{"id":235434,"date":"2012-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/lambs-players-features-fine-fun-guys-and-dolls\/"},"modified":"2012-03-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T08:00:00","slug":"lambs-players-features-fine-fun-guys-and-dolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/lambs-players-features-fine-fun-guys-and-dolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamb&#039;s Players presenta buenos y divertidos chicos y mu\u00f1ecos."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GUYS AND DOLLS<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gad2A.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-244 lazyload\" title=\"gad2A\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gad2A-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"Lamb\u2019s Players features fine, fun guys and dolls\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/282;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(l to r) Eileen Bowman, Lauren King and April Henry (Photo by JT MacMillan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Through April 1<\/p>\n<p>Lamb\u2019s Players Theatre<\/p>\n<p>1142 Orange Ave., Coronado<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tues, Wed &amp; Thurs 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Fri 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Sat 4 &amp; 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Sun 2 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Info: (619) 437-6000<\/p>\n<p>Web: lambsplayers.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coronado theater company\u2019s latest extends run through end of March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Charlene Baldridge | Downtown News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The newly opened \u201cGuys and Dolls\u201d is a splendid example of the Lamb\u2019s Players Theater doing what it does best. All the elements in this classic, large cast musical, from leads to costumes to choreography and live orchestra, are assured, sparkling with ease and enthusiasm. This review is based on the opening night performance of February 11, and the musical plays through April 1.<\/p>\n<p>The 1950 Broadway musical is based on short stories and characters by Damon Runyon with book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Frank Loesser\u2019s music and lyrics sparkle, offering listeners who may have forgotten, or never knew, a prime bouquet of songs that issue from the characters and advance the plot.<\/p>\n<p>An entertainer at the Hot Box nightclub, Miss Adelaide (by hilarious and spunky Eileen Bowman) has been engaged for 14 years to a gambler named Nathan Detroit (Spencer Rowe). Nathan has serious commitment issues and runs \u201cThe Oldest Established\u201d floating crap game in town. Harry the Horse (Andy Collins) is putting on the pressure because Big Julie (John Rosen) is in town from Chicago looking for some action and Nathan hasn\u2019t yet found a venue for it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_246\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gad3A.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-246 lazyload\" title=\"gad3A\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gad3A-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Lamb\u2019s Players features fine, fun guys and dolls\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/228;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(l to r) Spencer Roe and Eileen Bowman (Photo by JT MacMillan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nathan finds a place but needs a $1,000 guarantee, which he doesn\u2019t have. He bets high-roller Sky Masterson (Brent Schindele) that Sky can\u2019t persuade Salvation Army doll Sarah Brown (Kelsey Venter) to go to Havana with him. Sky, who is very persuasive, wins the bet and falls in love for the first time\u2014\u201cI\u2019ve Never Been in Love Before\u201d\u2014and despite her better judgment, so does Sarah in \u201cIf I Were a Bell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nathan\u2019s main Guys are well played by Jesse Abeel as Liver Lips Louie, Danny Boman as Benny Southstreet, and Tim Roberts as Nicely Nicely, with fine turns by Rhona Gold as Salvation Army General Cartwright, Ralph Johnson as Sarah\u2019s grandfather\u2014touching in his song \u201cMore I Cannot Wish You\u201d\u2014and Jim Chovick as Lt. Brannigan.<\/p>\n<p>Knockout musical numbers include Adelaide\u2019s \u201cTake Back Your Mink,\u201d Sky\u2019s \u201cLuck Be a Lady\u201d and the ensemble piece, \u201cSit Down, You\u2019re Rockin\u2019 the Boat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schindele and Venter are musically fine as Sky and Sarah. Although it\u2019s not the ideal rolling and rich baritone, Schindele\u2019s voice is well suited for the venue and he is handsome. Venter possesses a sweet soprano and gratifying musicality. What I would wish her is a better wig. As for Bowman\u2019s Adelaide, she is precious, extremely musical and a screamingly funny comic. Rowe is extremely appealing as Nathan.<\/p>\n<p>Costume designer Jeanne Reith dresses all the guys and dolls brightly, and that\u2019s no small feat. The company numbers 23. I particularly adored Benny\u2019s green suit and the colorful shirts worn by the male dancers, who were fabulously kinetic crapshooters as choreographed by Coleen Kollar Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry Meads upholds her reputation as one of the city\u2019s finest musical comedy directors. The pacing never flags and the evening flashes by in just two-and-a-half hours, due in part to Mike Buckley\u2019s fluid scenic design. Patrick Duffy\u2019s sound design supports the artists as well as Jon Lorenz\u2019s musical direction, the fine five-piece band, which plays Taylor Peckham\u2019s venue appropriate orchestrations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUYS AND DOLLS Through April 1 Lamb\u2019s Players Theatre 1142 Orange Ave., Coronado Tues, Wed &amp; Thurs 7:30 p.m. Fri 8 p.m. Sat 4 &amp; 8 p.m. Sun 2 p.m. Info: (619) 437-6000 Web: lambsplayers.org Coronado theater company\u2019s latest extends run through end of March By Charlene Baldridge | Downtown News The newly opened \u201cGuys [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":235435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Lamb\u2019s Players features fine, fun guys and dolls","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11600],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-sdnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}