In West End and now on tour, this sizzling New York tale of gamblers, gangsters and nightclub singers will leave you 'Walking on air'’ (Daily Telegraph) with a glorious evening featuring some of Broadway’s greatest show-stopping tunes, including Luck be a Lady, Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat and My Time of Day. Read more …
A love letter to Broadway, Guys and Dolls will be thrilling audiences a hundred years from now, and this production reminds us why.
As a product of the post war era, Damon Runyon’s fun and fancy stories were flawlessly fashioned into an uplifting evening of entertainment which, in the hands of director Gordon Greenberg, is still a gamble sure to pay off.
With such a top-notch cast and first-rate creative team, it’s hard to see how this could go wrong, but Greenberg’s production falls flat in too many places that if fails to do full justice to the stellar cast and this musical theatre classic. Ultimately unsatisfying.
Guys and Dolls raises the spirits and leaves the audience dreaming of the far away city that never sleeps.
Somehow, this production seems to have lost touch with the vital, surging energy of mid-20th century New York, the force that powers every element of this drama.
Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh from Tuesday April 12, 2016, until Saturday April 16, 2016. More info: www.edinburghplayhouse.org.uk
King's Theatre, Glasgow from Tuesday June 7, 2016, until Saturday June 11, 2016. More info: www.theambassadors.com/kings/