Photo Coverage: DAMES AT SEA Loads into the Helen Hayes Theatre

DAMES AT SEA will set sail at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44 Street), beginning performances Thursday, September 24, 2015, with an opening night of Thursday, October 22, 2015. The show just loaded in at the Helen Hayes Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was on the scene to capture the process. Check out photos below!

With a book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, music by Jim Wise, and music supervision and vocal & dance arrangements by Emmy Award winner Rob Berman (Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Finian's Rainbow), Dames at Sea will be directed and choreographed by three time Tony Award nominee Randy Skinner (42nd Street, Irving Berlin's White Christmas).

DAMES AT SEA will star John Bolton as The Captain/Hennesey, Mara Davi as Joan, Danny Gardneras Lucky, Eloise Kropp as Ruby, Laurence Olivier Award winner Lesli Margherita as Mona Kent, and Cary Tedder as Dick. The original 1968 production of Dames at Sealaunched the career of the young ingénue playing Ruby, Bernadette Peters.

DAMES AT SEA will feature scenic design by three-time Tony Award nominee Anna Louizos (In The Heights,Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella), costume design by two-time Tony Award nomineeDavid C. Woolard(West Side Story, The Rocky Horror Show), lighting design by Tony Award winnerKen Billington (Chicago, Act One), sound design by Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer (South Pacific, The King & I), and casting by Binder Casting.

DAMES AT SEA is a tap-happy gem of a show that celebrates the golden era of movie musicals with dazzling dances, spectacular songs and delightful dames! 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, Dames at Sea has everything you need to sweep your glooms away.

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