The musical had a difficult birth, but Damon Runyon's romanticised stories of gambling gangsters and sinning spinsters found their ultimate expression in Frank Loesser's wonderful score. Never mind the underbelly, feel the loveThere's no beating Kenneth Tynan's pithy encapsulation of Guys and Dolls: "The Beggar's Opera of Broadway." It was, in his estimation, "the second best American play" ever written, behind Death…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:34AM on December 29, 2015