Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees

Broadway:

Opening date: 5 mai 1955 (the 46th Street Theatre)

Closing date: 12 octobre 1955

Nombre de représentations consécutives : 1 019

West End:

Opening date: 28 mars 1957 (London Coliseum)

Nombre de représentations consécutives : 258


Inspiré du roman de Douglass Wallop "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" (1954).
Livret: George Abbott, Douglass Wallop

Lyrics & Musique: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross

Mise en scène: George Abbott

Chorégraphie: Bob Fosse

Direction musicale: Hal Hastings

Orchestrations: Don Walker

Décors: William and Jean Eckart

Costumes: William and Jean Eckart

Lumières: ?


L'histoire

Joe Boyd vend son âme au diable pour être le meilleur frappeur de home run qui guidera son équipe favorite vers une victoire contre ces " foutus Yankees ".

Adaptation Cinématographique

Damn Yankees film

Film réalisé par George Abbott et Stanley Donen (1958)

Titre français: Cette Satanée Lola

Durée : 111 min


Distribution Originale

Joe Hardy: Stephen Douglass

Lola: Gwen Verdon

Applegate: Ray Walston

Gloria Thorpe: Rae Allen

Welch: Richard Bishop

Meg Boyd: Shannon Bolin

Van Buren: Russ Brown

Children: Ronn Cummins, Jackie Scholle

Singer/Teen-Ager: Cherry Davis

Smokey: Nathaniel Frey

Singer/Lynch/Commissioner: Del Horstmann

Doris: Elizabeth Howell

Singer/Miss Weston: Janie Janvier

Rocky:Jimmie Komack

Henry/Dancer: Al Lanti

Vernon/Singer/Postmaster: Albert Linville

Guard/Dancer: George Marcy

Dancer/Sohovik: Eddie Phillips

Joe Boyd: Robert Shafer

Sister: Jean Stapleton

Singers: Frank Bouley, Fred Bryan, Jeanne Grant, Janet Hayes, Joan Keenan, Suzanne Lovell, Ralph Lowe, Ralph Strane

Dancers: Betty Carr, Robert Evans, Timmy Everett, Patricia Ferrier, Marlyn Greer, William Joyce, Harvey Jung, Marie Kolin, Julia Marlowe,Svetlana McLee, Mark Ward

Gwen Verdon (Lola) et Stephen Douglass (Joe)
Gwen Verdon (Lola) et Stephen Douglass (Joe)

Numéros Musicaux

Act I

Overture — Orchestra

Curtain Act 1 — Orchestra

Six Months — Meg Boyd, Joe Boyd, Men, and Girls

Devil Music — Orchestra

Goodbye Old Girl — Joe Boyd and Joe Hardy

Heart — Van Buren, Smoky, Rocky, Vernon

Heart Encore — Van Buren, Smoky, Rocky, Vernon

Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. — Gloria Thorpe, Boys, Senators

Shoeless Joe Dance — Orchestra

A Man Doesn't Know — Joe Hardy

Lola — Orchestra

A Little Talent — Lola

Goodbye (Reprise) — Orchestra

A Man Doesn't Know (Reprise) — Joe Hardy, Meg

Whatever Lola Wants (with Dance Break) — Lola

Not Meg — Orchestra

Heart (Reprise) — Men

Chairs Fanfare — Orchestra

Who's Got The Pain? (with Double Dance Breaks) — Lola & Men (Street Band)

Act 1 Finale (New Shoeless Joe Finale) — Orchestra

Act II

Entr'Acte — Orchestra

Opening Act 2 — Orchestra

The Game — Senators

Near to You — Joe Hardy and Meg Boyd

Good Old Days — Applegate

Days Encore — Applegate

Courtroom Blackout — Orchestra

Two Lost Souls (with Dance) — Lola and Joe Hardy

Devil Music — Orchestra

Shoeless Joe (Reprise) — Orchestra

Back Home — Orchestra

Finale (A Man Doesn't Know) — Meg and Joe Boyd

Bows (Heart) — Orchestra

Exit March — Orchestra