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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 [ 1 ] set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball .
Shaw Blades is an American musical duo/group formed by Tommy Shaw of Styx and Jack Blades of Night Ranger, both of whom played in the supergroup Damn Yankees. It is an informal duo which has produced two albums between other projects, 1995's Hallucination and 2007's Influence. The first two songs on "Hallucination" -- "My Hallucination" and "I ...
Jerry Ross (born Jerold Rosenberg; March 9, 1926 – November 11, 1955) was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956, respectively, in both the "Best Musical" and "Best Composer and Lyricist" categories.
Richard Adler (August 3, 1921 – June 21, 2012) was an American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. [1] He is best known for his work with Jerry Ross on the musicals The Pajama Game (1954) and Damn Yankees (1955). [2]
Damn Yankees is a 1958 American musical sports romantic comedy film. It was directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen from a screenplay by Abbott, adapted from his and Douglass Wallop's book of the 1955 musical of the same name with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, itself based on the 1954 novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Wallop.
'Damn Yankees' (1958) This well-loved musical, based on the Broadway show, is mostly about The Washington Senators. But this is yet another story that casts the Yankees as a Goliath that can only ...
June 24–30: Damn Yankees MP; July 1–7: The New Moon; July 8–14: Guys and Dolls; July 15–21: Irene; July 22–28: Naughty Marietta; July 29 – August 4: Can-Can MP; August 5–11: An Evening of Great Music; August 12–18: The Wizard of Oz 57a; August 19 – September 1: The Pajama Game MP ^57a Production featuring Margaret Hamilton as ...
With rehearsals set to begin Thursday, Feb. 1 in New York City, members of the cast and creative team of “The Outsiders” musical — including Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, a lead producer on ...