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Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, [1] [2] and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner".
Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. The picture was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay.
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Over the years, the Richard Rodgers has hosted eleven Tony Award-winning productions: Guys and Dolls, Redhead, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 1776, Raisin, Nine, Fences, Lost in Yonkers, In the Heights, and Hamilton. Other long-running shows at the theater have included Panama Hattie and One Touch of Venus.
Guys and Dolls is a 1950 stage musical. Guys and Dolls may also refer to: Guys and Dolls, a 1932 book of short stories by Damon Runyon, on some of whose tales the 1950 musical is based; Guys and Dolls, a 1955 adaptation of the musical "Guys and Dolls" (Married... with Children), an episode of the TV series Married... with Children; Guys 'n ...
The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote: "Evans is still in his tough, boppish salad days, and when paired with Costa's equally brisk and searching solos the six Guys and Dolls themes come in for productive scrutiny." [2] The AllMusic reviewer commented that "Costa and Evans mesh beautifully throughout, and Costa's solos are well crafted". [1]
The song is a duet from the 1950 musical Guys and Dolls, and is sung by the characters Sky Masterson and Sister Sarah Brown.In the play it immediately follows the short solo song "My Time of Day", sung by Sky.
Guys 'n' Dolls were formed to cash in upon the popularity of the jingle and to present it as a single. However, the group was not ready in time to record an entirely new version for the single's hasty release, so the voices of the session singers remained on the single.