These reviews date from the original 1968 Off-Broadway production.
"Dames At Sea is a real winner, a little gem of a musical. The show
is wonderfully helped by its cast. The star I suppose is Bernadette
Peters as the wholly sweetly silly small-town chorine who taps her
way from the bus station to stardom in 24 hours."
Clive Barnes - The New York Times
"[Dames At Sea has] three thoroughly engaging stars and some of
the most ingenious staging currently on or off Broadway. Tamara
Long, as the slinky heavy, brandishes a flaming Morganitic torch for
her Mister Man, and Sally Stark, as Ruby's peroxided pal, belts a
note almost as plangent as the great Merman's. The comic
delight of the show,though, is Bernadette Peters, whose Ruby can
simultaneously sing and dance up a storm that puts all New York
(including Queen Mane of Rumania) at her feet."
Time Magazine
"You'll find the show cheerful and ingratiating, I think Miss Peters is
a real find... She is extremely funny, and endearing on top of that."
Walter Kerr - The Sunday Times