Shows · Damn Yankees (1994 Revival)
Damn Yankees (1994 Revival)
Opened 1994
718 performances
Revival, Megamusical
Middle-aged baseball fan Joe Boyd sells his soul to the devil, Mr. Applegate, to become the young slugger Joe Hardy and lead the Washington Senators to victory over the New York Yankees. As Applegate sends the seductive Lola to ensure Joe cannot escape the deal, Joe must choose between his dream of baseball glory and the wife he left behind.
- Music
- Richard Adler
- Lyrics
- Jerry Ross
- Book
- George Abbott & Douglass Wallop
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International Damn Yankees matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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. It is based on Wallop's 1954 novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. The show ran for 1,019 performances in its original Broadway production. Adler and Ross's success with it and The Pajama Game seemed to point to a bright future for them, but Ross suddenly died of chronic bronchiectasis at age 29, several months after Damn Yankees opened.
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