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My only issue is that the stellar Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra physically took up a good portion of the stage. The costumes by Mara Blumenfeld are lively and colorful, perfectly recreating that era. He is getting it from all sides-from Adelaide, his fiancé of 14 years, and from his fellow gangsters as he tries to find for a spot for his floating crap game-and you can’t help but fall in love with him. James Monroe Iglehart is marvelous as the beleaguered Nathan Detroit. Pasquale and Soo clearly have chemistry from the start and work so beautifully together. As Adelaide, she also smartly does not go into caricature or imitation but, at times, reminds one of the great Judy Holliday-and it works. Although the show did not fare well, Mueller’s voice was so pure, it brought me to tears. I first saw Jessie Mueller in her Broadway debut-“On A Clear Day” with Harry Connick, Jr. It felt strangely so right and intimate, like old friends getting together again after a long absence. Pasquale came out to make sure we were all still here, and, in moments, the show was reset. Pros to the core, Pasquale and Chamberlain first improvised and then there was an announcement and they left the stage. They applauded each entrance and gave well-deserved, mid-show standing ovations to the dancers in “The Crapshooters Dance” that preceded “Luck Be a Lady” and to the cast for “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat.” There was a very funny, undetermined mishap when Mueller was delayed in making an entrance. In a shrewd interpretation, this chameleon does not overplay the character and is a delight to watch-even when she doesn’t have a line.Įveryone in this cast is fabulous and the enthusiastic and boisterous audience was with them from the start. Other notables are Kevin Chamberlin as Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Matthew Saldivar as Benny Southstreet, and a brilliant turn by the former Saturday Night Live cast member Rachel Dratch as the tiny, but feared, gangster, Big Jule. (It was interesting to note that the current tour of “Hamilton” was packing up to take the trip up the road for a Baltimore run). The show is directed by Marc Bruni (“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”) and packed with Tony winners/nominees and veteran Broadway actors, including James Monroe Iglehart (“Aladdin”) as Nathan Detroit Jessie Mueller (“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” “Waitress”) as the star of the Hot Box, Miss Adelaide and Steven Pasquale (“The Bridges of Madison County”) as Sky Masterson, the slick gambler who woos the straight-laced mission worker, Sarah Brown-played by his real-life wife, Phillipa Soo (“Hamilton”)-on a bet, and falls in love along the way.

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It was made into a 1955 movie with some interesting casting choices that included Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, and the original Adelaide, Vivian Blaine. It has had countless revivals over the past 72 years, notably the 1992 production with Nathan Lane and Peter Gallagher which won numerous awards.

With music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, the show premiered on Broadway in 1950 and won five Tony Awards in 1951, including Best Musical. Based on the colorful characters of Damon Runyon, this was one of the musicals that made me fall in love with musicals. With a star-studded dream team of a cast, in one of the best Broadway musicals ever written, this production is pure magic. Sadly for theater lovers, “Guys and Dolls,” one of the most iconic and “perfect” American musicals, is only at the Kennedy Center for a short run and is nearly sold out (see below). Kevin Chamberlin and the cast of “Guys and Dolls.” Photo by Jeremy Daniel.

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