THEA 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Frank Loesser, George S. Kaufman, Abe Burrows
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Opened nov 4th, 1950, and ran for 1200 performances. Plot: nathan detroit, a gambler, needs to pay for a spot to hold his craps game. He bets sky masterson, another gambler, that he cannot take sarah brown, a missionary, on a date. Sky tells sarah he will bring 12 sinners to her mission if she goes out with him. She was recently told her mission will be shut down if she does not get more people to come in, so she accepts the deal. When they return, they see gamblers coming out of the mission, and sarah thinks sky took her out just to e(cid:373)pty the (cid:373)issio(cid:374) so they (cid:272)ould ga(cid:373)(cid:271)le. He gets (cid:373)ad a(cid:374)d does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to see. Sky again: meanwhile, adelaide, natha(cid:374)"s fia(cid:374)(cid:272) , (cid:271)elie(cid:448)es natha(cid:374) is ga(cid:373)(cid:271)li(cid:374)g, a(cid:374)d she is upset (cid:271)y that and because she thinks he is never going to marry her.