The Magic of Guys and Dolls
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Guys and Dolls is based on the stories of Damon Runyon. You can read them all here.
You can read the whole beautiful play here.
The music and the lyrics to the songs? The one and only Frank Loesser. There is a book about him written by his daughter.
Something from Runyon:
“Well, I do not hear anything more of the matter for several weeks, but one evening when I am in Mindy’s restaurant on Broadway enjoying a little cold borscht, which is a most refreshing matter in hot weather such as is going on at the time, who bobs up but Harry the Horse, and Spanish John and Little Isadore, and I am so surprised to see them that some of my cold borscht goes down the wrong way, and I almost choke to death.”
Guys and Dolls 1951 – Frank Loesser (movie in 1955)
Guys and Dolls was based on the stories of Damon Runyon. The character “Nathan Detroit” was created especially for the Jewish actor Sam Levene. In the movie Frank Sinatra played the Jewish gangster. Frank Loesser who wrote the songs and music was horrified and to his death refused to see the movie.
The average unmarried female Basically insecure Due to some long frustration may react React? With psychosomatic symptoms Difficult to endure Affecting the upper respiratory tract Achoo
In other words Just from waiting around For that little band of gold A person can develop a cold You can spray her wherever you figure The streptococci lurk You can give her a shot For whatever she’s got But it just won’t work If she’s tired of getting the fish-eye From the hotel clerk A person Can develop a cold The female remaining single, uh Just in the legal sense, ahh Shows a neurotic tendency See note Where’s note? Uh Chronic organic syndromes Toxic and hypertense Involving the eye, The ear and the nose and throat Oh, that’s very interesting In other words Just from worrying Whether the wedding is on or off A person Can develop a cough
You can feed her all day With the Vitamin A And the Bromo Fizz But the medicine never Gets anywhere near Where the trouble is If she’s getting a kind Of name for herself And the name ain’t “his” A person Can develop a cough And further more Just from stalling And stalling and stalling The wedding trip A person Can develop la grippe
When they get on a train For Niagara And she can hear church bells chime The compartment is air conditioned And the mood sublime They get off at Saratoga For the fourteenth time Well, a person Can develop la grippe La grippe, la post nasal drip With the wheezes And the sneezes And a sinus that’s really a pip From a lack of community property And a feeling she’s getting too old A person Can develop a bad, a bad, a really, really bad cold Ah, ah, ah ah achoo
The gorgeous overture.
overture
The new London production in which some of the audience mill around the central stage during the whole performance.
Published: Dec 4, 2019
Latest Revision: Dec 4, 2019
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