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Guys and Dolls review

“When it cuts loose, it triumphs”

Long ReviewsMar 15, 2023Bridge Theatre, London

Cedric Neal and cast of Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre, London. Photo: Manuel Harlan

Nicholas Hytner’s promenade staging of the classic musical, starring Daniel Mays, Marisha Wallace and Cedric Neal, shows audiences a swaggering, swell time

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