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Dames at Sea

A long-running hit off-Broadway that brought stardom to Bernadette Peters, this campy show is based on the nostalgia of Hollywood musicals of the 30's.

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Description

  • Full Length Musical
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Orchestra Size: Large

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Large Stage, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Outer Critics Circle Best New Musical Award
A long-running hit off-Broadway that brought stardom to Bernadette Peters, this campy show is based on the nostalgia of Hollywood musicals of the 30's.

It's big time New York, into which sweet little Ruby from a faraway Hometown, U.S.A. has come to make it big on Broadway. Who should she chance to meet but another boy from Hometown, U.S.A.: Dick, a sailor, who also has ambitions as a songwriter. Ruby begins in the chorus, and by the end of the day, in true Hollywood fashion, Dick saves her doomed Broadway show with a smash tune, as Ruby becomes a star on the deck of a battleship which just happens to be passing by. 

Selected as "Best Musical of the Year" by Time, Newsweek, and Outer Critics Circle.
REVIEWS:

"A winner! A gem of a musical!"

 The New York Times

"An instant hit!"

 United Press International

Premiere Production: Dames at Sea first premiered at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre in New York City, under the direction of Neal Kenyon.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Room for Extras, Expandable casting
  • Casting Notes: The producer may at his own option augment the cast with a female, male, or mixed chorus of any number of members for any number of production routines up to nine.
  • Chorus Size: Medium

  • MONA KENT - A temperamental Broadway diva.
    JOAN - A big-hearted chorus girl.
    HENNESSEY - The Director.
    RUBY - A young, bright-eyed chorus girl from Utah.
    DICK - A handsome sailor who happens to be a great songwriter.
    LUCKY - A sailor who used to date Joan.
    THE CAPTAIN - The ship's captain and Mona's former lover back in Florida.
    CHORUS

    • Available Material

    Name Price
    Perusal Material Shipped immediately. This is optional. Order Now

    1 x Libretto / Chorus Book

    		$24.00
    Libretto This is optional. Order Now

    The LIBRETTO is available fore SALE ONLY and is not available for hire as part of the Rehearsal Material set. It must be purchased separately and is available through our office.

    		$24.95
    Pre-Production Pack Shipped upon receipt of a signed License Agreement and full payment of all invoices. This is optional.

    1 x Piano/Conductors Score / Vocal Chorus Book

    		$75.00
    Rehearsal Material Shipped a minimum of 3 months before the last performance. This must be hired as a condition of the License to produce this show.

    10 x Chorus Books
    1 x Piano/Conductor's Score Act I
    1 x Piano/Conductor's Score Act II

    		$80.00 +$80.00/pm
    Orchestral Material Shipped a minimum of 1 month before the last performance. This is optional.

    1 x Reed I (Alto Saxophone, Clarinet)
    1 x Reed II
    1 x Trumpet
    1 x Percussion (Vibraphone, Xylophone, Drums)
    1 x Piano II
    1 x Violin A & B
    1 x Violin C
    1 x Bass

    		$60.00 +$60.00/pm

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