Guys and Dolls

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Guys and Dolls is a classic Broadway musical, later adapted into a popular film, known for its colorful depiction of New York gamblers and showgirls and its celebrated Frank Loesser score.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
musical film
stage musical
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Choreography
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
basedOn Blood Pressure
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Pick the Winner
The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown
short stories by Damon Runyon
bookBy Abe Burrows
Jo Swerling
broadwayRunLength 1200+ performances
composer Frank Loesser
director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
genre musical theatre
romantic comedy
hasFilmAdaptation Guys and Dolls self-linksurface differs
surface form: Guys and Dolls (1955 film)
language English
lyricist Frank Loesser
notableFor celebrated Frank Loesser score
colorful depiction of Broadway-era gamblers and showgirls
notableSong A Bushel and a Peck
Adelaide’s Lament
Guys and Dolls self-link
If I Were a Bell
I’ve Never Been in Love Before
Luck Be a Lady
Sit Down, John
surface form: Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat
notableWestEndProduction 1953 London production
1982 National Theatre production
1996 London revival
openedOnBroadway 1950-11-24
originalBroadwayChoreographer Michael Kidd
originalBroadwayDirector George S. Kaufman
originalBroadwayLeadCharacter Miss Adelaide
Nathan Detroit
Sarah Brown
Sky Masterson
originalBroadwayProducer Cy Feuer
Ernest H. Martin
originalBroadwayStar Isabel Bigley
Robert Alda
Sam Levene
Vivian Blaine
originalBroadwayTheatre Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre
surface form: 46th Street Theatre
periodDepicted mid-20th-century New York City
premiereDate 1950-11-24
premierePlace Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre
surface form: 46th Street Theatre, Broadway
producer Samuel Goldwyn
releaseYear 1955
revival 1976 Broadway revival
1992 Broadway revival
2009 Broadway revival
settingLocation Havana, Cuba
New York City
starring Frank Sinatra
Jean Simmons
Marlon Brando
Vivian Blaine
subjectMatter New York gamblers
missionaries
showgirls

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Nathan Lane notableWork Guys and Dolls
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this entity surface form: Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls (1992 Broadway revival)
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Jerry Zaks directed Guys and Dolls
this entity surface form: Guys and Dolls (1992 Broadway revival)
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Vivian Blaine notableWork Guys and Dolls
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