Connecticut Repertory Theatre Presents GUYS & DOLLS, 6/2-12

Writer Damon Runyon invented Broadway and Broadway invented the American Musical! Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will open its 2011 Nutmeg Summer Series with the classic American musical, Guys and Dolls based on Runyon's comic tales of Broadway running June 2-12 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre (Lower Jorgensen).

Nathan Detroit, the organizer of the oldest permanent floating crap game in New York, needs a thousand bucks and needs it fast! So he bets high stakes gambler Sky Masterson that he can't make the next doll he sees fall in love with him. Nathan has a sure thing because "the next doll" is Miss Sarah Brown of the Save-a-Soul Mission. Sky can't score a proper lady . . . or can he? Meanwhile, Nathan's long-term fiancée and the main attraction at the Hot Box nightclub - Miss Adelaide, is determined to tie the knot or call it quits but that's only half of Nathan's problem, there's this thug from Chicago, Big Jule, who needs to settle a score!

Guys and Dolls soars with the spirit of old school Broadway razzmatazz. Featuring a hilarious, fast-paced book and a brash, bright, and brassy score, Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana and memorably into the sewers of New York City. Funny and romantic, full of crooks, do-gooders and dames, Guys and Dolls continues to delight audiences more than 50 years after its Broadway premiere. Based on the marvelous stories of Damon Runyon and featuring the songs "Luck be a Lady," "I'll Know When My Love Comes Along," and "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat," this musical is the perfect balance of story, dance, and melodious romance.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre opens 2011 Nutmeg Summer Series with Guys and Dolls. The Nutmeg Summer Series continues through July 17, 2011 with Seussical, a musical based on the most famous books of Dr. Seuss, running June 16-26 in the Nafe Katter Theatre (also located on the Storrs campus); and My Fair Lady, starring Broadway legend Terrence Mann as Professor Henry Higgins and TV soap star Eileen Fulton as Mrs. Higgins, playing July 7-17 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre. Subscriptions for all three productions and singe tickets for each individual show are now available by calling the Jorgensen Box Office at 860-486-4226 or visiting www.crt.uconn.edu.

Photo Credit: Gerry Goodstein

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