Guys and Dolls.

Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by
Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" two
short stories by Damon Runyon.

The premiere on Broadway was in 1950. It ran for 1200 performances and won
the Tony Award for Best Musical. The musical has had several Broadway and
London revivals, as well as a 1955 film adaptation starring Marlon Brando, Jean
Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine.
Guys and Dolls were selected as the winner of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The musical premiered on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on November 24,
1950. It was directed by George S. Kaufman, with dances and musical numbers
by Michael Kidd, scenic and lighting design by Jo Mielziner, costumes by Alvin
Colt, and orchestrations by George Bassman and Ted Royal, with vocal
arrangements by Herbert Greene.
The musical ran for 1,200 performances, winning five 1951 Tony Awards,
including the award for Best Musical. Decca Records issued the original cast
recording on 78 rpm records, which was later expanded and re-issued on LP, and
then transferred to CD in the 1980s.
The West End premiere opened at the London Coliseum on May 28, 1953 and ran
for 555 performances. The cast starred Vivian Blaine, Sam Levene, Lizbeth Webb
and Jerry Wayne.[12][13] Lizbeth Webb was the only major principal who was
British and was chosen to play the part of Sarah Brown by Frank Loesser. The
show has had numerous revivals and tours and has become a popular choice for
school and community theatre productions.