NewsDon't Miss These Hilarious Pics From a Two-Show Day With the Fun-Loving Cast of Dames at Sea!Spend a day with Danny Gardner, who is making his Broadway debut as Lucky in the Broadway premiere of Dames at Sea, which plays through Jan. 3, 2016, at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Follow him from morning wakeup, to the gym, and to the Helen Hayes Theatre where he and his castmates are making magic eight times a week.
November 25, 2015
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Don't Miss These Hilarious Pics From a Two-Show Day With Danny Gardner and the Fun-Loving Cast of Dames at Sea!
Don't Miss These Hilarious Pics From a Two-Show Day With Danny Gardner and the Fun-Loving Cast of Dames at Sea!
Spend a day with Danny Gardner, who is making his Broadway debut as Lucky in the Broadway premiere of Dames at Sea, which plays through Jan. 3, 2016, at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Follow him from morning wakeup, to the gym, and to the Helen Hayes Theatre where he and his castmates are making magic eight times a week.
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It鈥檚 a two-show day at the Helen Hayes Theatre and I鈥檝e got a double dose of Dames At Sea ahead of me! So, it鈥檚 time to wake up and get to the gym!
Danny Gardner
Ok, just a few more minutes of rest. It鈥檚 going to be a big day.
Danny Gardner
Listen, I鈥檓 tired. Don鈥檛 judge. It鈥檚 been a long month.
Danny Gardner
Ok, fine! I鈥檒l get up. But, it鈥檚 not because you鈥檙e here. It鈥檚 my choice.
Danny Gardner
It鈥檚 time for a work out at Blink Fitness in the Heights!!!! (Not Washington Heights, the other president. Sorry, not Hamilton either, I could see how you could get confused. I meant Jackson. Jackson Heights. Was that clear? ...I鈥檓 not hip.)
Great work out! Do I look buff? I feel it. (You can see the shadows are different so I actually did go to the gym. I swear. Look at the shadows.)
Danny Gardner
Time for Breakfast. Yes, that鈥檚 right. A Soylent / Protein Smoothie. Don鈥檛 know what Soylent is? Look it up.
Danny Gardner
Hey, it鈥檚 my fianc茅, Aleka Emerson going to Saturday morning ballet with the one and only Marilyn D鈥橦onau. Marilyn ate a donut. Once.
Danny Gardner
Time to get on the train to go to work!
Danny Gardner
I work in Times Square!!!!!
Danny Gardner
There she is! The Helen Hayes! It never gets old.
Danny Gardner
It鈥檚 our door man Kelly Washington! He takes care of us and keeps the crazies out! (Can鈥檛 believe he let me in!)
Danny Gardner
It鈥檚 our stage management room! Ira Mont and Jennifer Rogers and Kevin Worley are our fearless management heroes! Ian Knauer is taking care of our BC/EFA tally!
Danny Gardner
It鈥檚 our Costume and Hair/ Makeup Department! Karli Brae, Zac West, Katie Beatty, and Katrina Newman! They keep us so fresh and so clean, clean! (again, not hip.)
Danny Gardner
It鈥檚 time to warm up. Eloise Kropp likes to practice her smile when she鈥檚 stretching. I like to practice my smolder.
Danny Gardner
It鈥檚 Kelly McKenna our bar manager. She鈥檚 carrying ice for Lesli's Margarita鈥檚. Lesli has three worked into her contract before each show. (Get it? That鈥檚 Lesli鈥檚 last name. Get it?)
Danny Gardner
Look who it is! Tessa Grady, one of our covers! She鈥檚 fantastic and always so fashionable!
Danny Gardner
The Man! The Myth! That鈥檚 right folks, Rob McClure himself. Oh, wait, that鈥檚 Cary Tedder! Looking good Cary!
Danny Gardner
Our lovely bar in the beautifully decorated lobby!
Danny Gardner
Wondering what the source material for Dames At Sea is? Check this wall out on your way down to the bathrooms!
Danny Gardner
Why it鈥檚 Broadway鈥檚 John Bolton! Picking up a surprise at the stage door! What do you think he鈥檚 listening to? Lady Gaga? John Coltrane? Death Metal? We鈥檒l never know. Oh wait, Judy Garland at the Palace. Good choice.
Danny Gardner
My partner in crime Mara Davi! What鈥檚 happened? Oh no! Have you fallen from a yoga pose? Why are you smiling?? Oh the tragedy! Why are there polka dots on the wall!
Danny Gardner
Our conductor David Gursky hard at work!
Danny Gardner
Luke Vincentini, the actor / cake maker created this AMAZING cake for us! Look at that detail! That delicious, delicious detail! Check out his site:
Danny Gardner
It鈥檚 time for the first Act! Time to get into Costume! Look Ma, I鈥檓 a sailor!
Danny Gardner
Unfortunately, I鈥檓 allergic to navy blue.
Danny Gardner
Second act, get out your tap shoes Francis, Randy Skinner is doing a show! Wait, wrong show.
Danny Gardner
Intermission Pic with the company around Luke鈥檚 beautiful cake. We promptly devoured the cake after this picture.
Danny Gardner
Great first show! It鈥檚 time for dinner at my favorite 44th Street hang out 鈥淐ity Kitchen!鈥�
Danny Gardner
Time for some computer work! A short dance film I choreographed has been accepted into the Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center next year and I鈥檝e got to get it ready! Look for it next February. (Shameless self-promotion is fun!!!!!!)
