Posted: 6/27/15 at 12:49am
Dames At Sea is a sweet and small show. I wonder how it will fare in that theatre. What's the most misleading to me are the ads, logo, and commercial. They give the illusion of a large cast doing " jaw dropping dances." Well, i saw the workshop a year ago and while Randy Skinners work is excellent and on target, only a few of the numbers have all 6 dancing at the same time, not 16!
Posted: 6/27/15 at 2:44am
I don't know this show at all, but I'd assumed it was an old fashioned musical in the vein of anything goes. A cast of 6? That puts me off completely, not what I was thinking it would be at all.
Posted: 6/27/15 at 3:01am
Posted: 6/27/15 at 7:18pm
It is telling that "Star Tar" is sung by Ruby, the chorus-girl-turned-star, not by any of the "sailors" (except as chorus). These are show-biz sailors, no matter how they are listed in the program.
You are certainly right on the details, but I still think 42nd Street is a better comparison than OTT.
Posted: 6/27/15 at 7:22pm
"I don't know this show at all, but I'd assumed it was an old fashioned musical in the vein of anything goes. A cast of 6? That puts me off completely, not what I was thinking it would be at all."
Don't be mislead. The small cast is part of the joke and is handled very cleverly. If you liked Anything Goes; No, No Nanette or 42nd Street, you will like Dames at Sea.
Posted: 6/27/15 at 8:01pm
So are there any actual rumors re casting? I love the cast recording for this show.
Posted: 6/28/15 at 4:06pm
Just some hoping that the workshop cast will reunite: Osnes, York, Davi, Bolton, Tedder and Gardner.
Posted: 6/29/15 at 4:19pm
Unlike the shows mentioned in this thread, Dames At Sea is a spoof, more like an intentionally low-budget The Boyfriend than anything else.
It has a terrific score, usually done by 2 pianos and percussion (although the cast recording has terrific orchestrations by Tunick, these would drown out the small cast), and it really ought to be done by a cast of 6, or there's no joke, and therefore nothing to the show. It wouldn't hold up without the spoof aspect.
It's also not a dance fest; an Off Broadway revival in the late 80s added tap for the three men in the title tune, but it's not in the score as is. "Wall Street" has a short solo tap. "Choo Choo Homeymoon" has a brief duet tap break that should be used in a comic way to show the progress of a honeymoon and married life; "It's You" and "Something About You" have Fred and Ginger ballroom dances (also brief). "Star Tar" is the biggest tap number in the show.
Of course, additional lengthy dance sequences could be added, but other than empty spectacle, what would they add to the content of the show? How would they make it funner? (And the show, as written, is almost all about the comedy.)
Posted: 6/29/15 at 8:26pm
I think Randy Skinner has added a lot of dancing to the show. He always cooks something up good. As far as the comedy goes, its about being creative, using physicality and having good direction to make the old jokes funny now. The cast of On the Town sure as hell didn't do that except Jackie Hoffman. I think John Rando coulda had funnier blocking especially in Carried Away and Come up to My Place and I Can Cook Too. Everything was just ha thats cute and not THIS IS SOOO GREAT AND FUNNY!!
Posted: 6/30/15 at 2:10pm
Davi was just announced to do a production at Godspeed, so look like two of the three ladies are out, which would probably mean they're looking to recast alltogether, since Osnes, Davi, and York all have very similar looks.
Posted: 6/30/15 at 3:07pm
My Paris closes August 16 so she can do both. We are still not sure if Laura is doing this show or The Bandstand. Rachel York is doing Grey Gardens til august 30 so I think she could do both as well considering previews only start at the end of September
Posted: 7/3/15 at 7:15pm
LESLI MARGHERITA!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 7/3/15 at 7:20pm
Posted: 7/3/15 at 7:32pm
Whatever you say cinders 
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Posted: 7/4/15 at 4:29pm
With Davi and York, how hard is it to do 8 a week in Chester and Sag Harbor, respectively, and rehearse in Manhattan?
Posted: 7/4/15 at 4:46pm
Sag Harbor is a minimum two hour drive with ZERO traffic... on roads that always have traffic. I used to live out there. It's a hellscape trying to get out there during the summer.
Posted: 7/4/15 at 5:44pm
FWIW, Lesli Margherita tweeted this the other day, saying that she's leaving September 6th but "won't be far away..."
https://twitter.com/QueenLesli/status/616682043011952641
Posted: 7/4/15 at 8:17pm
Knowing nothing about this show, reading the facts about its style on here has actually gotten me more excited. As someone who loves a good show that can laugh at itself, I also adore this 6-actor doubling-fest concept. I wish I could've thought of that. And since the Hayes is the smallest theatre, it could have a good shot there...I may buy a ticket as soon as a cast list goes out...
Posted: 7/8/15 at 6:23am
York is doing a show in LA until Novemeber, so I doubt she's still attached. I don't think it's announced yet so I can't say what she's doing, but it'll be interesting to see the actual cast!
Posted: 7/14/15 at 1:34am
what goes on with this show?
Posted: 7/15/15 at 12:01pm
Interesting to note Lesli played Ruby in Dames at Sea in college. Maybe she is linked to this production as well. All signs seem to point to it.
Posted: 7/15/15 at 1:45pm
I think Lesli will be in it. I also think Mara Davi is still with it because she likes the Instagram page and liked a photo. Not sure about Laura or Rachel.
Posted: 7/15/15 at 7:29pm
I hope some casting gets announced soon. I want to take my grandmother to this show and it'll help my cause if there are some good names involved.
I'll be honest, I jumped too quickly at this show's Twitter feed and thought they had gotten Bette Davis...wow...my brain was really on autopilot there.
Posted: 7/15/15 at 9:00pm
This show needs some casting announcements soon so it can start getting more publicity. Very little buzz on this so far (at least I've heard very little).
Posted: 7/15/15 at 10:05pm
I've been seeing lots of ads on my computer
