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Guys and Dolls

1950 American musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
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Guys and Dolls

Summary

Guys and Dolls is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,186 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guys and Dolls received the Laurence Olivier Awards[3].
  • Guys and Dolls's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[4].
  • Guys and Dolls's composer is recorded as Frank Loesser[5].
  • Guys and Dolls's librettist is recorded as Jo Swerling[6].
  • Guys and Dolls's librettist is recorded as Abe Burrows[7].
  • Guys and Dolls's based on is recorded as The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown[8].
  • Guys and Dolls's Commons category is recorded as Guys and Dolls (musical)[9].
  • Guys and Dolls's soundtrack release is recorded as Guys and Dolls – A Musical Fable of Broadway[10].
  • Guys and Dolls's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Guys and Dolls comprises I've Never Been in Love Before[12].
  • Guys and Dolls comprises Luck Be a Lady[13].
  • Guys and Dolls comprises I'll Know[14].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Sky Masterson[15].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Sister Sarah Brown[16].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Nathan Detroit[17].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Miss Adelaide[18].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Nicely-Nicely Johnson[19].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Arvide Abernathy[20].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Big Jule[21].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Harry the Horse[22].
  • Guys and Dolls's characters is recorded as Benny Southstreet[23].
  • Guys and Dolls's lyricist is recorded as Frank Loesser[24].
  • Guys and Dolls's date of first performance is recorded as 1950[25].
  • Guys and Dolls's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Guys and Dolls'}[26].
  • Guys and Dolls's different from is recorded as Guys and Dolls[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Musical[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c414fd93-73a4-4972-aae6-80cb05343f37[29]

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Recognition

Guys and Dolls received the Laurence Olivier Awards[3].

Why It Matters

Guys and Dolls ranks in the top 2% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,186 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Guys and Dolls receive?

Honors received include Laurence Olivier Awards[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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