July 9-21  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Based on a Story and Characters of Damon Runyon
Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

When an unlikely spark flies between gambler Sky Masterson and the saintly Sarah Brown, a sergeant at the Save-a- Soul Mission, the result is a hilarious musical cocktail of romance and racketeering! Will "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York" be closed in the name of love, or will the path to heaven take a back seat to romance in Havana? Find out in this rousing Broadway hit! The dynamic score includes: "Luck be a Lady," "Adelaide's Lament" and "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat."

Starring as Sky Masterson in this rousing production will be Robert Cuccioli. Best known for his award-wining appearance in the title role of Broadway's Jekyll & Hyde, Mr. Cuccioli's CLO appearances has made him a Pittsburgh favorite. Audiences will remember him from last summer's popular production of Bells Are Ringing. He previously appeared as Sid Sorokin in Pittsburgh CLO's 2000 production of The Pajama Game. Recently, Mr. Cuccioli wrapped a successful run at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle in a production of A Little Night Music, starring as Count Carl Magnus and played Nick Arnstein in the Paper Mill Playhouse's Funny Girl. Mr. Cuccioli made his Broadway debut as Javert in Les Misérables and boasts an impressive list of Off-Broadway credits including And the World Goes 'Round which earned him an Outer Critics Circle Award.

This fun-filled production is a "sure bet" with Pittsburgh CLO Executive Producer Van Kaplan in the Director's chair. Guys and Dolls will mark Mr. Kaplan's directorial debut at Pittsburgh CLO. Prior to assuming the role of CLO Executive Producer, he spent 17 years at Casa Mañana Musicals in Fort Worth, Texas. His directorial credits include the critically acclaimed production of the Kopit and Yeston's Phantom at the North Shore Music Theater, On the Town, Sheer Madness, Ruthless, Sweeney Todd with Candy Buckley, Nunsense starring Jo Anne Worley, Guys and Dolls starring Georgia Engel and South Pacific starring Cathy Rigby. Mr. Kaplan has worked with such celebrities as Betty Buckley, Tony Bennett, Bill Cosby, Natalie Cole, Carol Channing, Jerry Seinfeld, Johnny Mathis and Debbie Reynolds. As a producer, Mr. Kaplan has also successfully produced and launched touring productions of the North American tour of Barry Manilow's Copacabana, Joseph and the Amazing Colored Dreamcoat, Phantom, Singin' in the Rain, Chess, Grand Hotel, City of Angels, Evita, Brigadoon and the first national tour of Nunsense II starring Jo Anne Worley.

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