Arts & Entertainment
'Guys and Dolls' at Goodspeed - My Review
The classic musical is produced for the first time by Goodspeed Musicals and runs through June 20.
Pictured: Nancy Anderson as Miss Adelaide and Mark Price as Nathan Detroit in Goodspeed Musicals’ Guys and Dolls now playing at the Goodspeed Opera House through June 20. Photo Credit © Photo by Diane Sobolewski
‘Guys and Dolls,’ a musical fable of Broadway, will be enjoying a nice long run at the Goodspeed Opera House as Goodspeed Musicals opens it’s 2015 season with a show they have never before produced. The story is based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and the book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. The brassy new staging at Goodspeed was directed by Don Stephenson, choreographed by Alex Sanchez, and musical direction by Michael O’Flaherty.
The experience at Goodspeed began when the ushers wearing fedoras showed patrons to their seats. Then the recorded announcements were done in character by Nicely-Nicely. On the stage there was a set that featured a Times Square neon effect (actually more energy efficient LED lighting) on moveable panels that set the scene, well, nicely.
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Click here to read my entire review on Onstage.
‘Guys and Dolls’ will run through June 20, 2015 Curtain times are Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m. (with select performances at 2:00 p.m.), Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. (with select performances at 6:30 p.m.).
