DAMES AT SEA to Set Sail on Broadway in 2014; Directed and Choreographed by Randy Skinner

[Rob]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:14pm

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[broadwaydevil]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:19pm

Was this previously announced or did this come from no where? Either I was under a rock or this was a surprise announcement.
Either way, I'm very excited as I've never seen the musical before and I really think a stellar cast could be assembled for this one.

Glad a musical revival is getting announced in what has so far been, pardon my pun, a sea of new musicals.

Scratch and claw for every day you're worth! Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming You'll live forever here on earth.

[newintown]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:21pm

I dunno - I always love this show in a small theatre (it started down at the miniscule Café Cino, then the Lortel). The 1985 revival at the Lamb's was amazing.

I can't imagine sitting half a block away in a Broadway barn and getting the same joy as I have watching 6 terrific performers close up and intimate, with just two pianos and percussion (the way it was written to be done).

[PalJoey]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:31pm

I think this could be wonderful. I've always thought it could be expanded--and Randy Skinner has just the right touch.

[ggersten]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:32pm

But how will it compare to the TV version with Ann Margret and Ann Miller. Off to that other site to look for clips.
Somewhere there's a tape....

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:36pm

Such a little gem, hope it doesn't get lost on a big Broadway barn. Is Megan Hilty too old for the Bernadette Peters role? I only know the show through the cast recording, though I imagine Peters was very young when she did it. Can't wait to hear about the casting either way.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[Mark-o]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:38pm

Patti LuPone will star!

[BrodyFosse123]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:42pm

Here are some delicious photos of Bernadette Peters in the original 1968-69 Off-Broadway production:

[CATSNYrevival]

DAMES AT SEA to Set Sail on Broadway in 2014; Directed and Choreographed by Randy Skinner#8

Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:45pm

It sounds like they're trying to make Dames at Sea more like Anything Goes.

[best12bars]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:47pm

"Anything At Sea!"

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Unknown User]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:47pm

Patti LuPone will star? Only if she plays the battleship.

[Playbilly]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 12:47pm

Love those pictures. Funny she never played Betty Boop. Bwaaaaaah!

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[Mike Barrett]

DAMES AT SEA to Set Sail on Broadway in 2014; Directed and Choreographed by Randy Skinner#12

Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:03pm

It does sound a lot like Anything Goes. That's fine with me though, I loved Anything Goes and would love to see it again. This show sounds very interesting, can't wait to hear about the cast!

[Kad]

DAMES AT SEA to Set Sail on Broadway in 2014; Directed and Choreographed by Randy Skinner#13

Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:04pm

A nice surprise- I can't believe there have been no rumblings of this.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[ullabelt]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:06pm

Thats a lovely surprise indeed, I agree!

[Tom1071]

DAMES AT SEA to Set Sail on Broadway in 2014; Directed and Choreographed by Randy Skinner#15

Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:28pm

I always felt like it was Anything Goes meets 42nd Street. You have the aging star, the ingenue and the loud mouth comedian.

I live for a tap show. 42nd Street was my everything when I first moved to NYC in 2001. I saw it at 15 times in a year. I know I will be seeing this. Randy Skinner is amazing at this style of show.

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[PlayItAgain]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:30pm

no way does this actually get to broadway, i'll believe it when I see it.

[Liza's Headband]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:32pm

Why don't you believe it will actually go to Broadway?

[beaemma]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:35pm

The original DAMES AT SEA was an affectionate spoof of the old Warner Brothers musicals. The tiny scale and purposely corny songs and dialogue was all part of that. To build it into a an ANYTHING GOES type show is to lose its essence.

[trentsketch]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:40pm

There's a little video from the 1971 recording on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HXn076djr8

I hope this revival works. Big fan of the material.

[newintown]

DAMES AT SEA to Set Sail on Broadway in 2014; Directed and Choreographed by Randy Skinner#20

Posted: 8/20/13 at 1:47pm

Agreed with beaemma - anyone who takes Dames At Sea to Broadway simply doesn't get the show (which wouldn't be new with Skinner...).

[Mildred Plotka]

DAMES AT SEA to Set Sail on Broadway in 2014; Directed and Choreographed by Randy Skinner#21

Posted: 8/20/13 at 3:25pm

Broadway, I'll lick you yet!

"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

[NoName3]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 3:51pm

Although it included references to other musicals, the show was intended specifically as a spoof of the 1930's Busby Berkeley musicals at Warner Bros., with Bernadette's role a parody of Ruby Keeler's parts. In fact, the character's name is Ruby!
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[Mister Matt]

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Posted: 8/20/13 at 4:32pm

If the production looks anything like their website, I'm all for it.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[Brave Sir Robin2]

DAMES AT SEA to Set Sail on Broadway in 2014; Directed and Choreographed by Randy Skinner#24

Posted: 8/20/13 at 4:35pm

It'll be nice to have a traditional Broadway musical this season, and I believe this is only the third officially announced revival (besides LES MIZ and HEDWIG). Gonna be a fun season.

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop