Damn Yankees Here I Come Again Live
| Damn Yankees | |
|---|---|
 1955 original cast recording | |
| Music | Richard Adler |
| Lyrics | Jerry Ross |
| Book | George Abbott Douglass Wallop |
| Ground | The Yr the Yankees Lost the Pennant past Douglass Wallop |
| Productions | 1955 Broadway 1957 W Stop 1958 pic 1967 U.S. tv set 1994 Broadway revival 1997 West End revival 2008 Encores! Summer Stars 2017 Off-Broadway |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical |
Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical one-act 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 fable[1] set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a fourth dimension when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. It is based on Wallop'south 1954 novel The Yr the Yankees Lost the Pennant.
The show ran for 1,019 performances in its original Broadway product. Adler and Ross's success with it and The Pajama Game seemed to point to a bright future for them, only Ross suddenly died of chronic bronchiectasis at age 29, several months later on Damn Yankees opened.
Plot [edit]
Notation: This is the plot of the 1994 Broadway revival of the bear witness; there are differences from the original 1955 version. For the 1958 film version, meet Damn Yankees (film).
Eye-anile real estate agent Joe Boyd is a long-suffering fan of the pathetic Washington Senators baseball squad. His wife, Million, laments this ("Six Months Out Of Every Year"). After she has gone to bed, he sits up belatedly, grumbling that if the Senators only had a "long brawl hitter" they could crush "those damn Yankees". Suddenly, the polish-talking Mr. Applegate appears. He offers Joe the chance to become "Joe Hardy", the young slugger the Senators need. He accepts, even though he must get out Meg ("Adieu Old Girl"). Even so, his business sense makes him insist on an escape clause. The Senators' last game is on September 25, and if he plays in it, he is to stay as Joe Hardy forever. If not, he has until 9:00 the night before to walk away from the bargain and render to his normal life.
At the ballpark, the hapless Senators vow to play their all-time despite their failings ("Middle"). Then Joe Hardy is suddenly discovered and joins the team. Gloria Thorpe, a sports reporter, praises him ("Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo"). His hitting prowess enables the team to move up in the standings.
Though Joe is increasingly successful, he truly misses Million and moves into her business firm every bit a boarder in his persona as Joe Hardy. They begin to bond, especially over her "lost" hubby ("A Man Doesn't Know"). Fearful of losing his deal, Applegate calls Lola, "the best homewrecker on [his] staff", to seduce Joe and ensure his loss of the bet. She promises to deliver ("A Petty Brains, A Picayune Talent"), and Applegate introduces her as a sultry South American dancer named "Señorita Lolita Banana". She sings a seductive vocal ("Whatever Lola Wants"), but Joe's devotion to Meg proves likewise stiff, even for her. Applegate punishes her past firing her, where she performs with other past workers for Applegate ("Who's Got the Hurting").
Applegate decides to switch tactics to ensure Joe's failure. He releases imitation information nearly Joe's truthful identity beingness "Shifty McCoy", an escaped criminal and con creative person. When Gloria discovers this information, she presses charges, and he is forced into court.
The Senators set up for the final game against the Yankees for the pennant and worry about Joe, merely they vow to recollect of nothing simply winning ("The Game"). Meanwhile, angry fans are seeking him out, so he decides to leave dwelling house. Equally he does and then, he tells Meg indirectly that he is her former husband ("Nearly to You"). Meanwhile, Applegate is wearied past the piece of work he has put into winning one bet and thinks most the "simpler" times in his long history ("Those Were the Good Old Days").
Joe's trial is held on September 24, the last day he can back out of his deal. As he technically does not exist, he cannot produce whatever kind of identification. The possessor of the Senators, their coach, and even Lola (bearded as "Señora McCoy") show, but their opinions carry no weight. Gloria suggests that Applegate take the stand up, but he is unable to take the oath since it requires him to tell the truth. Joe realizes that Applegate is just stalling to keep him from meeting his nine:00 borderline. Applegate claims that Joe "but needs fourth dimension to think" and sends him to where Lola is, where history's about famous lovers wait. Lola meets him there and realizes that he truly loves Meg. She helps him past sending him into the final game and delays Applegate by coercing him into a duet ("2 Lost Souls").
