SummerTide Theatre: A small group of current and recently graduated college students and faculty members who easily transport their audience away from their hectic days and into a world of musical theater entertainment. As the professional summer theatre of the University of Alabama, these talented folks have brought innumerable smiles to Gulf Shores for the past 7 years, and this 8th season is no exception.
This year’s show, Dames at Sea, is everything you would expect from a 1930s musical: a self-centered star, a sweet young thing who wants to be a star, a helpful friend, a handsome love interest, his friend, and an authority figure. They rekindle old flames or fall in love at first sight, they get caught up in misunderstandings, they kiss and make up. But mostly, they sing and they dance. And they do it well.
Each Tuesday through Sunday evening from June 3 through July 1, SummerTide Theatre will tell the story of a new Broadway show that almost closed when the theater was sold, but instead was staged aboard a nearby battleship. In spite of the mid-show setbacks to the characters in the story, you will leave feeling happy and lighthearted thanks to the tap dancing, the music and, of course, a fairy-tale happy ending.
Curtain is at 8 p.m. each night. Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for children under 12; group rates for parties of 10 or more are available. Box office hours are Tuesday through Sunday from noon until 8 p.m., so you may reserve or pick up your tickets ahead of time or at the door. The George C. Meyer Performing Arts Center is located at 2022 W. 2nd St. in Gulf Shores, across from the Erie Meyer Civic Center and the Bodenhamer Recreation Center.
Enjoy a break from your routine in this intimate setting and get a glimpse of 1930s Broadway with SummerTide Theatre’s Dames at Sea.
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