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Preview of Landmark Community Theatre's 'Guys and Dolls'

The classic musical 'Guys and Dolls' is coming to the Thomaston Opera House..

A Musical Fable of Broadway

 Landmark Community Theatre is proud to present its spring musical, Guys and Dolls in the historic Thomaston Opera House. Chuck Stango will direct, with Lynne Kearney directing music and Sheila Waters Fucci providing choreography.

The first musical of the season is a Broadway favorite, Guys and Dolls, showing April 27, May 3, 4, 10, 11 @ 8pm and April 28, May 5 & 12 @ 2pm. Guys and Dolls is a musical comedy with vivid characters such as Sarah Brown the upright but uptight "mission doll", out to reform the evildoers of Time Square; Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler who woos her on a bet and ends up falling in love; Adelaide, the chronically ill nightclub performer whose condition is brought on by the fact she's been engaged to the same man for 14 years; and Nathan Detroit, her devoted fiancé, desperate as always to find a spot for his infamous floating crap game. Audiences will enjoy this toe-tapping showcase and sing a long with its familiar tunes!

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Self-descibed "rookie director" Mr. Stango writes that "John Ozerhoski is Nathan Detroit. He and Juliette Garrison Koch as Miss Adelaide are wonderful together. Check out the rest of our tremendous cast: Tony Sposato is Sky Masterson. Rebecca Russo is Sgt. Sarah Brown. Richard Damaso is Nicely-Nicely Johnson. James Wood is Benny Southstreet. Patrick Hearn is Harry the Horse. Bob Lussier is Big Jule and Joey Biltmore."

About the musical
First performed on Broadway in 1950, and later a film in 1955, Guys and Dolls is a musical based on the Damon Runyon books of the New York underworld. It tells the story of a gambler, Nathan Detroit who runs a “floating” crap game, much to the disgust of his long suffering fiancé of 14 years, the Hot Box night club singer, Adelaide Adams. To raise the money to pay for a venue for his crap game, he bets $1000 on what he believes is a sure thing. Sky Masterson, a high rolling, suave gambler boasts that he could have any girl he wants. So Nathan bets him that he can’t get the local “Save A Soul” missionary, Sarah Brown to come to dinner with him in Havana. She is reluctant, so Sky in turn guarantees that he will provide 12 “genuine sinners” for her midnight prayer meeting in return for dinner. So, Sky needs sinners to win his bet, Sarah needs to save her mission, Adelaide wants to turn her 14 year engagement into a wedding and Nathan is just trying to keep his crap game afloat, keep Adelaide happy and not get arrested by the local cop or shot by a visiting gangster.

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Don't miss this much loved Broadway musical.

The production will open on April 27th and run through May 12th, 2013 for a total of 8 performances.

Get your tickets today by calling the Box Office M - Sa 1pm - 6pm (860) 283-6250 or go online: www.landmarkcommunitytheatre.org

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