Guys and Dolls, 1950

The run closed November 28, 1953

Opened

November 24, 1950

Closed

November 28, 1953

Performances

1,200

Previews

—

Theatre

Richard Rodgers Theatre

Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 5th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of Guys and Dolls 4 more that season

Who was in it83 named

Robert Alda1914–1986

Vivian Blaine1921–1995

Sam Levene1905–1980

Stubby Kaye1918–1997

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Robert Aida—

I

Isabel Bigley1926–2006

P

Pat Rooney Sr.—

B

B. S. Pully—

T

Tom Pedi1913–1996

J

Johnny Silver1918–2003

P

Peter Gennaro1919–2000

O

Onna White1922–2005

B

Buddy Schwab1930–1992

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Wana Allison—

D

Douglas Deane—

B

Barbara Ferguson—

E

Eddie Phillips1899–1965

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Ralph Beaumont—

Forrest Bonshire
Geraldine Delaney
Charles Drake
Tony Gardell
Bern Hoffman
Lee Joyce
Beverly Lawrence
Marcia Maier
Christine Matsios
Paul Migan
Joe Milan
Carl Nicholas
Margery Oldroyd
Netta Packer
Paul Reed
Harry Lee Rogers
Don Russell
Hal Saunders
Bud Schwab
Earle Styres
Beverly Tassoni
Merritt Thompson
Ruth Vernon
Tom Ahearne
Lance Avant
Lynn Bernay
Gene Carrons
Neil Chirico
Conchita del Rivero
Donn Driver
Bob Evans
Ralph Farnworth
Paul Gannon
Louise Golden
Suzanne Hanson
Susan Hight
Jack Konzal
Jan Kovak
Alicia Krug
Al Lanti
Ralph Linn
Dell Markee
Maureen Mcnalley
Scott Merrill
Philip Nasta
Al Nesor
Maria Novotna
Julie Oshins
Joan Petrone
Jack Prince
Toni Reynolds
Tom Rieder
Loretta Rossi
Jeanne Schlegel
Michael Scrittorale
Norwood Smith
Ann Sparkman
Harriet Talbot
Pat Turner
Arthur Ulisse
Kenneth Urmston
Ben Vargas
Marc West
Iva Withers
Gretchen Wyler

25 of these 83 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 58 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director

George S. Kaufman

Choreographer

Michael Kidd

Producer

Cy Feuer & Ernest Martin

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Tony Awards 5 from 5 nominations

Around this production

• Zaks, Jerry Anything Goes Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Guys and Dolls La Cage aux Folles Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 387
• Guys and Dolls was the fifth longest-running Broadway musical of the Fifties. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 172
• Most shows were lighhearted in nature, and it’s notable the critics often used such words as carnival, jubilee, fandango, hoedown, haymaker, and festival to describe not just a particular song or dance sequence but also to characterize their take-away, overall impressions of the musicals they reviewed. But if fun was t… Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 2
• The musical has been revived on Broadway six times, with three productions by the New York City Center Light Opera Company over a period of eleven years. Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 94
• The lyrics of all the songs written for the production (both used and unused) are included in The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser . Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals the Dan Dietz, p. 96

Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.

What this page does not know

• No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
• No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
• No recording is held for Guys and Dolls at all.
• Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.