Now" Photo by Friedman-Abeles. Library of Congress

Unfortunately there is no stage footage of Gwen in the original 1966 Broadway production of Sweet Charity. We do have two numbers that were recorded on the Ed Sullivan show on March 5, 1966: "If My Friends Could See Me Now" and "I'm a Brass Band." Sets, costumes and staging are not 100% accurate to the stage version due to the constrains of television studios. Below is the footage.

Gwen Verdon as Charity singing "If My Friends Could See Me Now"

Photo by Friedman-Abeles. Library of Congress