Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Dames at Sea is a 1966 musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise.. The musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York City, steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star.
Peters's performance as "Ruby" in the 1968 Off-Broadway production of Dames at Sea, a parody of 1930s musicals, brought her critical acclaim and her first Drama Desk Award. [11] She had appeared in an earlier 1966 version of Dames at Sea at the Off-Off-Broadway performance club Caffe Cino.
George Haimsohn (June 12, 1925 [1] – January 17, 2003 [2]) was an American writer and photographer.He was best known for co-writing the book and libretto of the popular 1960s Off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea. [2]
The musical re-opened under the title Dames at Sea in the Off-Broadway Bouwerie Lane Theatre on December 20, 1968 and then transferred to the Theatre De Lys on April 22, 1969, where it played until its closing on May 10, 1970, with a total of 575 performances. [5] The musical won the 1969 Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Off-Broadway Musical. [6]
1969 – The musical Dames at Sea and The Old Ladies starring Joyce Carey, Joan Miller and Flora Robson. 1970 – Diana Dors in Three Months Gone. 1971 – The Dirtiest Show in Town. 1973 – Rattigan's In Praise of Love. 1974 – Oh! Calcutta! transferred from the Royalty and remained in residence until 1980 with a total of 3,918 performances. [2]
Legends of Broadway–Bernadette Peters Compilation (2006) – Sony Masterworks Broadway (Original versions of songs from Dames At Sea, Annie Get Your Gun, Anyone Can Whistle, Sunday in the Park with George, Mack and Mabel, Song and Dance, Into The Woods and Gypsy) [55] Follies – PS Classics (2011) Other recordings
Dames at Sea – book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, music by Jim Wise; Antigone – by Jean Anouilh; Boiler Room Suite – by Rex Deverell; Passengers – by Paddy Campbell, music by William Skolnik; Ashes – by David Rudkin; The Lover – by Harold Pinter; The Stronger – by August Strindberg; Solange – by Jean Barbeau
She played the role of Mona Kent in the Broadway premiere of Dames at Sea which opened in October 2015. [12] The USA Today review noted, "the actress plays the tyrannical vamp with infectious relish." [13] She appeared as Cindy Lou Who in the Off-Broadway one person Who's Holiday! in November and December 2017.