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THE SPRING MUSICAL: Guys and Dolls UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS THE SPRING MUSICAL: Guys and Dolls Music and Lyrics by: Frank Loesser Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows APRIL 25, 26 & 27, 2013 AT 7:30 P.M. A smash hit that first ignited Broadway in 1950, Guys and Dolls is a fun-loving musical set in the New York underworld of the 1920's. It tells the story of Nathan Detroit, a gambler who runs a famous "floating" craps game, much to the distress of his long- suffering fiancée, the Hot Box Nightclub singer, Adelaide Adams. Nathan finds himself short on the cash he needs to keep his craps game afloat, so he bets $1000 on what he believes is a sure thing: Sky Masterson, a high rolling, suave gambler boasts that he could get any "doll" he wanted, 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. Sarah is reluctant, so Sky in turn guarantees her that he will provide twelve "genuine sinners" for her failing prayer meeting if she joins him for dinner. So, Sky needs sinners to win Sarah, Sarah needs Sky to help save her mission, Adelaide wants to turn her fourteen-year engagement into a wedding, and Nathan is just trying to keep his craps game afloat, keep Adelaide happy, and not get arrested by the local cops. Packed with some of Broadway's most beloved songs, such as "Sit Down You're Rockin the Boat," "Fugue for Tinhorns," and "Luck Be a Lady," Guys and Dolls is an exuberant musical guaranteed to delight! TICKET ORDER FORM _____ tickets @ $10 for Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 7:30 pm _____ tickets @ $10 for Friday, April 26, 2013 at 7:30 pm _____ tickets @ $10 for Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 7:30 pm TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED: __________ Special Assistance Seating Request: ____________________________________________ Send this form with a check made payable to “University High School” to Rachel Damian, University High School, 3065 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 For information call 415 447-3148 or email [email protected] .
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