Playing Ball With the Devil
Aileen JacobsonJuly 19, 2010: “Baseball is only one-half skill,” the coach in “Damn Yankees” tells his dejected team, the Washington Senators. He sings about the other half, “You’ve gotta have heart.”
READ THE REVIEWTheater: John W. Engeman Theater at Northport / 250 Main Street, Northport, New York, 11768
Damn Yankees, Winner of 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical, is set in Washington D.C. during the 1950's - a time when the New York Yankees dominated baseball. With words and music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, and a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop Damn Yankees features songs such as "Heart," "Whatever Lola Wants," and "Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, MO." It's the perfect musical comedy that both theater and sports enthusiast will love.
July 19, 2010: “Baseball is only one-half skill,” the coach in “Damn Yankees” tells his dejected team, the Washington Senators. He sings about the other half, “You’ve gotta have heart.”
READ THE REVIEW