On November 27th, 2016, I sat in awe as I watched Guys and Dolls at The Asolo Repertory Theatre. The playwright is Damon Runyon and the director of this production was Josh Rhodes, also included was Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser. The play was based on a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Based in the 40’s and involving gangsters, gamblers, showgirls, and a save you soul missionary, the Golden age of Broadway came to life.
The stage was set on a proscenium theatre with beautifully made stage props. The stage props were lit with plenty of bright neon lights giving a wide array of colors. Lighting using high key lighting along with backlighting, spotlights, key lights and filler lights made for an appropriately lit stage and performance. …show more content…
While planning a floating crap game, one of the gangsters, Nathan, is short on money. Nathan comes up with a plan for some easy cash. He plans on making a bet with Sky, a bet he is sure to win. He makes a bet with Sky, betting him $1000 that he can’t get Sarah from the Save a Soul Mission, to go on a trip with him out of the country to Havana Cuba. Sky devises a plan and sets out to accomplish his goal. He visits Sarah at the mission and promises to fill the mission with one dozen sinners if she will travel with him. Sarah refuses until she is visited by Captain Cartwright who wants to close the mission unless they are more successful at bringing in sinners at the next revival. Remembering the promise made by the gangster, she quickly agrees to accompany him on his trip. Sarah finally ends up falling in love with the Sky. She even wants to stay with him in Cuba. But upon returning to the mission, Sarah finds that the floating crap game was held at the mission. As the mission was raided by the police and gangsters are running to avoid capture, she quickly feels that she was tricked and the crap game was the real reason for the trip. She then refuses to speak to or have anything to do with Sky, the gangster she fell in love with. In another scene, as Nathan tried to find a place for the floating crap game is confronted with marriage by Adelaide, his fiancé of fourteen years. Trying to avoid marriage he quickly changes the subject. He is soon pushed into agreeing to the marriage when he and his friends are confronted by Brannigan, the local police. He questions them about their large get together. When asked what they were doing, one of Nathan’s friends quickly stated that they were there for a celebration. He tells Brannigan that his friend Nathan is getting married. His fiancé happened to walk up just as he said this and became so excited that he could no longer avoid it.
The stage was set on a proscenium theatre with beautifully made stage props. The stage props were lit with plenty of bright neon lights giving a wide array of colors. Lighting using high key lighting along with backlighting, spotlights, key lights and filler lights made for an appropriately lit stage and performance. …show more content…
While planning a floating crap game, one of the gangsters, Nathan, is short on money. Nathan comes up with a plan for some easy cash. He plans on making a bet with Sky, a bet he is sure to win. He makes a bet with Sky, betting him $1000 that he can’t get Sarah from the Save a Soul Mission, to go on a trip with him out of the country to Havana Cuba. Sky devises a plan and sets out to accomplish his goal. He visits Sarah at the mission and promises to fill the mission with one dozen sinners if she will travel with him. Sarah refuses until she is visited by Captain Cartwright who wants to close the mission unless they are more successful at bringing in sinners at the next revival. Remembering the promise made by the gangster, she quickly agrees to accompany him on his trip. Sarah finally ends up falling in love with the Sky. She even wants to stay with him in Cuba. But upon returning to the mission, Sarah finds that the floating crap game was held at the mission. As the mission was raided by the police and gangsters are running to avoid capture, she quickly feels that she was tricked and the crap game was the real reason for the trip. She then refuses to speak to or have anything to do with Sky, the gangster she fell in love with. In another scene, as Nathan tried to find a place for the floating crap game is confronted with marriage by Adelaide, his fiancé of fourteen years. Trying to avoid marriage he quickly changes the subject. He is soon pushed into agreeing to the marriage when he and his friends are confronted by Brannigan, the local police. He questions them about their large get together. When asked what they were doing, one of Nathan’s friends quickly stated that they were there for a celebration. He tells Brannigan that his friend Nathan is getting married. His fiancé happened to walk up just as he said this and became so excited that he could no longer avoid it.