Guys and Dolls stars Don Johnson
and Samantha Janus
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Guys and Dolls will shutter at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre on 14 April. Directed by Michael Grandage and choreographed by Rob Ashford, it was previously booking through 30 June.
The show opened on 1 June, 2005 with a cast that was led by Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski, Douglas Hodge and Jenna Russell. It subsequently featured Patrick Swayze, Neil Morrissey and Claire Sweeney. The revival currently stars Don Johnson as Nathan Detroit, Samantha Janus as Miss Adelaide, Norman Bowman as Sky Masterson and Lisa Stokke as Sarah Brown.
Guys and Dolls is based on the stories of Damon Runyon and features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.
[AD]The production is also currently on a national tour that runs to 23 June. It plays at Manchester’s Opera House to 31 March, then continues to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal (3-14 April), Sheffield’s Lyceum (17-28 April), Southampton’s Mayflower (1-12 May), Oxford’s New Theatre (15-26 May), Liverpool Empire (29 May-9 June) and Edinburgh’s Playhouse (12-23 June).
The next tenant at the Piccadilly Theatre is expected to be a revival of Grease that is having its principals cast by a reality TV competition called Grease is the Word on ITV.