The Frank Loesser musical 'Guys & Dolls' is based on characters created by whom?
Frank Loesser "Guys and Dolls" (1950), based on the stories of Damon Runyon, was again produced by Feuer and Martin. "Guys and Dolls" became a hit and earned Loesser two Tony Awards. Bob Fosse called "Guys and Dolls" "the greatest American musical of all time." A film version was released in 1955, and starred Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. In 1950, Loesser started his own publishing company, Frank Music Corporation. It was created to control and publish his work but eventually supported other writers such as Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, and Meredith Willson. After working on "Neptune's Daughter",
Guys and Dolls 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 Runyonand also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon storiesmost notably "Pick the Winner". The premiere on Broadway was in 1950. It ran for 1,200 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