{photo: Veronica DiPerna as a Chorus Girl in Runyonland.}
The past week and a half has been (as always) a race toward the finish line.  Final days in the rehearsal hall were spent cleaning, focusing, tightening, throwing out, rethinking and speeding up.

{photo:Todd A. Horman and the company of Sit Down.}
Sit Down, You’re Rockin the Boat was a blast [...]

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{photo: Doug Tompos, the actor playing Buckminster Fuller in our upcoming Studio theater production of R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE.}
In the midst of getting Guys and Dolls ready to head for the stage next week, we also began rehearsals for R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE [...]

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So we are about a week and a half into rehearsals for Guys and Dolls and we are plowing through the beast. This painting by Reginald Marsh was an inspiration for the design.

{photo: Richard Matthews and Carey Brown rehearsing ‘Follow the Fold.”}
The music is highly melodic, but at times trickier than you’d expect. The cast [...]

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This painting of Coney Island in the thirties by Paul Cadmus, was one of our inspirations for the world of Guys and Dolls. A ‘hyper-theatrical, kalleidoscope of colliding colors and textures’, in the words of our set designer, Skip Mercier.
Damon Runyon, who wrote the original stories on which the musical was based, was born [...]

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I know you’ve been anxiously awaiting the announcement of the cast for Guys and Dolls, so here goes. In the role of Sarah Brown, the sexy Sergeant of the Salvation Army - we welcome back Carey Brown (Maria in West Side Story).

And as the highest roller of them all, Sky Masterson, Robert Mammana joins [...]

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