Was guys and dolls ever on broadway? was singin' in the rain ever on broadway?

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Was guys and dolls ever on broadway? was singin' in the rain ever on broadway?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Guys and Dolls was a hit 1950 musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser. George S. Kaufman directed. The book was adapted by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows from The Idyll Of Miss Sarah Brown, a short story by Damon Runyon.

The musical was first produced on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre, opening on November 24, 1950. It starred Robert Alda, Sam Levene, Isabel Bigley, and Vivian Blaine. The play enjoyed an initial run of 1,201 performances, winning five 1951 Tony Awards, including the award for Best Musical. The original London production opened at the London Coliseum on May 28, 1953 and ran for 555 performances.

Many revivals followed, including the following: A 1976 revival at the Broadway Theatre featured an all-black cast and Motown-style musical arrangements by Danny Holgate and Horace Ott and was directed by Billy Wilson. It ran for 239 performances.

A 1982 London revival was directed by Richard Eyre and played at the Royal National Theatre's largest auditorium, the Olivier Theatre. The principals were Bob Hoskins (Nathan), Julia McKenzie (Miss Adelaide) Ian Charleson (Sky), and Julie Covington (Sarah).

A 1992 Broadway revival, directed by Jerry Zaks, played at the Martin Beck Theatre on Broadway and ran for 1,143 performances.

Singin' In the Rain in contrast opened in London's West End before opening on Broadway two years later.

Singin' in the Rain is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown.

Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original. Set in Hollywood in the waning days of the silent screen era, it focuses on romantic lead Don Lockwood, his sidekick Cosmo Brown, aspiring actress Kathy Selden, and Lockwood's leading lady Lina Lamont, whose less-than-dulcet vocal tones make her an unlikely candidate for stardom in talking pictures.

The West End production, directed by Tommy Steele and choreographed by Peter Gennaro, opened on June 30, 1983 at the London Palladium, where it ran for two years and three months. The original cast included Steele as Don, Roy Castle as Cosmo, Danielle Carson as Kathy, and Sarah Payne as Lina.

The original film's vocal score was embellished with additional tunes by Comden, Green, and Roger Edens, Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting, and Cole Porter.

After 38 previews, a dramatically revamped Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Twyla Tharp, opened on July 2, 1985 at the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 367 performances. The cast included Don Correia as Don, Mary D'arcy as Kathy, Peter Slutsker as Cosmo, and Faye Grant as Lina.

The highlight of both productions was the recreation of the film's title tune sequence, complete with an on-stage rain shower.