Dames At Sea (1968 Original Off-Broadway Cast) [Cast Recording]

Jim Wise (Artist), Robin Miller (Artist), George Haimsohn (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000027WI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,896 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The off-Broadway hit of the 1968-69 seasons features a dazzling performance by Bernadette Peters in this loving tribute to 1930s movie musicals.
Genre: Original Cast Recordings
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 19-MAY-1992

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first "nostalgia" show is brilliant, June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dames At Sea (1968 Original Off-Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

When you hear "they don't write shows like that anymore", this genre of musical certainly falls into the category.

As a pastiche or send up or if taken with deep seriousness, Dames At Sea charms and delights with comedy songs, love songs, rollicking tap numbers and everything between, befitting the period of the 1930s.

The orchestration by a then fledgling Jonathan Tunick who went on to fame and fortune as Sondheims principal arranger, richly conjures up movie sound tracks of the period in the most tasteful and legitimate manner. Incidently the orchestrations were written just for the recording since the original Off-Broadway production used only two pianos and a drum/percussion set up. The overture alone is worth the price of the CD.

What can be said about Bernadette Peters debut performance that hasn't been said? Only that despite many revivals, TV adaptations and so on, she remains the quintessential Ruby at the start of a brilliant career.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dames At sea Review, March 8, 2003

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Rachel S. Menconi (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dames At Sea (1968 Original Off-Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

...The London cast can't sing at alllllll!!!!!!!! They all go off key and have no vibrado (SP) and they are singing incorrectly. The only two people that are better on the London CD then on the off broadway cast CD are the people who play the parts of Mona and Lucky. If you are doing the show I suggest highly on getting borh CDs because the london cast CD is closer to the vocal/musical score but the off broadway CD sounds alot better and is a good refference tool in getting into character (There was a tv movie made of this show, but there is no way to buy it). I know this because I'm in the show right now. Trust me, if you just want to listen to it, buy this CD. If you are in the show, buy both london and off-broadway.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bernadette Peters' B'way delicious B'way debut., January 15, 1999

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"revictoria" (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dames At Sea (1968 Original Off-Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

If you love Bernadette Peters, you cannot miss this recording of her delicious B'way debut. "Dames At Sea" is a loving tribute to all of the corny 1940's musicals starring the likes of Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. Peters stars as Ruby (not Keeler), the girl from "Centerville, USA" who literally gets off the bus in NYC with "a pair of tap shoes in her suitcase and a song in her heart." She starts off a chorus girl and guess what . . . she ends up a star. True to the genre, there's a fabulous diva villainess, a couple of cute sailors on leave and Joan, the high-kicking, wise-cracking hoofer with a heart o' gold. The songs are terrific even if the authentic period orchestrations seem a bit skimpy on this recording. It's a short, delightful show that you'll find a charming listen from start to finish.