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Damn Yankees (1955 Original Broadway Cast)

Damn Yankees

Shows · Damn Yankees

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
Music: Richard Adler & Jerry RossLyrics: Richard Adler & Jerry RossBook: George Abbott & Douglass Wallop (Richard Bissell uncredited)

Productions3 on Broadway

1955 46th Street Theatre Original. May 5, 1955 · George Abbott 1,019 performances · 1 Tony wins
1957 Transfer Theatre not recorded. March 28, 1957
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.

Licensing 1 entry

US Music Theatre International Damn Yankees matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor

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In the literature50 passages

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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