FEATURES
By J. Wynn Rousuck | December 31, 1999
Producing a musical is always a crap shoot, but Washington's Arena Stage has come up with a winner in its sleek, smart and funny production of "Guys and Dolls."This is Broadway-caliber work on the part of director Charles Randolph-Wright, choreographer Ken Roberson, the design team and almost all of the cast (many of whom, including star Maurice Hines, have Broadway credentials).Based on the characters created by Damon Runyon, with a score by Frank Loesser and a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, "Guys and Dolls," which opened in 1950, hails from an era when the words "musical" and "comedy" seemed inseparably linked.
NEWS
By Mary Johnson | February 18, 1999
With its concert version of Frank Loesser's "Guys and Dolls" Saturday, J. Ernest Green and the Annapolis Chorale moved into a new musical arena without leaving Maryland Hall.The singers have gone this season from Mozart to Motown, from Handel to Mascagni and now to Broadway, without sets. With the Annapolis Chamber Orchestra, the chorale and six soloists, the stage was so full that sets would have gotten in the way of the music.Green and the chorale used the minimal staging effectively, so the performance was never static.
ENTERTAINMENT
By J. Wynn Rousuck | December 19, 1999
Maurice Hines stars as Nathan Detroit in director Charles Randolph-Wright's racially mixed revival of the classic 1950 musical "Guys and Dolls," currently in previews at Washington's Arena Stage.The Abe Burrows-Jo Swerling-Frank Loesser musical, based on the stories of Damon Runyon, focuses on the unlikely connection between a group of underworld gamblers and the do-gooders at the Save-a-Soul Mission.Hines plays Nathan Detroit, proprietor of "the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York."
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By Mary Johnson | November 12, 1998
Pat Roberts and her daughter Anna will be featured this weekend in the Moonlight Troupers' production of "Guys and Dolls."Anna Roberts, a senior at Broadneck High School, is playing a leading role as Sarah Brown, the head of the Save-a-Soul Mission. Pat Roberts plays her daughter's boss, Gen. Matilda Cartwright, who leads the network of Save-a-Soul missions.The mother of three, Pat Roberts wanted to perform on stage with her youngest child before Anna goes to college. To make it happen, she took an acting class at Anne Arundel Community College to add to a resume that includes vocal training and backstage theater experience with Children's Theatre of Annapolis and Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre.
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By Mary Johnson | November 19, 1998
Moonlight Troupers' "Guys and Dolls," which opened last weekend at Anne Arundel Community College, is closer to a Broadway show than a community college production in terms of the talented cast, skilled directing, great staging and lively orchestra in the pit.Robert F. Kauffman, director and head of the AACC drama department, has assembled an excellent cast and crew to bring to life the colorful gamblers, gangsters, missionaries and showgirls from Damon...
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By Peg Adamarczyk | March 20, 1998
SPRING is upon us, bringing Opening Day fever, sprucing-up chores in the yard and the sight of dimpled, droopy body parts that haven't seen the light of day since September.But it's not too late to start that long-delayed exercise plan.Sweatpants and Dance, a low-impact exercise program for the nonspandex crowd that is sponsored by the county Department of Recreation and Parks, meets from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Wednesday evenings at George Fox Middle School.George Kelch, program leader, said the self-directed dance activity attracts men and women.
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By Peg Adamarczk | March 13, 1998
Shamrocks, leprechauns and all things green will descend on St. Jane Frances parish hall in Riviera Beach today. It's time to celebrate at the 48th annual St. Patrick's Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free.During the day, there will be games and prizes, face painting and a crafts corner, all geared to children. After 5 p.m., the bazaar changes to appeal to a more mature crowd, but there will still be games for youngsters and teens.A variety of wheels and raffle contests, including the big Winning of the Green raffle with a $1,000 winner-take-all jackpot, will tempt those feeling lucky this Friday the 13th.
NEWS
June 1, 1997
Born Alfred Damon Runyan, his mother died by the time he was seven years old. His father supported the family in Colorado by writing for the Pueblo Evening Post, but exercised little control over his young son. Runyon spent his early adolescence in gangs and running messages in the red light district.At 15, he started writing alongside his father, and when an editor misspelled the younger's name, he kept the change. Later in his career another editor, at the New York American, found the three-name byline pretentious and removed Alfred.
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By Sherry Graham | April 16, 1996
THE DRAMA department at Liberty High School will present its spring production, "Guys and Dolls," Friday and Saturday at 7: 30 p.m. The show also will be presented April 26 and 27.With a cast and crew of nearly 60, this production tells the story of a group of gangsters, their gals and their favorite pastime -- gambling.The show, the third major production of the year, is co-directed by drama department veterans Kathy Schnorr and Cathy James.Featured in this musical are seniors Andrea Hussle, Katy Schuman, Ken Fischer and Kevin Schreiner.
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By JACQUES KELLY | February 2, 1995
One night Ruth Williamson was belting out "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from the stage of New York's Martin Beck Theatre.The house was going crazy with applause. It was the kind of theater magic that results when an audience loves a show. She had a funny feeling in her throat and it wasn't an emotional response to composer Frank Loesser's words and music for the score for "Guys and Dolls."The vocal cords of the Baltimore-born actress had hemorrhaged."It happened when night after night I had to hit that high note, the high C, the money note, " she said one day last week in her Manhattan apartment.