Pittsburgh Public Theater to present GUYS & DOLLS, 1/28-2/28
By: Tyler Peterson Jan. 11, 2016
With music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows, and based on the stories of Damon Runyon, Pittsburgh Public Theater's production includes a cast of 21 and a live orchestra led by Music Director F. Wade Russo (My Fair Lady). The amazing score includes "If I Were a Bell," "I've Never Been in Love Before," "Take Back Your Mink," "Luck Be a Lady," "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat," "Marry the Man Today," and many more incomparable songs.
Guys & Dolls is set in 1950 New York City and Havana. Nathan Detroit (Joel Hurt Jones) bets bigtime gambler Sky Masterson (CMU graduate Charlie Brady) that he can't get the Save-A-Soul Mission's Sarah Brown (Kimberly Doreen Burns who starred in Camelot and My Fair Lady) to go on a date with him. Nathan is also the ringleader of the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York, which he hides from his girlfriend of 14 years, Hotbox Nightclub star Miss Adelaide (Clarksburg, WV native and Broadway veteran Kirsten Wyatt).
Other featured players are Quinn Patrick Shannon as Nicely Nicely Johnson, Gavan Pamer as Benny Southstreet, Sharon Schaller as General Cartwright, Joe Jackson as Rusty Charlie, and Larry John Meyers as Arvide Abernathy. In addition the incredible cast includes Tony Bingham, Stephen Dagrosa, Jerry Gallagher, Michael Greer, Daina Michelle Griffith, Ashton Guthrie, Daniel Krell, Stephanie Maloney, Mara Newbery, J. Alex Noble, Michael Sullivan, and Andrea Weinzierl.
The designers for Guys & Dolls are Michael Schweikardt (Scenic), Martha Bromelmeier (Costumes), Kirk Bookman (Lighting), and Zach Moore (Sound). Orchestrations are by Dan DeLange and Casting is by Cindi Rush Casting. Carol Schuberg is the Associate Choreographer. Ruth E. Kramer is the Production Stage Manager and Phill Madore is the Assistant Stage Manager.
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