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Damn Yankees

Opened 1955

1,019 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Tony Award for Best Musical, 1956

Gwen Verdon, who was in the 1955 production. Photo by Friedman-Abeles, New York

Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball.

Music: Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
Lyrics: Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
Book: George Abbott & Douglass Wallop (Richard Bissell uncredited)

Productions3 productions: 2 on Broadway, 1 in the West End

1955

46th Street TheatreBroadway Original, opened May 5, 1955, directed by George Abbott

1,019 performances, 1 Tony wins

1957

ProductionLondon

1994

Marquis TheatreBroadway Revival, opened March 3, 1994, directed by Jack O'Brien

718 performances

Songs15 songs

Heart, Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo., A Little Brains — a Little Talent, Whatever Lola Wants, Near to You, Two Lost Souls, Six Months Out of Every Year, Goodbye, Old Girl, A Man Doesn’t Know, A Little Brains—A Little Talent, Not Meg, Who’s Got the Pain?, The American League, The Game, Those Were the Good Old Days