Guys and Dolls
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, and also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, such as "Pick the Winner". The show premiered on Broadway in 1950, where it ran for 1,200 performances and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, and Vivian Blaine.
| Guys and Dolls | |
|---|---|
Original 1950 Broadway cast recording | |
| Music | Frank Loesser |
| Lyrics | Frank Loesser |
| Book | Jo Swerling Abe Burrows |
| Basis | "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" by Damon Runyon "Blood Pressure" by Damon Runyon |
| Productions | 1950 Broadway 1953 West End 1976 Broadway revival 1982 London revival 1992 Broadway revival 2005 West End revival 2009 Broadway revival 2015 West End revival 2023 London revival |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book (1982) Olivier for Outstanding Musical Tony Award for Best Revival Drama Desk Outstanding Revival (2005) Olivier for Outstanding Musical |
In 1998, Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene, Robert Alda and Isabel Bigley, along with the original Broadway cast of the 1950 Decca cast album, were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.