Guys and Dolls

Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Music by Frank Loesser
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Based on The Idyll of Sarah Brown and characters by Damon Runyon

Presented September 1997 at Paris Hill Academy

Sponsored by Norway Savings Bank.

Directed by Linda Sturdivant.

Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys And Dolls ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950.

Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys And Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend, nightclub performer Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for 14 years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown. Guys And Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong. [Music Theatre International]

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