Guys and Dolls??

Question

Can someone please give me a synopsis of guys and dolls and a list of characters. Also, what are some of the names of songs sung by girls/women in the movie.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

guys and dolls is mainly about the save a soul mission (church goers, sort of) trying to make the gamblers stop gambling.  one of the gamblers, Nathan, has had a girlfriend Adelaide, who is a dancer at the night club. She has a psychiatric cold, because she wants to get married... Sarah Brown, the head mission doll falls in love with another member of the mission, but he is also a gambler, and that makes some conflict.

i hope that helps a little!!

characters:

Nicely Nicely Johnson- a gambler, the lead gambler, lead.

Benny Southwest: a gambler, supporting

Rusty Charlie: a gambler, supporting

Sarah Brown: head of the mission, lead

Arvide Abernathy: Sarah's grandfather, supporting

Mission Band: a chorus, with some parts...

~~agatha

~~Calvin

~~Martha

Gamblers: a chorus, with some parts ( mostly men, but can be played with some women)

~~Harry the Horse

~~Angie the Ox

~~Scranton Slim

~~Joey Biltmore

Nathan Detroit: a gambler, miss Adelaide's fiance, supporting/lead

Miss Adelaide: head of the hot box night club... DANCER supporting/ lead

Sky Masterson: Loves Sarah Brown, gambles, and is in mission... supporting

General Matilda B. Cartwright: the mission general

Big Jule: an IMPORTANT gambler

GIRL CHORUS: this consists of the Hot Box girls, which are dancers, and the chorus

BOYS CHORUS: this is crapshooters(gamblers)

other random parts: waiter, drunk, master of ceremonies, and mimi

hope that helps alot!!

Answer 2

Sarah sings:

   "Follow The Fold"

   "I'll Know"

  "If I Were A Bell"

  "I've Never Been In Love Before"

  "Marry The Man Today"

  

Adelaide sings:

  "Bushel And A Peck"

  "Adelaide's Lament"

  "Sue Me"

  "Take Back Your Mink"

  "Marry The Man Today"

The Mission Band women are in "Follow The Fold" and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat"

The Hot Box Girls are in "Bushel And A Peck,"  "Take Back Your Mink" and sometimes "Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat."

Genral Cartwright is in "Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat"

I think I got most of them :)

Answer 3

There are two sets of lead characters in the show - Sky Masterson and Sarah Brown are the romantic leads, Nathan Detroit and Miss Adelaide are the comic leads.  There are several sub-principals - Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, Harry the Horse (who doesn't have any solos), Big Jule (also doesn't have any solos), General Cartwright and Arvide Abernerthy, Sarah's uncle.  The chorus play gamblers, policemen, HotBox girls, Save-A-Soul missionaries and general New York citizens.  Synopsis here:

Act I

The show opens with three gamblers, Nicely Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, and Rusty Charlie, talking about which horse will win a race the following day. ("Fugue for Tinhorns") At the end of the song, they are met by the band of the Save-a-Soul Mission, a local Salvation Army-like organization, who encourages them to stop the evils of gambling. ("Follow the Fold") Everyone eventually leaves, and Nicely and Benny are confronted by the local policeman, Lt. Brannigan. Nathan Detroit arrives and, after insulting Brannigan, talks to his sidekicks about how his plans for his illegal "floating c**p game" are going. Meanwhile, he is receiving constant encouragement to "go straight" by Miss Adelaide, a nightclub singer to whom he has been engaged for fourteen years but will not marry. When a surge of "high-rollers" comes to town, Nathan is pressured to find a place to hold his floating c**p game. Due to strong police activity, namely Lieutenant Brannigan, he can only find one spot, the Biltmore Hotel garage. The owner's requirement, however, is a $1,000 deposit for security, which Nathan does not have. ("The Oldest Established")

Trying to obtain the money, Nathan comes across Sky Masterson, a high-rolling gambler willing to bet on virtually anything. Nathan proposes a bet which seems impossible to lose: Sky must take a doll of Nathan's choice to dinner- in Havana, Cuba. Nathan chooses Miss Sarah Brown, a straight-walking sergeant at the Save-a-Soul Mission. Sarah resists Sky, telling him that he isn't the kind of person she would like to go out on a date with. ("I'll Know") Fortunately for Sky, Sarah's Mission is in trouble, and when he promises to fill her prayer meeting with a dozen sinners, Sky manages to get Sarah to agree to the date, putting Nathan in an even worse position ("Guys and Dolls"). Meanwhile Nathan arranges to use the garage, assuming Sky will never manage to date Miss Sarah, while Miss Adelaide to finishes her performance in the Hot Box nightclub ("A Bushel And A Peck"). Adelaide soon finds out Nathan is running the c**p game again, and reflects on a book she's been reading, which basically tells her that the cold she is having is because she is frustrated that Nathan won't commit to her. ("Adelaide's Lament") Over the course of Sky and Sarah's date, Sky manages to break down Sarah's social inhibitions (by giving her a drink with Bacardi), and a drunk Sarah starts to fall in love with Sky, though he won't take advantage of her while she is intoxicated. ("If I Were A Bell"). The two return to America, and Sarah, sober, and Sky express their mutual love for each other. ("My Time of Day"/"I've Never Been in Love Before") Unfortunately, their romantic moment is ruined when they see gamblers running out of the mission- which is where Nathan was having the c**p game.

Act II

Adelaide performs another song at the hotbox. ("Take Back Your Mink") She is still having a psychosomatic cold due to lack of a wedding ring. ("Adelaide's Second Lament") Tired of his habitual lying, she walks out on Nathan ("Sue Me"). Meanwhile, Sky is having problems of his own with Sarah as their lifestyles clash. Convinced that his love for Sarah is true, Sky makes good on a bet he made with Sarah to fill her failing mission with a dozen sinners (Luck Be A Lady). Also, he lies about succeeding on his original bet with Nathan and pays him the $1,000. At the same time, Sky wins a bet with the guys at Nathan's c**p game ("Luck Be A Lady") that results in them having to appear at Sarah's mission ("Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat"). Nathan also attends, but doing so nearly ruins his relationship with Adelaide.

Sarah fatefully runs into Adelaide, where the two realize that they cannot fight love any longer ("Marry the Man Today"). Adelaide is relieved when Sarah mentions that Nathan had attended a service earlier in the night, which Adelaide thought he had been lying about.

The show ends happily with Nathan and Adelaide's long-awaited wedding ("Finale"), Nathan having gone (almost) straight. They are joined by Sarah and Sky, who has joined the mission and married Sarah.