May 8, 2025: Damn Yankees (1955)

Class Preparation

Recommended Reading: 

• Broadway: The American Musical: Read these sections for background on the development of American musicals in the 1950s and Damn Yankees in particular:
  • "'There's No Business Like Show Business'--The Postwar World of Broadway," pages 180-181
  • "Gwen Verdon," pages 216-217
  • "The Abbott Touch: The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees," pages 234-237.

​Handouts:

• Class 1 Selected Lyrics
• ​Handout of Key Class 1 slides

Links & Playlists

 YouTube Playlists:

• Damn Yankees (1955 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglass, and Ray Ralston)
• Damn Yankees (1994 Broadway Revival Cast Recording with Bebe Neuwirth, Jarrod Emick, and Victor Garber)
• The Pajama Game (1954 Original Broadway Cast Recording with John Raitt, Janis Paige, and Eddie Foy, Jr.)
• Class 1 Videos (contains a few additional treats I didn't have time for in class)​