When Applegate finally arrives at the game, it is 8:55, and Joe is at bat. As fourth dimension runs out, 1000000, her friends, and even Lola begin cheering for him. Applegate uses his powers to give Joe 2 strikes. The clock strikes nine, and Applegate claims victory, but at the last 2d, Joe cries, "Permit me go!" The deal is cleaved, and he reverts to his old cocky but is withal able to hit a home run, winning the pennant for the Senators.
Back at home, Joe rushes into Meg's arms. Applegate appears on the scene, challenge that Joe owes him his prize. He begs Meg to hold him and not allow go, and she begins to sing ("Finale (A Man Doesn't Know)"). Applegate promises to make him young again and even ensure a World Series victory. Just his powers are useless against their truthful dearest, which Lola points out. He shouts that such a matter cannot exist, but he is wrong. He and Lola vanish back to where they came from, defeated, with Joe and 1000000 united.
Productions [edit]
Original Broadway production [edit]
The producers Frederick Brisson, Robert Due east. Griffith and Harold S. Prince[2] had decided that the lead actress for the part of "Lola" had to be a dancer. They offered the part to both the motion-picture show actress Mitzi Gaynor and ballet dancer Zizi Jeanmaire, each of whom turned downwards the role. Although Gwen Verdon had sung just one song in her previous testify (Tin-Tin), the producers were willing to take a gamble on her. She initially refused, preferring to assist another choreographer, just finally agreed. Choreographer Bob Fosse insisted on coming together her before working with her, and later on meeting and working for a brief time, they each agreed to the arrangement.[iii] This was the start of an artistic and personal partnership between Fosse and Verdon, who married in 1960.
The evidence opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre on May five, 1955, transferred to the Adelphi Theatre on May 17, 1957, and ran for a total of 1,019 performances. Information technology was directed by George Abbott, with scenery and costumes by William and Jean Eckart, dances and musical numbers staged by Fosse, musical direction by Hal Hastings, orchestrations by Don Walker, and dance music arrangements by Roger Adams.
The show starred Ray Walston (Applegate), Verdon (Lola), Shannon Bolin (One thousand thousand), Robert Shafer (Joe Boyd), Elizabeth Howell (Doris), Stephen Douglass (Joe Hardy), Al Lanti (Henry), Eddie Phillips (Sohovik), Nathaniel Frey (Smokey), Albert Linville (Vernon, Postmaster), Russ Brown (Van Buren), Jimmy Komack (Rocky), Rae Allen (Gloria), Cherry-red Davis (Teenager), Del Horstmann (Lynch, Commissioner), Richard Bishop (Welch), Janie Janvier (Miss Weston), and Jean Stapleton (Sister).
Original West End production [edit]
A West End product played at the London Coliseum beginning on March 28, 1957, where information technology played for 258 performances.[4] It starred Olympic skater Belita (aka Gladys Lyne Jepson-Turner) equally Lola, simply the Fosse choreography was alien to her style, and she was replaced by Elizabeth Seal.[5] It also starred Bill Kerr every bit Applegate, and Ivor Emmanuel as Joe Hardy.
