Book and Lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller
Music by Jim Wise


April 5 - June 30, 2002
Goodspeed Opera House - East Haddam, CT
Directed & Choreographed by Scott Thompson
Musical Director: F. Wade Russo



"Michael Gruber's irrepressible as Lucky."--The Hartford Courant

Bio:
MICHAEL GRUBER (Lucky) was last seen at Goodspeed as Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate. Broadway: Mike in A Chorus Line, Munkustrap in Cats, Hortensio in Kiss Me, Kate, the Tinman in The Wizard of Oz (with Roseanne), and the original companies of Swing!, Miss Saigon, and My Favorite Year.
Regional: Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain, Young Ben in Follies, Fingers in Red, Hot and Blue! (Paper Mill Playhouse), Whizzer in Falsettos (Alliance Theatre), Jud in Oklahoma (Arizona Theatre Co.), Tom Marlowe in the world premiere revival of Good News (Music Theatre of Wichita), Cousin Kevin in the '99 concert tour of Tommy, Saul in Rags (Walnut Street), Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (5th Ave. Theatre, Seattle), and starred in The History of Sex, a musical sextravaganza at the Golden Nugget, Las Vegas. He also had the honor of being one of three Americans asked to reprise their roles for the video of Cats, shot at the Adelphi Theatre in London. Michael is the composer of three original musicals: Hit it, Mike!, a one woman show written for and with his collaborator Jennifer Allen, The Old Dead Five, and Vegas Organic, coming soon to a theatre near you!





Plot Summary:
Dames at Sea is about a broke producer (he's had twelve flops in a row) trying to regain his touch with a new musical. His leading lady (Mona) is an egomanical diva. Events force them to move the debut of the musical to a battleship, who's skipper happens to have a thing for Mona.

By a strange coincidence, one of the musical's cast members (Joan) happens to have a sailor boyfriend (Lucky) on the same battleship, who can also tap dance.

More events force two fresh-off-the-bus chorines (Dick and Ruby) to step up and save the day and the musical.

Production Photos

Photos of Michael and Paula Leggett Chase

Musical Numbers

Press Release from the Goodspeed Opera House

Opening notice from Playbill Online

Review from the Hartford Courant

Closing notice from Playbill Online





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