Dames at Sea
From: Wednesday, 27th July 2011
To: Saturday, 20 August 2011
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Synopsis
With Stars in her eyes, a prayer in her heart and only a pair of tap shoes in her suitcase, young Ruby arrives on Broadway to find her fame and fortune. In true musical fashion she lands a part in the chorus and falls in love... But life is not plain sailing. It's opening night and the theatre is about to be demolished. Will they find another venue...? Of course the show must go on... but on board a US Navy Battleship? With show stopping dance routines, comedy, romance and a leading lady who suffers from sea-sickness, Dames at Sea is the affectionate spoof of 1940's movie musicals for everyone who's ever tapped their feet. She climbed on board a youngster and disembarked a Star! A musical bursting with Busby Berkley nostalgia.
Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 1 August 2011
Dames at Sea opened in New York in 1968, just after Hair, which proves we always loved our old Hollywood musicals as much as the new rock ones. The Union revival is a welcome reminder of this show’s charm and affectionate, parodistic virtues, though I’ve never thought it was in the 1930s musical spoof class of Sandy Wilson’s Divorce Me, Darling!
And as a send-up of those great Warner Brother musicals starring Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell – Ruby in Dames (she’s from Utah; “You too?”) goes out on the poop deck and comes back a star, thanks to her love of Dick and his songs – it’s always being trumped by the real thing in our regular revivals of the stage version of 42nd Street.
Still, small-scale camp, fun and wittiness is the whole point, and director Kirk Jameson and choreographer Drew McOnie provide a classic instance in the girls’ legs cycling upside down inside ...
Latest User Review
rds - 14 August 2011:
This slick production proves yet again the UNION can really pull it off when it comes to musical theatre. A talented and engaging cast moved this slight but fun 60's show, about stereotypical 30's musicals, along with real verve. 10/10. ...
Cast
Rosemary Ashe (Mona Kent)
Ian Mowat (The Captain)
Gemma Sutton (Ruby)
Claire Marlowe (Joan)
Daniel Bartlett (Dick)
Alan Hunter (Lucky)
Anthony Wise (Hennessey)
Sasi Strallen
Meg Gallagher
Natalie Kent
Joshua Tonks
Matt Gillett
Jonny Godbold
Creative
George Haimsohn (Book)
George Haimsohn (Lyrics)
Robin Miller (Book)
Robin Miller (Lyrics)
Union Theatre (in association with Jameson House Productions (Producer)
Kirk Jameson (Director)
Drew McOnie (Choreographer)
Richard Bates (Musical Director)
Kingsley Hall (Design)
Steve Miller (Lighting)
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