In the mid-1970s, Vincent Cost starred as Applegate in summer stock productions of the show. In the late 1970s and early 1980s film actor Van Johnson did then in productions throughout the U.S.A. In July, 1981, a production was performed at the Jones Beach Marine Theater in Wantagh, New York. It was notable due to old New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath beingness cast in the office of Joe Boyd.[6]
Broadway revival [edit]
A Broadway revival opened at the Marquis Theatre on March 3, 1994 and ran for 718 performances and eighteen previews. Featured were Jarrod Emick every bit Joe Hardy, winner of the 1994 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Bebe Neuwirth as Lola and Victor Garber equally Applegate. Garber was succeeded by Jerry Lewis, making his Broadway debut, on March 12, 1995,[vii] who and so starred in a national tour and also played the role in a London production. Jack O'Brien directed, with choreography by Rob Marshall, assisted by his sister, Kathleen. O'Brien is also credited with revisions to the book.[8] [vii]
Westward End revival [edit]
The 1994 revival product opened in the West End at the Adelphi Theatre on June 4, 1997 (previews started May 29) and closed on August 9, 1997. Jerry Lewis reprised his office as Applegate and Apr Nixon played Lola.[ix]
Reprise! Broadway's Best [edit]
In 2007, Reprise! Broadway'southward All-time produced a revival. Jason Alexander directed, resetting the show to 1981 Los Angeles and making changes to suit a largely African-American and Hispanic cast.[10] It opened November seven, 2007 and ran through November 25.[11]
Encores! [edit]
A revival was produced by the Metropolis Center Encores! Summertime Stars series from July 5 to July 27, 2008. It starred Jane Krakowski equally Lola, Sean Hayes as Applegate, Randy Graff as Meg, Megan Lawrence as Gloria Thorpe (replacing an injured Ana Gasteyer during rehearsal), PJ Benjamin as Joe Boyd, and Cheyenne Jackson as Joe Hardy. John Rando directed and the original Fosse choreography was reproduced by Mary MacLeod. Given the substantial changes in the 1994 revival, this is considered by some the first authentic revival of the original production.[12]
Off-Broadway revival [edit]
A limited off-Broadway revival was staged past Roundabout Theatre Company. The product, which was directed by Kathleen Marshall, opened on December eleven, 2017. Information technology starred Stephen Bogardus as Joe Boyd, Matthew Morrison every bit Joe Hardy, Victoria Clark equally Meg, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lola, Whoopi Goldberg as a gender-bent Applegate, Danny Burnstein as Van Buren, and Adrienne Warren as Gloria. It was produced past Scott Landis, Jerry Frankel, and Jay and Cindy Gutterman.[13]
Musical numbers [edit]
- Based on mitt engraved materials originally bachelor from Music Theatre International derived from the 1955 production
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- Based on 1994 revival[14]
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Notable casts and characters [edit]
| Character | Original Broadway 1955 | Original West End 1957 | Toronto 1988 | Broadway Revival 1994 [15] | Due west End Revival 1997 [16] | Encores! 2008 [17] | Off-Broadway 2017 [18] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Boyd | Robert Shafer | Phil Vickers | James Hobson | Dennis Kelly | PJ Benjamin | Stephen Bogardus | |
| Joe Hardy | Stephen Douglass | Ivor Emmanuel | Davis Gaines | Jarrod Emick | John-Michael Flate | Cheyenne Jackson | Matthew Morrison |
| Meg Boyd | Shannon Bolin | Betty Paul | Maida Rogerson | Linda Stephens | Joy Franz | Randy Graff | Victoria Clark |
| Lola | Gwen Verdon | Belita[a] | Moira Walley-Beckett | Bebe Neuwirth | April Nixon | Jane Krakowski | Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| Mr. Applegate | Ray Walston | Bill Kerr | Avery Saltzman | Victor Garber | Jerry Lewis | Sean Hayes | Whoopi Goldberg |
| Van Buren | Russ Dark-brown | Donald Stewart | Michael Fawkes | Dick Latessa | Richie Mastascusa | Michael Mulheren | Danny Burstein |
| Gloria Thorpe | Rae Allen | Judy Bruce | Pamela Gerrand | Vicki Lewis | Ellen Grosso | Megan Lawrence | Adrienne Warren |
Original Broadway replacements [edit]
Source [19]
- Million Boyd: Charlotte Fairchild
- Lola: Sheila Bond, Gretchen Wyler, Devra Korwin
- Applegate: Howard Caine
- Gloria: Sally Chocolate-brown
Original West End replacements [edit]
- Joe Boyd: Joe Namath
- Applegate: Vincent Price, Van Johnson
Broadway Revival replacements [edit]
- Joe Hardy: Eric Kunze, Jason Workman
- Lola: Charlotte d'Amboise
- Applegate: Jerry Lewis
- Gloria: Liz Larsen
Characters [edit]
- Joe Boyd — A centre-aged, overweight married man who is in love with baseball game, especially the Senators [the "older" Joe Hardy]
- Joe Hardy — The 22-yr-former, home-run-hitting transformation of Joe Boyd
- Meg Boyd — Joe'south loyal, traditional wife
