Those familiar with the witty short stories of newspaper columnist, Damon Runyon, may also be acquainted with the types of gangsters, gamblers, hustlers and floozies that populated the 1940’s Manhattan and Brooklyn prohibition underworld of which he wrote. Those amusing stories became the inspiration for composer Frank Loesser’s delightful Broadway musical, “Guys & Dolls.” With Loesser’s charming music & lyrics, and the witty book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows, the 1950 show became an enduring hit that was also brought successfully to the screen with the 1955 adaptation starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Vivian Blaine and Jean Simmons. Now…
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