I didn't find a big review like on the other pages, but here's some info on the show.



Damn Yankees was written in 1955 by Richard Adler, Jerry Ross and Douglass Wallop. It was first staged at the Forty Sixth Street Theatre, New York City on May 5, 1955. It originally starred Ray Walston as Mr. Applegate and Gwen Verdon as the temptress Lola. It toured the US and was eventually made in to a feature motion picture with Walston and Verdon reprising the roles they created on Broadway. Damn Yankees had a major revival in 1994 starring Bebe Neuwirth as Lola and Victor Garber as Applegate. The show received a major face lift with greatly appreciated changes by the director, Jack O'Brien. In 1995 Mr. Jerry Lewis was offered the role of Mr. Applegate fullfilling his and his late father's dream of starring on Broadway. The show has caught fire all over the world. Mr. Lewis receives rave reviews in every city in the US, and now in London. While a soundtrack featuring Mr. Lewis has yet to be recorded, one is planned in the near future. Mr. Lewis is in talks with the producers to turn Damn Yankees into a new motion picture starring (and possibly directed by) Jerry, after the show closes on Broadway in 1999. It may also open on a Las Vegas stage, at the time that it ends on Broadway, with Mr. Lewis still electrifying audiences with his incredible charisma and stage presence.



I found that off of someone's personal website... hmmm... oh well. Damn Yankees was the fall musical in... '98. It being my 2nd show, I still didn't know exactly what I was doing. Oh well. I learned. I heard Mr. Frawley (the director) say that this was the best anyone had done with an off-year show. (which I suppose means that we've been rotating between good shows and bad shows every year). Interesting things happened during Damn Yankees. For one, Ordo got thrown off costumes for looking up the vent into the girls dressing room between acts... To think he used to be such a harmless pervert.
It would be impossible for me to give credit to people without a program, so I'll wait until I get one. Sorry!

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