Guys and Dolls on Stage at Scarsdale High School this Weekend

Despite Hurricane Sandy which stopped much of Scarsdale in its tracks for a week, the Scarsdale High School Drama Club weathered the weather and is proud to present this year’s musical Guys and Dolls November 16, 17, and 18 at Scarsdale High School. "Guys and Dolls," A Musical Fable of Broadway, is based on Damon Runyon’s fabulous stories of Broadway and is set in his mythical New York City. This musical romantic comedy is considered to be one of the greatest musicals of all time. Frank Loesser’s toe-tapping score, including fan-favorites such as “Luck Be a Lady,” “Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat,” and “A Bushel and A Peck” is the perfect music to complement Runyon’s colorful characters.

The show has something for everyone including fun dance numbers, big laughs, and romantic love ballads. The main characters are Sarah Brown (played by Sophie Laruelle); a mission sergeant bent on fixing all the troubled sinners of Broadway; Sky Masterson (Nick Cioffi); a smooth, high-betting gambler; Miss Adelaide (Ali Whitney); star of the Hot-Box night club; and Nathan Detroit (Gavin Elwes); head of the oldest-established crap game in New York.

Nathan Detroit starts the story in a fix; he has no place to hold the crap game and he is out the $1,000 to furnish the spot. His sidekicks Nicely Nicely Johnson and Benny Southstreet convince him he should bet Sky Masterson that he can take Sergeant Sarah Brown to Havana. Meanwhile, Miss Adelaide of the Hot-Box night club is engaged to Nathan Detroit and after 14 years is more than ready to tie the knot. The four characters, along with the large cast of crapshooters, Hot Box dancers, mission girls, and Havana dancers, perform a fun and exciting, classical Broadway musical that shouldn’t be missed!

The talented cast includes: Sayeef Alam, Josh Ben-Ami, Celia Berman, Doug Berman, Molly Bookner, Ava Bradlow, Nicole Brenner, Rebecca Buchwald, Nick Cioffi, Vicky DiSalvo, Caroline Donat, Chris D'Silva, Gavin Elwes, Sunny Feinstein, Gabi Gaujean, Steven Gluck, Luis Grisanti, Caroline Huh, Rebecca Jacobs, Sophie Laruelle, Adam Lerner, Bryant Lo, Ilana Newman, Briana Orrico, Marco Pompa, Rebecca Primoff, Sydney Prince, Megan Reynolds, Sydney Robinson, Biana Rogoff, Nicole Root, India Stachyra, Jake Staffin, Ali Whitney, Alexa Winowsky and Julia Zecchini.

"Guys and Dolls" will be performed on Friday, November 16th at 7:00 PM, Saturday, November 17th at 7:00 PM, and on Sunday, November 18th at 2:00 PM. Tickets are available online at http://shsguysanddolls.eventbrite.com.