Damon Runs On

Last year there was talk of bringing the hit London production of Guys And Dolls to Broadway, but that fell apart. Now it looks like Des McAnuff will direct a new production for 2009.

At first I thought: didn't they just have the Nathan Lane-Faith Prince version, good enough to make some Broadway veterans forget the original? But then I checked, and it ran from 1992 to 1995. McAnuff's production will be the fifth revival Broadway has seen. Since the show opened in 1950, that means there's been one about every 12 years, so why not?

As far as I'm concerned, Guys And Dolls should be playing on Broadway all the time.