Guys and Dolls
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia, exclusive agents for Music Theatre International
Season 16-25 September 2004
Venue The Street Theatre
TheStory
First performed on Broadway in 1950, and later a film in 1955, Guys and Dolls is a musical based on the Damon Runyon books of the New York underworld.
It tells the story of a gambler, Nathan Detroit who runs a “floating” craps game, much to the disgust of his long suffering fiancée of 14 years, the Hot Box night club singer, Adelaide Adams.
To raise the money to pay for a venue for his craps game, he bets $1000 on what he believes is a sure thing. Sky Masterson, a high rolling, suave gambler boasts that he could have any girl he wants. So Nathan bets him that he can’t get the local “Save A Soul” missionary, Sarah Brown to come to dinner with him in Havana. She is reluctant, so Sky in turn guarantees that he will provide 12 “genuine sinners” for her midnight prayer meeting in return for dinner.
So, Sky needs sinners to win his bet, Sarah needs to save her mission, Adelaide wants to turn her 14 year engagement into a wedding and Nathan is just trying to keep his craps game afloat, keep Adelaide happy and not get arrested by the local cop or shot by a visiting gangster.
ProductionTeam
| Director | Kelda McManus |
| Musical Director | Ewan Harwood |
| Choreographer | Emma Nikolic |
| Choreographer | Belynda Buck |
| Production Manager | Pam McManus |
| Stage Manager | Sue Gore-Phillips |
| Set Design | Jansson Antmann, Paul Tremble |
| COSTUME DESIGN | Sharyn O'Brien |
| Lighting/Sound Design | Chris Neal, Eclipse |
Cast
| Sky Masterson | Brian Kavanagh |
| Sarah Brown | Rebecca Pope |
| Nathtan Detroit | David Gilkes |
| Adelaide Adams | Emma White |
| Arvide Abernathy | Graham Bauerle |
| Niceley-Nicely Johnson | Jamie Swann |
| Benny Southwest | Justin Barrasch |
| Rusty Charlie | Dave Evans |
| Harry the Horse | Dim Ristevski |
| Lt Brannigan | Jonathan Garland |
| General Cartwright | Robyn Page |
| Big Jule | Bryn Clapp |
| Mission People | Kyria Laird, Georgia Pike, Gaby Schmid, Veronica Thwaites |
| Hot Box Dancers | Amy Denyer, Jane Faulder, Laura Gilkes, Zoe Holdenson, Steph McKenna, Alissa Pugh |
| Craps Shooters | Andrew Barrow, John Kerr, David Messina, Kevin Playford |
Orchestra
| synthesiser/Harmonium/Conductor | Ewan Harwood |
| Oboe | Ian Mallyon |
| Drums/Sousaphone | Peter McDonald |
| Alto Saxophone | Kristen Nilsson |
| Bass | Juliet Flook |
| Trumpet | Sarah Hibberd |
| Piano | Jennifer Groom |
Awards
Canberra Area Theatre AwardsReceived |
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Emma White |
Canberra Area Theatre AwardsNominations |
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| Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Jamie Swann |
| Best Choreography | Belynda Buck and Emma Nikolic |