- Lola — The Devil'due south seductress banana
- Mr. Applegate — The Devil in disguise as a slick salesman
- Van Buren — The hard working manager of the Senators with smashing heart but no luck
- Gloria Thorpe — A probing reporter
- Rocky — A baseball game role player for the Senators
- Smokey — A "dim bulb" catcher for the Senators
- Cherry — A friend of Meg
- Doris — A friend of One thousand thousand
- Sister — A friend of One thousand thousand
- Mr. Welch — The possessor of the Senators
- Others: Bouley (besides called Ibsen in some productions), Vernon, Henry, Linville, Sohovik, Lowe, Mickey, Del, Miss Weston, and The Commissioner
- Baseball players and batboys; Baseball fans' wives
(The original Broadway version also had a children'south chorus who sang the reprise of "Middle")
Recordings, film, and tv set [edit]
The 1955 Original Broadway Cast recording is on RCA Victor, recorded May 8, 1955. The LP was originally issued in mono only in 1965 RCA Victor offered an electronic stereo version. The electric current CD edition was released in 1988.[twenty] RCA Victor too released the picture soundtrack in 1958. Although recorded in stereo, merely the mono version was released. The 1989 CD edition marked the first release of the recording in stereo. The 1994 Broadway revival bandage recording made past Mercury (and now on the Decca Broadway label) was released on May 17, 1994.
A film version, directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen, was released in 1958. With the exception of Tab Hunter in the role of Joe Hardy (replacing Stephen Douglass), the Broadway principals reprised their stage roles.[21] [22]
A made-for-Idiot box motion-picture show version was circulate on Apr viii, 1967, on NBC. Phil Silvers played Applegate. As well starring were Lee Remick as Lola and Ray Middleton equally Joe Boyd.[22] [23]
In 1983, Ray Walston expressed interest in recreating Applegate in Raisin' Cane, a new musical in which the devil returns to ruin Broadway. In a spin on Damn Yankees, this time Applegate takes a immature daughter and grows her up and gets her the atomic number 82 in a Broadway show, planning to change her back, bankrupting all the investors. Book, music and lyrics are past San Francisco Bay Area author/lyricist/composer Ted Kopulos.
In 2009, it was announced that a new gimmicky moving-picture show adaptation of the musical will star Jim Carrey as Applegate and Jake Gyllenhaal every bit Joe Hardy.[24] No further announcements about this accommodation have been made since (as of December 2020).
Awards and nominations [edit]
Original Broadway production [edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956[25] | Tony Honour | Best Musical | Won | |
| Best Functioning By a Leading Actor in a Musical | Ray Walston | Won | ||
| Stephen Douglass | Nominated | |||
| All-time Performance past a Leading Extra in a Musical | Gwen Verdon | Won | ||
| All-time Functioning past a Featured Role player in a Musical | Russ Brown | Won | ||
| Best Operation by a Featured Extra in a Musical | Rae Allen | Nominated | ||
| Best Conductor and Musical Director | Hal Hastings | Won | ||
| Best Choreography | Bob Fosse | Won | ||
| Best Phase Technician | Harry Green | Won | ||
1994 Broadway revival [edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994[26] | Tony Honour | All-time Revival of a Musical | Nominated | |
| Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Victor Garber | Nominated | ||
| Best Operation by a Featured Actor in a Musical | Jarrod Emick | Won | ||
| Best Choreography | Rob Marshall | Nominated | ||
| Drama Desk Honour | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Featured Role player in a Musical | Jarrod Emick | Won | ||
| Outstanding Orchestrations | Douglas Besterman | Nominated | ||
| Theatre World Award | Jarrod Emick | Won | ||
1997 London revival [edit]
| Year | Honor | Category | Nominee | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998[27] | Laurence Olivier Award | Laurence Olivier Honour for Outstanding Musical Production | Nominated | |
| All-time Performance in a Supporting Office in a Musical | Apr Nixon | Nominated | ||
| Best Theatre Choreographer | Rob Marshall | Nominated | ||
Notes [edit]
- ^ She was replaced by Elizabeth Seal because Fosse's choreography was too new of a fashion to her
References [edit]
- ^ Fitzsimmons, Lorna, ed. (2008). Lives of Faust: The Faust Theme in Literature and Music. A Reader. New York: Walter De Gruyter. p. 12. ISBN9783110973976 . Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ^ Original 1955 Playbill, p.11
- ^ All His Jazz: The Life & Expiry of Bob Fosse, Martin Gottfried, 1998, pp. 94-95, Da Capo Press, ISBN 0-306-80837-4
- ^ Kenrick, John. Damn Yankees musicals101.com
- ^ Obituary of Belita Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ csmonitor.com
- ^ a b Canby, Vincent. "Theater Review: 'Damn Yankees'; Finally, Jerry Lewis Is on Broadway". The New York Times, March 13, 1995.
