Damn Yankees
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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.
- Opened
- 1955
- Performances
- 1,019
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Golden Age
Won the Tony Award for Best Musical, 1956.
Productions3 on Broadway
| 1955 | 46th Street Theatre Original. May 5, 1955 · George Abbott | 1,019 performances · 1 Tony wins |
| 1957 | Transfer Theatre unknown. | |
| 1994 | Marquis Theatre Revival. March 3, 1994 · Jack O'Brien | 718 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 4 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Damn Yankees matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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50 passages naming Damn Yankees, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
The theme of pact-making with the Devil has since shown up occasionally in the musical theatre, most notably in the 1955 success, Damn Yankees . book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p15
"One year after The Pajama Game opened, Adler and Ross enjoyed another smash hit in Damn Yankees , and its success seemed to solidify the team’s promise of a long and productive Broadway partnership." book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p394
Ray Walston was on his way to Damn Yankees and was replaced by John Randolph, book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p441
Jimmie Komack had appeared in Damn Yankees and was one of the “Heart” quartet; an advertisement for Pleasure Dome noted he left the hit musical “because of his high regard for Pleasure Dome .” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p556
the sketch “The Year That Goethe Copped the Pennant” laughed at Damn Yankees; book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p570
on May 7 Damn Yankees was set to transfer there from the 46th Street Theatre, which was now booked for New Girl in Town book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p620
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