Guys & Dolls

[angelofmusic]

I just saw this last night at a church. I really enjoyed!! I'm going to go see it again on Saturday, it was that good. I liked the story and the music was fantastic. Has anyone else seen it?

[Forgotten Angel]

Indeed, I have. Twice, actually. Once at one of the local high schools, and the other time at the regional playhouse.

I practically grew up on the original cast recording. In fact, on the way back from NYC last night, my friends and I were listening to it. :D

[angelofmusic]

Yay another fan!! The church that I went to go see the Guys & Dolls always puts on fantastic plays. They have a Sr. version as well as a
Jr. version. I saw the Sr, but I'm going to go see the Jr.

[syioandthephantom]

I have seen it^^ I was actually in it...at my schools play. It was great fun.

[angelofmusic]

Who did you play?

After I saw it, I really wanted to be in it.:)

[IamErik771]

Our high school just did a production of Guys and Dolls this past spring season. It was absolutely awesome! All the actors were brilliant (and most of them were friends of mine!) and the sets were very well-done. Also, after hearing the girl who played Sergeant Sarah Brown (who was only a sophomore, BTW), I think that with a bit more funding, our school could handle a production of POTO. If it were available for high schools to do, that is. :mask:

[cinty]

Oh, I love Guys and Dolls, both the movie and the stage play!! I saw it on stage when I was quite young and loved it. It's a really awesome show! The movie is also really awesome. Marlon Brando is superb as Skye. It's an awesome show, and the music is fantastic as. Love it. I was so excited when I saw a thread about this!!!

[angelofmusic]

I got the songs stuck in my head last night. They wouldn't get out!! lol. I thought they miscasted Sky. He should be slick, you know? The guy that was Sky wasn't slick. That was the only thing I was mad about. It was still great!:)

[Reza Khan]

Oh hey, I totally forgot that I had seen this one! Albeit, it wasn't even a semi-professional thing, as it was a high school production, but it was good. I went because my cousin was in it, playing Sky. I really enjoyed it, along with the 1955 movie version.

Elizabeth

[IamErik771]

Here in Hawaii, the Diamond Head Theatre is currently doing a production of G&D. The actors are quite a bit older than usual; they're all in their 30s or 40s. There was an interesting article in the paper about it. Apparently, the guy who plays Big Julius was in prison until recently, and so the production was delayed until he was let out. :D

The really funny thing about the production at my school was that we had actors named Sky and Nathan, but they ended up playing each other's roles. (Sky played Nathan Detroit, while Nathan played Sky Masterson.) :confused:

[LittleLotte**]

I was in it! I was one of the dancers in a community center production. I really loved it! It was about two years ago, so I'm a little shady on the details.

[IamErik771]

Really? Who did you play, and what was it like? Was it a school production, or a professional one?

BTW, can you please try to make your posts longer? Thank you. :)

[Wishing]

I just saw "Guys & Dolls" a few days ago at our school. The cast did a wonderful job singing and dancing. They put in a lot of time and effort into the musical, as well as trying to balance homework and sports. Yikes.

[Kristin Chenoweth]

I loooove Guys & Dolls. I've been in it, and have done solos from it for other things. I understudied Sarah Brown, but played Agatha the Missionary, but our director let me be kinda skanky...lmao.

I showed up randomly (in my Mission costume!) with several guys. And at the end, I ended up with a random gambler, but ditched him for Benny Southstreet. It was kind of funny...

But I watch the movie like, once a month, because I love Marlon Brando in the role of Sky. And Frank Sinatra's just amazing. I love the music; it's probably some of the best in musical theatre history...

...because come on, who's never heard "Luck Be a Lady" or "Bushel and a Peck"?! :)

[ForbiddenRomance]

I've never seen it on stage...I wish I could. But I love the movie!!! Mostly because of Frank Sinatra. I have to be the biggest Frank Sinatra fan! besides my grandma... we share the love. :D anyway I think my favorite number in the movie is Luck Be A Lady though.

[princesslizzie]

I saw it on the West End (in London) last Christmas. It was amazing. Patrick Swayze is now playing Nathan Detroit. We had the gorgeous Nigel Harman as Sky and he was amazing. If you haven't seen a professional viewing of it, you just have to. It's fantastic. I love the songs.

[MystMoonstruck]

I've only seen it in film form, which I love! Whoever would have thought that Marlon Brando could sing?! I tend to tell myself I'll only watch a little of it, then, suddenly, the wedding scene is there, and I've racked up another viewing. My absolute favorite is Michael Kidd's "Luck..." number; I think he's an amazing, distinctive choreographer.

Everything about the film works for me. Jean Simmons is a surprise, Stubby Kaye is great as always, Brando is dazzling, Vivien B is a very funny Adelaide, and the myriad character actors are a lot of fun.

I'm sure this one is good on stage, too, but I'll take the film!

Patrick Swayze as Nathan?! Hmmmm... That's oddly interesting casting.

[Isabella Delancy]

Mmm...I never saw that version. But the one that came to Manchester back in March had Brian Capron and Claire Sweeney as Nathan and Adelaide. Both of those are former soap actors, in England (Brian as a serial killer - Richard Hillman - in Coronation Street; Claire as a sexually confused and totally naiive single mum - Lindsay Corkhill).

He was amazing; she was wooden.

We did a version at my school...I was Agatha. Yes, a missionary. *cough*issotheoppositeofamissionary*cough* And the girl we had playing Adelaide, a girl called Debra Blank, was incredible. Seriously. She played the role so much better than Claire Sweeney did, and Debra's a year younger than I am.

*shrugs*

Anyway. The gist of this very weird rant/post is that I adore this musical. I know all the songs and actually have the soundtrack to the original Broadway version, too. :)

[masquerading rose]

Fianlly!

My best friend was in his local theatre group's version at a local Texan theatre. Well, since he lives so far away, I couldn't go see him, but he told me he would get me the DVD of it. ANd it FINALLY came in!! Ilove it!