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The Broadway Musical Comedy Classic Guys and Dolls comes to the Parkway Playhouse for a three weekend run starting on July 23 and closing on August 7. Pictured (from L) are cast members Steve Grindstaff, Peyton Yearick, Kurt Campbell, Daniel Moore, and Tim Geib. For tickets and performance information call the Parkway Playhouse Box Office at 828-682-4285 or visit the Parkway Playhouse website at www.parkwayplayhouse.com

GUYS AND DOLLS CONTINUES AT THE PARKWAY PLAYOUSE

  The current production of Broadway musical sensation  Guys and Dolls continues at the Parkway Playhouse.   The production which opened on July 23 and continues through August 7.  Performances are at 7:30pm Thursdays through Saturdays.    Tickets range from $12-$22.   The theatre is located at 202 Green Mountain Drive and box office hours are 1-5pm Thurs-Sat  and tickets are available at the theatre’s website which is www.parkwayplayhouse.com .  All phone reservations must be secured with a credit card.   The production is being sponsored by Scott Polling DDS and Bill and Caryl Cullom.

Guys and Dolls is a romantic-screwball comedy roller coaster that pits a group of inept 50’s era gamblers with a fiery and passionate Salvation Army sergeant and  a sassy and clever nightclub chanteuse.  Based on the short stories of Damon Runyon, the plot centers around Nathan Detroit, the organizer of the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York, who bets fellow gambler- the dashing and arrogant Sky Masterson that he can't make the next girl he sees fall in love with him. That "next girl" is Miss Sarah Brown, a pure-at-heart Salvation Army reformer. Meanwhile, Nathan is having trouble with his own girlfriend, Adelaide -who headlines the entertainment at the Hot Box Club. After 14 years of engagement  and competing with Nathan’s legendary floating crap game, is ready to settle down and have a large family- much to Nathan’s horror.  

“This play was selected for our season because our audience enjoys musicals and comedies”  commented Parkway Playhouse Producing Artistic Director, Andrew Gall, who also directed Guys and Dolls.  “This is one of those musicals that has something for everyone.  There is a reason why this show has remained so popular, it is funny, sweet, and filled with richly outrageous characters.  The music is amazing and you will definitely leave the theatre with the tune stuck in your head.”

Guys and Dolls is a cornerstone of the musical comedy stage that continues to delight  world-wide audiences over 50 years after its Broadway premiere. Featuring the songs "Luck be a Lady" and "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat," this musical is the perfect balance of story, dance, music, and romance.  

Written by composer/lyricist Frank Loesser, with a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, "Guys and Dolls" won a Best Musical Tony for the original 1951 production, and a second Tony for Best Revival for the 1995 production starring Faith Prince and Nathan Lane. The musical also received international attention thanks to the 1955 MGM motion picture adaptation featuring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons and Frank Sinatra.  Recording artists ranging from Don Henley to Frank Sinatra have recorded songs from the score as well.

The Parkway Playhouse production includes a cast of 25 performers most of whom are familiar to Parkway Playhouse audiences.  Dominic Aquilino returns to the Parkway Playhouse stage as Sky Masterson and Strother Stingley, a popular comedic actor in WNC plays the fast-talking  Nicely-Nicely Johnson.   The cast also includes Michael Cheek (fresh off a popular turn as Daddy Warbucks in Annie), Steve Grindstaff,  Stephanie Polling, Preston Tinsley, Tim Geib, Myra McCoury, Andrea Bailey, Raven Whitley, Taylor Hutchinson, Jaclyn Helms,  Courtney Wahlers, Erica Wahlers,  Jackie Blackburn, Bruce Chuvala,  Clara Burrus, Daniel Moore, and Peyton Yearick.  Kurt Campbell and Mary Katherine Smith play the hilariously combative and eternally engaged Nathan Detroit and Ms. Adelaide.

For tickets and more information call the Parkway Playhouse Box Office at 828-682-4285 or visit the Parkway Playhouse website at www.parkwayplayhouse.com. The Parkway Playhouse’s 64^th Season is sponsored by the NC Arts Council and WTOE/WKYK.

 

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