Guys And Dolls
Music & Lyrics by FRANK LOESSERBook by JO SWERLING & ABE BURROWSBased on a story by DAMON RUNYON An amateur performance by kind permission ofJOSEF WEINBERGER LTDon behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL 22-25 January 2003 7.30 p.m. each evening and 2.30 p.m. Saturday Matinee Hind Leys TheatreForest St, Shepshed, Leics., LE12 9DB CAST Nathan Detroit […]
Music & Lyrics by FRANK LOESSER
Book by JO SWERLING & ABE BURROWS
Based on a story by DAMON RUNYON
An amateur performance by kind permission of
JOSEF WEINBERGER LTD
on behalf of MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL
22-25 January 2003
7.30 p.m. each evening and 2.30 p.m. Saturday Matinee
Hind Leys Theatre
Forest St, Shepshed, Leics., LE12 9DB
CAST
| Nathan Detroit | Adam L |
| Miss Adelaide | Laura C |
| Sky Masterson | Jarrod |
| Sarah Brown | Zoe |
| Nicely-Nicely Johnson | Lee |
| Benny Southstreet | Tom V |
| Harry The Horse/Rusty Charlie | Michael |
| Arvide Abernathy | Stephen |
| Lt. Brannigan | Phil |
| General Cartwright | Charlotte M |
| Big Jule | Adam D |
| Angie the Ox | John |
| Joey Biltmore/Society Max | Chris B |
| Liver Lips Louie | Chris W |
| The Hot Box Girls: | |
| - Mimi | Louise |
| - Nicky | Katie |
| - Carmen | Nikita |
| - Rosie | Jenny |
| - Fifi | Michelle |
| - Mitzi | Kim |
| - Lily | Lucy |
| - Allison | Chloe U |
| - Ferguson | Gemma |
| The Mission Band: | |
| - Agatha | Hannah |
| - Martha | Maddie |
| - Priscilla | Lauren |
| - Gladys | Chloe S |
| - Phyllis | Charlotte W |
| Bobbie Soxers | Hayley Crane & Holly Wagg |
| Sightseeing Guide | Kim |
| Texan | Stephen |
| Texan's Wife | Katie |
| Sightseers | Lucy & Hannah |
| Actor | Phil |
| Actress | Nikita |
| New York Policeman | Chris W |
| Chorus Girls | Louise & Jenny |
| Streetwalker | Michelle |
| Elderly Woman Street Vendor | Gemma |
| Sidewalk Photographer | Bethan |
| Paper Doll Vendor | Chloe U |
| Paper Doll Vendor's Assistant | Lauren |
| Heavyweight Prizefighter | Chris B |
| Heavyweight Prizefighter's Manager | Adam D |
| Pickpocket | Maddie |
| Blind Man | John |
| Drunk | Charlotte M |
| Children In Central Park | Charlotte A & Kimberley |
| Waitress/Announcer | Charlotte A |
| Crapshooter's Ballet Dancers | Charlotte A, Chloe U, Hayley & Katie |
| Cuban Waiter | John |
| Cuban Dancers | Chris B, Chloe U & Gemma |
| Bag Lady | Bethan |
CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| Producer/Director | Adrian Dobson |
| Musical Director | Peter Fines |
| Choreographer | Wendy Spencer |
| Stage Crew | Howard Rogerson, Alan Jamieson, Paul Ennis & Nick Head |
| Front Of House Managers | Jerry & Eileen Burton, & Malcolm Mickleburgh |
| Assistant Director | Lee Bowley |
| Assistant Choreographers | Adam Lee, Gemma Upson, Michelle Spencer, Nikita Crump & Zoe Adkin |
| Lighting | Roger Clarke, James White & Hawthorn Theatrical |
| Spotlight | Darren Spencer |
| Sound | Paul Frost |
| Set | Dave Benson & ESNA Players |
| Costume Co-ordination | Sue Penver |
| Raffle | June Lee |
| Box Office | Julie Daniels & Clare Adkin |
| Poster & programme | Alix Dobson |
| Make-up | Estelle Riley & Charmaine Wagg |
| Video | Gordon Smith |
| Fundraising | Sue Penver |
| Photographs | Ray Barratt & Mark Chinnery |
| Acknowledgements | Hind Leys Community College Staff and Caretakers; Christchurch Methodist Church, Dovecote Press; Shirley & Harry Hull; Sheila Gibson; Clifford Newton; Richard Perkins; David Allen; All parents, family & friends who have helped in any way. |
SYNOPSIS
