Theatre Memphis Opens New Season With GUYS AND DOLLS Next Week

Guys and Dolls will be the opening musical at Theatre Memphis on August 19, 2022, to inaugurate 101st consecutive season that the community theatre has produced. Known to be one of the most popular of the classic American musicals, it runs through September 11, 2022. Fun and sassy, this Manhattan-based musical romantic comedy tells the overlapping stories of high-roller Sky Masterson and rapscallion gambler, Nathan Detroit. As they look to set up the largest craps game in town they are derailed, respectively, by two women: a straight-laced missionary and a headliner at the Hot Box Club. All the shenanigans of these seemingly incompatible couples takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.

Directed by Cecelia Wingate, this take on a period show is deliberately true to the original production. She says, "Even with what may feel like 'old school' references the fun of this show is based on the improbable. I mean these chicks and these loveable gambling low-lifes just aren't supposed to be together. But you know what? Love changes everything. And it can be a lot of fun in the process."

Theatre Memphis Executive Producer Debbie Litch agrees, "This is a case of why mess with a good thing? Audiences know this show and they are going to get a humdinger of a production with this stellar cast and our outstanding Theatre Memphis production values. The heart of the show is in these characters. And in the period, they can be over-the-top and still be believable."