Taylor Theatre Playbills
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Description
The playbill for Taylor University's performance of Guys & Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway based on a story amd characters of Damon Runyan and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser.
Performed April 25, 2025 at 8:00pm, April 26 & May 2-3, 2025 at 7:30pm and April 27 & May 4, 2025 at 2:00pm in the Mitchell Theatre at Taylor University.
Set in the colorful, fictional world of Damon Runyon's New York City, Guys and Dolls is a musical comedy that intertwines two distinct love stories among the city's gamblers and showgirls. The plot centers on Nathan Detroit, a lovable hustler who needs money to host his illegal craps game, and his long-suffering fiancée, Miss Adelaide, a nightclub singer who has been waiting 14 years to get married. Nathan bets high-rolling gambler Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get a virtuous mission worker, Sister Sarah Brown, to go on a date with him to Havana. As Sky attempts to win the bet, he and Sarah unexpectedly fall in love, while Nathan's elaborate schemes and Adelaide's chronic "psycho-somatical" cold put their own relationship to the test. The musical is a classic "fable of Broadway" filled with memorable characters, witty dialogue, and Frank Loesser's iconic, show-stopping score.
Artistic Director
Tracy Manning
Technical Director
Conner Reagan
Publication Date
4-25-2025
City
Upland, IN
Keywords
Guys, Dolls, New York, Broadway, gambling, Damon Runyon, Frank Loesser, razzle-dazzle, dancing
Disciplines
Acting | Arts and Humanities | Dance | Education | Higher Education | Playwriting | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Recommended Citation
Runyon, Damon; Swerling, Jo; and Burrows, Abe, "Guys & Dolls: A Musical Fable of Broadway" (2025). Taylor Theatre Playbills. 387.
https://pillars.taylor.edu/playbills/387
Included in
Acting Commons, Dance Commons, Higher Education Commons, Playwriting Commons, Theatre History Commons
Notes
GUYS AND DOLLS IS PRESENTED THROUGH SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI). ALL AUTHORIZED PERFORMANCE MATERIALS ARE ALSO SUPPLIED BY MTI. WWW.MTISHOWS.COM