Search results
People also ask
Is 'Guys & Dolls' a good musical?
Is Guys & Dolls a comedy?
Is Guys & Dolls based on a true story?
Is 'Guys & Dolls' a fable of Broadway?
Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner".
- Abe Burrows, Jo Swerling
- 1992
Apr 19, 2024 · Since its debut in 1950, “Guys and Dolls” has proven to be a proper workhorse of a musical. Frank Loesser’s upbeat, melodic score — featuring numbers including “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” “Fugue for Tinhorns” and “I’ve Never Been in Love Before” — is a solid gold classic.
‘Guys and Dolls’ is a musical with such a towering reputation – by all accounts Richard Eyre’s ecstatically received 1982 revival all but saved the National Theatre – that I slightly struggled...
- 3 Potters Fields Park, London, SE1 2SG
- May 20, 2024
- January 5, 2025
Guys and Dolls is a musical romantic comedy involving the unlikeliest of Manhattan pairings: a high-rolling gambler and a puritanical missionary, a showgirl dreaming of the straight-and-narrow and a crap game manager who is anything but.
Mar 15, 2023 · Revise your expectations: His immersive, explosively joyous “ Guys and Dolls ” is a solid-gold knockout. Hytner has always been strong on physical staging. Because he started out in opera, he...
Jan 19, 2023 · Guys and Dolls is the Best Bet in Musical Theater. With revivals raging on both sides of the Atlantic, the musical classic feels more timely than ever. By Peter Marks Published: Jan 19,...
Dec 6, 2023 · By: Steve Murray Dec. 06, 2023. Remember the days when hoods and gangsters sang, danced, clowned, and romanced their way through musical theatre and film? Co-founder and Artistic Director Bill...