- ^ "Damn Yankees 1994". ibdb.com
- ^ " 'Damn Yankees' Westward Finish Revival 1997" thisistheatre.com, retrieved August 16, 2018
- ^ "Jason Alexander's playing with the 'Yankees'". The Orange County Register. 2007-11-07.
- ^ "Reprise! Damn Yankees, with Derricks, Gillentine, Page, Taylor and White, Begins Nov. half dozen". Playbill. 2007-11-06. Retrieved 2021-01-02 .
- ^ Rooney, David."Review: 'Damn Yankees'", Diverseness, July ten, 2008.
- ^ "Damn Yankees - 2017 Off-Broadway Tickets, News, Info, Photos, Videos". world wide web.broadwayworld.com . Retrieved 2020-12-23 .
- ^ " Damn Yankees, 1994" Internet Broadway Database
- ^ "Damn Yankees – Broadway Musical – 1994 Revival | IBDB". world wide web.ibdb.com . Retrieved 2020-12-23 .
- ^ "Damn Yankees Original West End Cast - 1997 Westward End". www.broadwayworld.com . Retrieved 2020-12-23 .
- ^ "Damn Yankees Original Off-Broadway Cast - 2008 Off-Broadway". www.broadwayworld.com . Retrieved 2020-12-23 .
- ^ "Damn Yankees Original Off-Broadway Cast - 2017 Off-Broadway". www.broadwayworld.com . Retrieved 2020-12-23 .
- ^ "Damn Yankees – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com . Retrieved 2020-12-23 .
- ^ The New York Times, John South. Wilson, June 26, 1955, pg. X10
- ^ Damn Yankees tcm.com, retrieved August sixteen, 2018
- ^ a b " Damn Yankeess Notes" tcm.com, retrieved Baronial xvi, 2018
- ^ Terrace, Vincent. Damn Yankees, Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, second ed., McFarland, 2013, ISBN 0786474440, p. 117
- ^ Fleming, Michael (February 26, 2009). "Carrey, Gyllenhaal practise Yankees". Diverseness. Retrieved Feb 28, 2009.
- ^ " Damn Yankees Awards" ibdb.com, retrieved August 16, 2018
- ^ " Damn Yankees 1994 Awards" ibdb.com, retrieved Baronial 16, 2018
- ^ "Olivier Award 1998" officiallondontheatre.com, retrieved August 16, 2018
External links [edit]
- Damn Yankees at the Internet Broadway Database
- Damn Yankees at IMDb (1958 film)
- Damn Yankees at the Music Theatre International website
- Damn Yankees (1967 TV product) at IMDb
- Henry, William A. Iii (March 14, 1994). "Damn Yankees Is Back At Bat". Time. Review of the revival
- Profile at Broadwaymusicalhome.com
- Contour at Stageagent.com
- Damn Yankees lyrics
- Data and links nearly the musical from Theatrehistory.com
- Information from Thebroadwaymusicals.com website Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Car
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Yankees
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