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Dames at Sea

Dames at Sea

Music, Comedy, TV Movie

1h

November 15, 1971 (53 years ago)

Overview

Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise. The musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York City, steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star. It originally played Off-Off-Broadway in 1966 at the Caffe Cino and then played Off-Broadway, starring newcomer Bernadette Peters, beginning in 1968 for a successful run. The television version was broadcast on the Bell System Family Theater on NBC on November 15, 1971. The cast had extra chorus girls and boys, and there were full production numbers, turning into the very thing it was spoofing. Ann Miller was singled out for praise, especially when "she was allowed to tap out her brassy...temperamental star..."

ActorAge thenAge now
Ann-Margret

Ann-Margret

Ruby

Birthday: April 28, 1941

3084
Harvey Evans

Harvey Evans

Dick

Birthday: January 7, 1941

30 December 24, 2021 (80)
Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne

Hennesy

Birthday: July 10, 1926

45 July 2, 1993 (66)
Anne Meara

Anne Meara

Joan

Birthday: September 20, 1929

42 May 23, 2015 (85)
Ann Miller

Ann Miller

Mona

Birthday: April 12, 1923

48 January 22, 2004 (80)
Dick Shawn

Dick Shawn

Lucky

Birthday: December 1, 1923

47 April 17, 1987 (63)
Eileen Casey

Eileen Casey

The Kids

Birthday: -

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