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.
Opened
1994
Performances
718
Type
Revival
Era
Megamusical
Music: Richard AdlerLyrics: Jerry RossBook: George Abbott & Douglass Wallop
Licensing1 entry
US
Music Theatre International
Damn Yankeesmatched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor
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In the literature1 passages
Damn Yankees has been successful in New York, with a revival moving to Broadway.
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