"Guys And Dolls" graphic ©Maltz Jupiter Theatre


Music and Lyrics: Frank Loesser
Book: Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
Based on a story and characters created by Damon Runyon



Jupiter, FL
Feb. 14 - Mar. 5, 2006

Director and Choreographer: Daniel Pelzig



"Michael Gruber is a lanky, rough-hewn Sky Masterson."--Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Michael Gruber is smooth and elegant with a nice singing range."--Jupiter Courier

"Gruber has a mellow, creamy vocal style."--Palm Beach Post

Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys and Dolls is the story of what happens when the underworld (in the form of the “highest roller of them all”, Sky Masterson) meets the elite (in the form of Sarah Brown, sergeant of the Save-A-Soul Mission), and when the forces of civilization (in the form of Miss Adelaide, “the well-known fiancée”) meet the forces of, well, guys (in the form of good old reliable Nathan Detroit).

The story revolves around Nathan Detroit, the organizer of "the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York," who bets fellow gambler Sky Masterson that he can't make the next girl he sees fall in love with him. The next girl Masterson sees just happens to be the pure-at-heart reformer, Miss Sarah Brown, and the stage is set for a hilarious evening of complications.


Bio:
Broadway: Mike in A Chorus Line, Munkustrap in Cats, The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, Hortensio in Kiss Me, Kate, and original companies of Swing!, Miss Saigon, Laughing Room Only and My Favorite Year. Favorite Regional roles include Phil Davis in White Christmas (Boston 2005), Stanley Donen in the world premier of What a Glorious Feeling (Mason Street Warehouse), Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (Stratford Festical, CA), Don Lockwood in Singin in the Rain, Young Ben in Follies, Finger in Red Hot and Blue (Paper Mill Playhouse), Whizzer in Falsettos (Alliance in Atlanta), Saul in Rags (Walnut Street Theatre), Jud in Oklahoma (Arizona Theatre Co.), Cousin Kevin in Tommy ('99 concert tour), Lucky in Dames At Sea (Goodspeed). Recordings include: 42nd Street, Singin in the Rain, Wonderful Town, The Most Happy Fella, Good News, Swing!, My Favorite Year, The Music Man, and Follies.