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Damn Yankees
(Vocal Score). Ross & Adler's 1955 Broadway production which won a Tony Award for Best Musical featured Gwen Verdon. Our vocal score includes 12 The Game * Goodbye, Old Girl * Heart * A Little Brains, a Little Talent * A Man Doesn't Know * Near to You * Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. * Six Months Out of the Year * Those Were the Good Old Days! * Two Lost Souls * Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) * Who's Got the Pain?
125 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1987
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November 8, 2011
As Bill the Cat would say: *THBPFFFFT*
Basic Plot: The New York Yankees are winning everything because it's the late 1950's and that's what they did back then. The Washington Senators are a down-on-their-luck underdog team with a fan who's willing to make a deal with the devil to get his team to win.
Sounds like a cool premise, doesn't it? DOESN'T IT??? *THBPFFFFT*
Of all the lame shows, with lame characters, and WTF IS THE POINT OF THIS SONG???? moments, my director chooses to do this one. The characters are lame (and sexist), the songs are meh-to-WTF???, and the plot jumps around too much to make the series of events really make sense.
I don't like the script. Maybe when I see it performed it'll be different, but for the moment I hate it.
Basic Plot: The New York Yankees are winning everything because it's the late 1950's and that's what they did back then. The Washington Senators are a down-on-their-luck underdog team with a fan who's willing to make a deal with the devil to get his team to win.
Sounds like a cool premise, doesn't it? DOESN'T IT??? *THBPFFFFT*
Of all the lame shows, with lame characters, and WTF IS THE POINT OF THIS SONG???? moments, my director chooses to do this one. The characters are lame (and sexist), the songs are meh-to-WTF???, and the plot jumps around too much to make the series of events really make sense.
I don't like the script. Maybe when I see it performed it'll be different, but for the moment I hate it.
August 20, 2019
Classic golden age musical. I think the strength of the show was Verdon, her dancing and the memorable songs rather than the book of the show.
October 8, 2024
Loved the 1958 movie with Gwen Verdon, Tab Hunter, and Ray Walston.
November 23, 2007
Couldn't resist adding the first play I was ever in--it has a near and dear place in my heart.
January 6, 2008
Fifth year at UMD - I played Lola. I loved performing "Whatever Lola Wants" and "A Little Brains, A Little Talent". Oh, and the Vegas style dance with my buddy Brad Bone was a riot, too!
May 18, 2012
A good musical with some memorable songs, (goodbye, old girl,) but could have been stronger.
April 23, 2018
Story was ok. Some of the songs were fun... Not my favourite musical of all time but it was fun overall.
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