Jessica Biel got dolled up with dark hair and bright red lipstick to take on Broadway. Well, off Broadway that is.

Jessica Biel is singing in the hit musical “Guys and Dolls” currently playing at the Hollywood Bowl. This comes after Biel’s last movie “Powder Blue” which was primarily known for Biel playing a stripper and gettin neked. You can’t go in a more opposite direction than landing “Guys and Dolls” as your next big gig.

We’ll probably pass on the whole “Guys and Dolls” thing since it’s not our thing. We will, however, be there opening night for when “Stealth! The Musical” rolls into town.

Biel, 27, marks her major musical-theater debut this weekend, as the Los Angeles Philharmonic presents a three-night run of a concert version of the classic “Guys and Dolls” at the Hollywood Bowl.

“I haven’t really done anything like this,” Biel said, following a dress rehearsal Friday afternoon. “Well, I did one thing in college. In college, I did a concert version of ‘Tommy’ when I was in college. But, other than that … .”

For “Guys and Dolls,” Biel takes on the role of saintly Sarah Brown, a Manhattan missionary at odds with a gang of gamblers – and eventually in love with one of them. It’s a far cry from one of Biel’s last roles: a stressed-out stripper in the steamy, straight-to-video “Powder Blue.”

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