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Guys & Dolls @ The Kennedy Center Broadway Center Stage


Call it sad, call it funny, but it’s better than even money that the guy’s only doing it for some doll…”

Set in bustling 1950s Manhattan, Guys and Dolls features some of Frank Loesser’s most memorable tunes including the hilarious “Adelaide’s Lament,” the romantic “I’ve Never Been in Love Before,” and the crowd-pleasing classic “Luck Be a Lady.”

The show will be directed by Marc Bruni, who helmed Broadway Center Stage: The Music Man as well as Broadway’s Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Starring James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin, Freestyle Love Supreme) as Nathan Detroit, Jessie Mueller (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Broadway Center Stage: The Music Man) as Miss Adelaide, Steven Pasquale (American Son, The Bridges of Madison County) as Sky Masterson, and Phillipa Soo (Hamilton, Into the Woods) as Sarah Brown.

Also featuring Kevin Chamberlin (Seussical, The Addams Family) as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Rachel Dratch (POTUS, Saturday Night Live) as Big Jule, Jacqueline Antaramian (The Visitor, Dr. Zhivago) as General Cartwright, Fred Applegate (The ProducersThe Ferryman) as Arvide Abernathy, Eden Marryshow (Archive 81, Ink) as Lt. Brannigan, Matthew Saldivar (Bernhardt/Hamlet, Junk) as Benny Southstreet, Jimmy Smagula (The Kennedy Center’s The Music Man, Billy Elliot) as Harry the Horse, and Akron Watson (Empire, The Play that Goes Wrong) as Rusty Charlie/Hot Box MC.

Other cast members include Allison Blackwell as Agatha, Colin Cunliffe as Sorrowful Jones, Michael Fatica as Liverlips Louie/Calvin, Tommy Gedrich as The Greek, Julia Harnett as Allison, Nathan Lucrezio as Scranton Slim, Kristen Faith Oei as Mimi, Lizz Picini as Ferguson, Deon Ridley as Society Max, Anthony Wayne as Angie the Ox, Tanner Wilson as Brandy Bottle Bates, and Kristin Yancy as Martha/Vernon.

Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser

Book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling

Directed by Marc Bruni

Choreography by Denis Jones

Music Direction by Kevin Stites

Scenic and Projection design by Paul Tate dePoo III

Costume design by Mara Blumenfeld

Lighting design by Cory Pattak

Sound design by Kai Harada and Haley Parcher

Casting by JZ Casting

Earlier Event: August 17
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