Danny Gardner
While some of us work, Cary Tedder takes a nap on the Equity cot. Sleep my prince.
Danny Gardner
Some of our amazing costumes designed by David Woolard cannot be washed and so they are air dried in between shows. Dry on fans!
Danny Gardner
There is our lovely dresser Katrina steaming Eloise Kropp鈥檚 dress next to our wall of well wishes from opening night. Eloise makes her steam it on her knees. She says it鈥檚 in her contract.
Danny Gardner
Eloise is getting some physical therapy before the evening show. We get PT once a week to make sure our bodies stay in working order.
Danny Gardner
An hour before the show, I shave. I make this face the entire time to get the best angles.
Danny Gardner
Time to Sign in!
Danny Gardner
Eloise Kropp eating some organic chocolate. Cary Tedder must be getting ready to shave (the face is for the angles). Kristie Kerwin (our awesome cover) poppin' that hip and drinkin鈥� that tea!
Danny Gardner
Yes, Virginia, we do have a slide in our show.
Danny Gardner
Stage Left is where our amazing 8 piece orchestra sits! Orchestrated by the one and only Jonathan Tunick!
Danny Gardner
Some of our stage hands! Doug Purcell moving our coins, Al Toth taking care of the piano, and Steve Sitler not sure what to do. These guys are awesome!
Danny Gardner
The beautiful Helen Hayes. The calm before the storm.
Danny Gardner
Cary is bendy!
Danny Gardner
Eloise has got the fastest feet on Broadway!
Danny Gardner
Gotta make sure my teeth are bright for the audience!
Danny Gardner
Look who showed up to watch our second show! It鈥檚 our musical director Rob Berman!!! Hey Rob! Great to see you! What鈥檚 that thing on your face?
Danny Gardner
Our fearless stage Manager, Ira Mont. Don鈥檛 let that smile fool you, he鈥檚 tough as nails! Look at our conductor in the background, Ira berated him for being too handsome and distracting from the actors.
Danny Gardner
Here鈥檚 me in a shot of the dressing room hallway. Look who鈥檚 in the background. Lesli Margherita!
Danny Gardner
Why does Lesli look so angry?
Danny Gardner
AHHHH!
Danny Gardner
It鈥檚 my time to shine! Time for photo shoot! I call this one kissy-face, hat-wearing, pointing lady!
Danny Gardner
I鈥檓 Tiger! No A panther! No a Tiganther!
Danny Gardner
This is called, 鈥淥h did I steal your 半岛体育.com two-show day photo shoot from you? I鈥檓 sorry (not sorry)鈥�.
Danny Gardner
Here鈥檚 my opening costume! Don鈥檛 you love my top hat!
Danny Gardner
Oooooo it鈥檚 so fun to be me!!!!!
Danny Gardner
Ahhhh.
Danny Gardner
:-) Now that I鈥檝e got my photo shoot back, it鈥檚 time to start the show!
Danny Gardner
Intermission pic of my face. I need to sleep in more. Maybe I鈥檒l set my alarm for 10:00 tomorrow.
Danny Gardner
Look who came to our show! Broadway Veteran Julia Murney and Signature Theatre鈥檚 Resident Director (and Ithaca College Alum) Joe Calarco!
Danny Gardner
Look at our fans at the stage door! What an amazing way to end a two show day at Dames At Sea! Thanks very much for joining me! Get your tickets now!
The Broadway Booking Office is currently scheduling the first national tour of Dames at Sea, which will begin in fall 2017. Tour launch city and full schedule will be announced shortly. "The original production of Dames at Sea started Off-Off-Broadway on the smallest stage imaginable, with a great book and score, and a huge heart," said producer Anna Roberts Ostroff in a statement. "We are so proud that the current production, which started at Infinity Theatre Company, went on to wow critics and is thrilling audiences in the Broadway premiere of this beloved musical."
The cast features as The Captain/Hennesey, as Joan, Danny Gardner as Lucky, as Ruby (the role created by Peters), Olivier Award winner as Mona Kent and as Dick. The company includes , , and .
The musical Broadway's bow is directed and choreographed by three-time Tony nominee .
With a book and lyrics by and , music by , and music supervision and vocal and dance arrangements by Emmy Award winner , Dames at Sea is described as "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."
The musical features scenic design by three-time Tony Award nominee , costume design by two-time Tony Award nominee , lighting design by Tony Award winner and Jason Kantrowitz, sound design by Tony Award winner and casting by Binder Casting.
This is the first show booked at the Hayes since it was sold in April to Second Stage, formerly an exclusively Off-Broadway theatre company. However, Dames at Sea is not a Second Stage production, but a commercial rental, like most Broadway productions.
Dames at Sea opened Off-Broadway at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre Dec. 20, 1968, to enthusiastic reviews and quickly transferred to the Theater de Lys on April 22, 1969, where it went on to run for 575 performances. The production starred a young as Ruby. The musical successfully crossed the Atlantic twice to play the West End鈥檚 Duchess Theatre in 1969 and again in 1989 to play the West End鈥檚 Haymarket Theatre.
The Broadway production is produced by Infinity Theatre Company (Anna Roberts Ostroff & Alan Ostroff), Martin Platt & David Elliott, Patricia M. Roberts & Bert C. Roberts, Carl Berg, Louise H. Beard, Julie Boardman/Sarahbeth Grossman, and Douglas & Steven Maine/Chris & Dawn Ellis.
Tickets are available by visiting or (212) 239-6200. For groups of 10 or more visit .
