'Sweet Charity' : Wayne Knight to play Herman.

Wayne Knight will assume the role of Herman in Sweet Charity for four weeks only from the 20 Sep - 16 Oct 2005 at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre.

Mr. Knight, best known as Jerry's vengeful neighbor Newman on "Seinfeld," began his Broadway career with a three year run in Gemini in 1979. He subsequently appeared in Larry Gelbart's Mastergate and as Yvan in ART with George Segal and Buck Henry. Mr. Knight has appeared regularly in six television series including "Third Rock From the Sun" in which he played Officer Don Orvi. His numerous film credits include Jurassic Park, JFK, Basic Instinct, To Die For, Dirty Dancing, Tarzan and Toy Story 2.

Rob Bartlett will play his final performance as Herman on the 18 Sep 2005 and begin rehearsal for the upcoming Broadway revival of The Odd Couple.

Sweet Charity, starring Christina Applegate as Charity and Denis O'Hare as Oscar, performs at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The show is directed by Walter Bobbie (Chicago) and choreographed by Wayne Cilento (The Who's Tommy, Wicked).

Denis O'Hare received the Drama Desk Award for Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of 'Oscar Linquist.'

With book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano, Sweet Charity tells the story of a hostess girl who works at the Fan-Dango Ballroom and is unlucky in love. However, just as she has about given up on men, she falls in love with Oscar, a man she meets while trapped in a lift. Has Charity finally found the man of her dreams or will she be disappointed again?

Sweet Charity also currently stars Janine LaManna as Nickie, Kyra Da Costa as Helene and Paul Schoeffler as Vittorio.