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 Guys and Dolls
Frank Loesser. The musical is based upon a short-story written by Damon Runyan.
Frank Loesser. "In 1976, a Broadway revival was staged with an all-black cast." (http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/albm39.html)
| At what theatre did the musical premiere in in New York City? | Guys and Dolls
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46th Street Theater. The musical is about two craps gamblers. One, Nathan Detroit, bets the other, Sky Masterson, that Sky won't get the next girl he sees to fall in love with him.
November 24, 1950. The plot is your basic one that showcases the differences among two very different groups of people. In this case, between the gamblers and those who are more apt to join the Salvation Army.
London Coliseum. Did you know the casting sheet says that the character of Sky Masterson should be a baritone between the ages of 26 and 38?
1953. The book for this musical (basically it's the lyrics and a synopsis) was written by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.
| In 1968, 'Guys and Dolls' opened in what city in Germany? | Guys and Dolls
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Bremen. Bremen is a city in the north-east of Germany about an hour's train from Hamburg and three hours or so to Koeln (Cologne).
| What was the name of the theatre that it premiered in 1968 in Germany? | Guys and Dolls
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Theater der Hansestadt. Bremen has been home to many good musicals including "Jekyll and Hyde."
Arvide Abernethy. Sky Masterson was played by Robert Alda - father of 'M*A*S*H's Alan Alda.
New York. "Guys and Dolls" was the fifth longest-running musical in New York City in the 1950s.
| Who is the operator of the 'oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York'? | Guys and Dolls
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Nathan Detroit. Detroit was portrayed in the 1951 initial Broadway run by Sam Levene and in the 1955 movie by Frank Sinatra.
| Nathan Detroit and Miss Adelaide have been engaged for how long? | Guys and Dolls
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14 years. A constance source of consternation for Adelaide, resulting in a hypocho
| What is the name of the nightclub where Adelaide is a chanteuse? | Guys and Dolls
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The Hot Box. For the record, Minsky's was a famous New York house of Burlesque. The 'green room' is the name given to any waiting room of actors before they go on stage, regardless of the actual color of the room. Pere Lachaise is the name of a celebrity cemetery in Paris. Interred are such luminaries as Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison and Edith Piaf.
| The 'guys' make another attempt at a game, this time wearing carnations as the pass to get in. To throw Lt. Brannigan off the trail, how do the guys explain the flowers? | Guys and Dolls
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A bachelor party. Specifically, the party for Nathan's long-awaited wedding to Adelaide. A wrench is thrown in when Adelaide arrives in time to hear the information.
| Harry the Horse has brought in a tough competitor, Big Jule, from East Cicero, IL. When pressed by Lt. Brannigan, what is Big Jule's 'occupation'? | Guys and Dolls
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Scout Master. Brannigan warns, 'Don't ever help my mother across the street'.
| As Sky and Sarah meet the Mission band, what was just interrupted at the Mission? | Guys and Dolls
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A crap game. Sarah then accused Sky of clearing her and the band out of the way for the game to commence there, which, of course, didn't happen that way.
A sewer. Who would WANT to go down there?
| Big Jule is having a streak of good fortune at Nathan's expense, using his 'special' dice. What's unusual about them? | Guys and Dolls
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They're blank. Jule claims to remember exactly where the spots formerly were, much to Nathan's dismay.
| Sky is given a chance to roll the dice. If he wins, he takes the gamblers to the mission. What happens if he loses? | Guys and Dolls
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He gives $1,000 to each. With the winning toss, Sky keeps his end of the bargain with Sarah with his 'dozen sinners' appear at the mission. From this scene came one of the great songs, 'Luck Be A Lady'.
| What famous 'method actor' played Sky in the 1955 movie? | Guys and Dolls
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Marlon Brando . Probably one of the greater acting stretches for Marlon Brando, to not only act but sing as well, especially oposite a seasoned crooner like Sinatra.
Jean Simmons. Simmons is probably better known for her role in 'Spartacus', opposite Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis.
| Which of the Tony awards did 'Guys And Dolls' NOT win in the initial 1951 run? | Guys and Dolls
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Lead Actress. Under director George S. Kaufman, the musical took Best Actor, Best Musical and Best Choreography.
| A truly entertaining character, one of those Broadway staples, was Nicely-Nicely Johnson. Who played him in the movie? | Guys and Dolls
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Stubby Kaye. You might also remember Kaye opposite Nat 'King' Cole as a troubadore in the comdedy western 'Cat Ballou'. Keith played Brannigan, Pulley was Big Jule and actor-turned-director Leonard ('I Spy) was Harry the Horse.
| What unwritten rule does any self-respecting gambler ALWAYS follow? | Guys and Dolls
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Never 'welch on your marker'. A staple throughout the show is this 'honor among thieves' rule that welching, or going back on your 'marker'(I.O.U.) indicates you are not a person to be trusted under any circumstances.
I've Never Been In Love Before. It's an outrage! The most beautiful song in the whole show (or I think so, anyway), and it was removed. Apparently that's because Marlon Brando's voice was too weak to do it justice.
| Which song replaced 'Never Been In Love Before' in the film? | Guys and Dolls
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Woman in Love. I don't know how to feel about this song. On the one hand, it replaced 'Never Been In Love Before', which immediately puts me off it, but on the other hand, it's quite a nice song in its own right. And it got rid of 'My Time Of Day', so it can't be all bad!
| In 'Fugue For Tinhorns', what does Nicely-Nicely Johnson tell us "this X" means? | Guys and Dolls
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the horse likes mud. These are all lines from the song, apart from "the horse won't run", which I made up. Rusty Charlie mentions the horse showing class, and Benny Southstreet comes out with the line "This guy says the horse has chance". Twice.
| In the first scene of the show, we find out that Nathan and Adelaide have been engaged for 14 years, but which song mentions this fact later on? | Guys and Dolls
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Adelaide's Lament. It comes up in the line "Then they get off at Saratoga for the fourteenth time". Because of her thinking she's being taken out for an anniversary trip, you see?
| What does Sky say is the only thing to have been in more hotels than him? | Guys and Dolls
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the Gideon Bible. It's in the scene when he tells Sarah that the Bible quotation she has on her desk is attributed to the wrong part.
| What is Sky's end of the bargain with Sarah, in return for which she will have dinner with him? | Guys and Dolls
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To provide the Mission with sinners. OK, so marrying her wasn't a very likely answer, but I ran out of ideas. He actually ends up doing all four, but providing sinners is the only one he plans.
| What is the name of the restaurant that Sky takes Sarah to? | Guys and Dolls
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El Cafe Cubana, Havana. Not a very hard one, I hope. I couldn't actually think of many places from the show that could be restaurants, and I'm not good at making them up, so that probably made it easy, even if you didn't know the answer.
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