dames at sea - 1968

MUSIC: Jim Wise
BOOK & LYRICS: Robin Miller, George Haimsohn

DAMES AT SEA started life at the Bouwerie Lane Theater, Off-Broadway starring a then-unknown Bernadette Peters. Although the show has had a number of moderately successful
revivals, DAMES AT SEA has never played on Broadway. In 1971 it was made into a television special starring Ann Miller and Ann-Margret.

The show is an affectionate spoof of the Busby Berkely movie musicals of the 1930s, and manages to feel new yet familiar at the same time. The story concerns Ruby, a young
girl who wants to be a star. On the way to becoming the star of the show, she finds friendship and romance.