Dames At Sea

First Preview: Sep 01, 2015

Opening Date: Sep 01, 2015

Closing Date: Jan 03, 2016

Running Time: 02:05

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Hayes Theater

240 W 44th St New York, NY 10036

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Dames at Sea is a tap-happy gem of a show that celebrates the golden era of movie musicals with dazzling dames and a heart as big as the ocean!

Ruby steps off a bus in Manhattan, and into her first Broadway show, but hours before the opening night curtain is to rise, the cast learns their theater is being demolished, so it is “all hands on deck” to find a stage to put on the show. Featuring rollicking tap dancing, love at first sight, joyful music and a boatload of laughs, this glittering musical extravaganza has everything you need to sweep your glooms away.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY thru THURSDAY @ 7 PM
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM

Broadway Musical

Age Guidance: 7

Show Notes: 1 Intermission

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Come and meet those dancing feet over at the Helen Hayes Theatre, where a tap-tastic revival of Jim Wise, George Haimsohn, and Robin Miller's backstage-spoof musical Dames at Sea has sailed into port. A small-scale riff on the big 1930s Busby Berkeley films (namely 42nd Street), this silly little show is only now receiving its Broadway premiere, 49 years after first being presented off-off-Broadway at the legendary Caffe Cino. For lovers of the genre, Dames at Sea is a delightful romp that doesn't feel like it's aged a day since 1966.

------TheatreMania

The musical is right in the wheelhouse of director-choreographer Randy Skinner, who never met a nostalgic dance interlude he didn't like. He identifies the vintage with a black and white Vitaphone movie titles sequence, complete with picture cards for each of the cast, their faces framed by nautical lifesaving rings. The opening number, "Wall Street," tips its sequined top hat to Gold Diggers of 1933, right down to the dancing currency, while key characters borrow their names from Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, the stars of that film and its kin, such as 42nd Street and Footlight Parade. You don't have to have a TCM habit and a soft spot for the movie musicals of the period to appreciate the homage, but it helps.

----The Hollywood Reporter

“Dames at Sea” is a technicolor, tap dance-filled tribute to the movie musicals of the 1930s. It’s delightful, and it doesn’t take itself seriously for a minute.Stop us if you’ve heard this before: A gal gets off a bus from out West and lands a part in a Broadway musical that same day. When the leading lady gets sick and needs a replacement, the frazzled director eyes the untested ingenue, shakes a fist and proclaims: “It’s a chance in a million … but it just might work. After an evening with the “Dames” ensemble of dancers and singers, directed and choreographed by Encores! vet Randy Skinner -- he also worked on the 2001 revival of “42nd Street” -- you will surely agree. It works.

---NBC NEWYORK

Accessibility:

Box Office

Outer lobby, ground level. ADA access via the Stage Door.

Parking

Valet parking garages: 1st garage: South side of 44th St. between 6th & 7th Aves. Vertical clearance: 105". 2nd garage: East of Shubert Alley, on north side of 44th St. between Broadway & 8th Ave. No vans.

Curb Ramps

(2.5" lip) NW corner of 44th & Broadway; (2.5" lip) SE corner of 44th St. & Broadway; SW corner of 44th St. & Broadway.

Directions Bus

M42

Restroom

Accessible/unisex bathrooms/stalls in the lower lobby and at the mezzanine level

Directions Subway

1,2,3,7,S,A,C,E,N,R,Q,W to 42nd St./Times square

Seating

Orchestra on ground level. Seats 589.

Elevator\Escalator

Full-service/accessible elevator

Telephone

None on premises

Entrance

ADA-accessible building entrance at Stage Door. Handicap ramps in the lower lobby,

Water Fountain

Lower Level directly across from the elevator

Assisted Listening System

LOOP system in the auditorium, headsets available. Driver’s license or ID with printed address required as a deposit. Not available in the first 3 rows of the Orchestra.