Productions5 on Broadway
| 1950 | 46th Street Theatre Original. November 24, 1950 · George S. Kaufman | 1,200 performances · 5 Tony wins |
| 1955 | City Center Revival. April 20, 1955 · Philip Mathias | 31 performances |
| 1976 | Broadway Theatre Revival. July 21, 1976 · Billy Wilson | 239 performances |
| 1992 | Martin Beck Theatre Revival. April 14, 1992 · Jerry Zaks | 1,143 performances |
| 2009 | Nederlander Theatre Revival. March 1, 2009 · Des McAnuff | 121 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Guys and Dolls matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature29 passages
Zaks, Jerry Anything Goes Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Guys and Dolls La Cage aux Folles book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p387
Guys and Dolls was the fifth longest-running Broadway musical of the Fifties. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p172
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… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p2
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. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p94
The lyrics of all the songs written for the production (both used and unused) are included in The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser . book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p96
Songs written for, but not used in, the production were “Shango,” “Nathan’s Problem,” “It Feels Like Forever,” and “I Come A-Running.” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p97
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