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Damn Yankees
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 25, 2006
Closed May 14, 2006

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http://www.nsmt.org

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

This production of Damn Yankees features a new spin on this hilarious and heart-warming classic, which now tells the story of a die-hard Red Sox fan who makes a deal with the devil to help the Sox break the curse and take the pennant from the dreaded Yankees. Barry Ivan directs.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



North Shore Music Theatre
62 Dunham Rd
Beverly, MA 01915


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

It really didn't take all that much tweaking to tailor 1955's Damn Yankees, the beloved Richard Adler-Jerry Ross-George Abbott-Douglass Wallop musical about a particularly rabid Washington Senators fan, to apply to Boston and its beleaguered Red Sox. Change a few place names, throw in a couple of topical references, and presto: You've got an entertaining nod to the longstanding rivalry between Beantown's baseball team and those guys in pinstripes.

The smartest thing that adapter Joe DiPietro (All Shook Up) did in running with North Shore Music Theatre artistic director Jon Kimbell's brainstorm was to retain the show's heart -- and this Faustian fable still has "miles and miles and miles" o[...]


Reviewed by Sandy MacDonald on May 1, 2006

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