Guys and Dolls

Guys And Dolls is a successful 1950 musical. It had a long run on Broadway (1200 performances) and was filmed in 1955 starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra (debuted on November 3, 1955). The words and music were written by Frank Loesser and the book was by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

It is based upon "The Idyll Of Miss Sarah Brown", a short story by Damon Runyon.

Table of contents

1 The Songs
2 Broadway Production
3 London Production
4 Goldwyn movie production 1955
5 Revivals

The Songs

"Fugue for Tinhorns"
"The Oldest Established"
"More I Cannot Wish You" (not in the film)
"I'll Know"
"A Bushel and a Peck" (not in the film)
"Pet Me Poppa" (added for the film)
"Adelaide's Lament"
"Guys and Dolls"
"If I Were a Bell"
"My Time of Day" (not in the film)
"I've Never Been in Love Before" (not in the film)
"A Woman In Love" (added for the film)
"Take Back Your Mink"
"Adelaide" (added for the film)
"Sue Me"
"Luck Be a Lady"
"Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat"
"Marry the Man Today" (not in the film)

Broadway Production

The show opened at the 46th Street Theatre on November 24th, 1950.

CAST:

Robert Alda as Sky Masterson
Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide
Sam Levene as Nathan Detroit
Isabel Bigley as Sister Sarah Brown
Pat Rooney as Arvide Abernathy
B. S. Pully as Big Jule
Stubby Kaye as Nicely-Nicely Johnson
Tom Pedi as Harry The Horse
Johnny Silver as Benny Southstreet

London Production

The show opened at the Coliseum on May 28, 1953 and ran for 555 performances.

CAST:

Jerry Wayne as Sky Masterson
Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide
Sam Levene as Nathan Detroit
Lizbeth Webb as Sister Sarah Brown
Ernest Butcher as Arvide Abernathy
Lew Herbert as Big Jule
Stubby Kaye as Nicely-Nicely Johnson
Tom Pedi as Harry The Horse
Johnny Silver as Benny Southstreet

Goldwyn movie production 1955

The movie version was directed by Joseph Mankiewicz.

CAST:

Marlon Brando as Sky Masterson
Vivian Blaine as Miss Adelaide
Frank Sinatra as Nathan Detroit
Jean Simmons as Sister Sarah Brown
Stubby Kaye as Nicely-Nicely Johnson
Johnny Silver as Benny Southstreet

Revivals

A later revival in 1976 featured an all-black cast.