| ACT ONEAmidst the hurly-burly of Broadway, Sarah Brown and her gallant band from the Save-A-Soul Mission endeavour to recruit sinners. Nathan Detroit and the gambling fraternity are more concerned with finding a place for their illegal floating crap game and Adelaide, Nathan's long-time fiancée, is preoccupied with trying to get him to the altar. Sky Masterson saunters into town and gets suckered into a bet with Nathan that he can take any doll he likes to Havana. Nathan names Sarah Brown, and, undaunted, Sky presents himself at the Mission as a sinner. When this doesn't work, he guarantees her a dozen sinners in return for having dinner with him - in Havana. Sarah's response is he's not her type of guy ("I'll Know"). At The Hot Box night club where Adelaide stars ("Bushel and a Peck"), Nathan promise; her he will reform, Meanwhile, his side-kicks Benny and Nicely-Nicely complain she's taking his mind off his work ("Guys and Dolls"). The arrival of General Cartwright, intent on closing the Mission through lack of support, galvanises Sarah into accepting Sky's invitation. Nathan, still hoping to win his bet and the thousand bucks he needs to set up the game, is having trouble with the gambling fraternity - Big Jule, Harry the Horse and Rusty Charlie, to name but a few - who are getting increasingly restless. The appearance among them of Lt. Brannigan spells trouble, but the day is saved when they tell him they're celebrating Nathan's and Adelaide's elopement. In Havana, Sarah becomes decidedly more friendly after drinking several of the local 'milkshakes' and causes a riot at El Cafe Cubano when she objects to Sky dancing with another girl ("If I Were A Bell"). He is shamed into telling her about the bet and takes her back to New 'fork where they arrive just before dawn -sober, and in love ("I've Never Been In Love Before"). Their idyllic moment is soon shattered; as Arvide -Sarah's grandfather and the Mission Band return wearily from all-night canvassing, the sound of a police siren sends the gamblers scuttling out of the Mission, where Nathan had finally found a place for the game. ACT TWOAdelaide entertains The Hot Box customers ("Take Back Your Mink"), still blissfully believing she is about to become Mrs Nathan Detroit. Arvide consoles Sarah as the deadline for closing the Mission approaches and tries to put in a good word for Sky, who is still determined to honour his pledge. He follows the gamblers - and the game - into the sewer and bets each of them a thousand dollars against their souls on the roll of the dice ("Luck Be A Lady"). When he wins, they are obliged to attend the meeting at the Mission where - after some initial reluctance - they join Nicely-Nicely in giving testimony ("Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat"). Though Lt. Brannigan, hot on their heels, remains unconvinced, General Cartwright is impressed. When Sarah learns that Sky told Nathan he had lost the bet and did not take her to Havana, she realises he can't be all bad. She and Adelaide commiserate with each other on the problems of getting their guys to change their ways and decide the answer is to marry them first, which they do, and live happily ever after. |
MUSICAL NUMBERS
| ACT ONE | |
| Overture/Runyonland | Orchestra |
| Fugue For Tin Horns | Nicely-Nicely, Benny & Rusty Charlie |
| Follow The Fold | Sarah & The Mission Band |
| The Oldest Established | Nathan, Benny, Nicely-Nicely & Crap-Shooters |
| I'll Know | Sarah & Sky |
| A Bushels And A Peck | Adelaide & The Hot Box Girls |
| Adelaide's Lament | Adelaide |
| Guys And Dolls | Nicely-Nicely & Benny |
| Havana | Orchestra |
| If I Were A Bell | Sarah |
| My Time Of Day | Sky |
| I've Never Been In Love Before | Sky & Sarah |
| ACT TWO | |
| Take Back Your Mink | Adelaide & The Hot Box Girls |
| Adelaide's Lament (Reprise) | Adelaide |
| More I Cannot Wish You | Arvide |
| Crap-Shooters' Ballet | Orchestra |
| Lucky Be A Lady | Sky & Crap-Shooters |
| Sue Me | Nathan & Adelaide |
| Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat | Nicely-Nicely & Company |
| Follow the Fold (Reprise) | Company |
| Marry the Man Today | Sarah & Adelaide |
| Guys And Dolls (Reprise) | Company |
| Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat (Reprise) | Company |
| Finale | Company |
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