GUYS AND DOLLS

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

THIS THE SIGNATURE PRODUCTION OF THE DAMON  RUNYAN CLASSIC AT THE SUMMERLIN LIBRARY THEATRE WEST LAS VEGAS !

OLD STUFF....GOOD STUFF....THE BROADWAY PLAY IN 1950 AND THE MOVIE IN 1955.....ALWAYS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SEE ANYONE OTHER THAN SINATRA AS NATHAN DETROIT AND BRANDON AS SKY MASTERSON...(NEVER LIKED BRANDON AND OF COURSE HE COULDN'T SING).

ANY WAY A LOT WENT INTO THIS IN ITS PREMEIRE WEEK IN SUMMERLIN....NICE SETS...GREAT RENTED COSTUMES (MOST OF THEM FIT) AND OF COURSE THE EXCELLENT MUSICAL SCORE PLAYED TO GOOD AUDIO ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

I LIKED IT EVERY TIME IN EVERY VENUE...HERE TOO....MY REPORTER GARY TURNER SEEING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME LIKED IT MEANING THIS CLASSIC STORY CONTINUES TO PLAY WELL THROUGHT THE GENERATIONS.

THE R J.....A REVIEW OF....... C.....I CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT JUST FOR THE SCRIPT.

NOT AN OVERPOWERING LEAD IN THIS AND KEITH DOTSON AS NICELY NICELY CLEARLY THE STRONGEST CHARACTER.....HE WAS TOO IN..... DAMN YANKEES AT THE RANCH A FEW YEARS BACK.

THIS WAS 4 MINUTES LATE ....RAN 2.36....A TAD LONG WITH A SHORT INTERMISSION....NEEDS TO BE TIGHENED UP A TOUCH.....EVERYBODY SEEMED TO WORK AT IT AND THE SENARIO PLAYS OFF A SUPER SCRIPT....I'M THINKING THIS WILL GET STRONGER THROUGH ITS RUN...
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A SMALL THEATRE AND THEY WORKED IT WELL....WE ARE BLESSED THIS COMPANY CAN STEP UP AND DO THIS QUALITY OF THEATRE IN LAS VEGAS....LOTS OF CHALLENGES AND ALTHO THIS NOT SIGNATURES BEST EFFORT IT WAS SOLID.

HOPEFULLY "BIG JULIE" WILL GET HIS SHOE LACES TIED....BUT I AM PROBABLY WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT NOTICED....

DANCE NUMBERS COLORFUL AND ENTERTAINING.....SOME ODD MATHUPS....GOT 14 GIRLS ON THE STAGE AT THE PRE FINALE AND THAT WAS A LOAD....

MAYBE THE GIRLS IN THE MOVIE.... JEAN SIMMONS AND VIVIAN BLAINE TYPECAST THIS TOO MUCH FOR ME BUT I LIKED ANITA BEAN AS MISS ADELAIDE.

LOTS OF COLOR AND GOOD LIGHTING .....SOUND WAS NICE ....THATS A PLUS FOR A BIG MUSICAL.

THANK YOU SIGNATURE....KEEP AT IT.

83 B