Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. It is based on Wallop's 1954 novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.

This article is about the Broadway musical. For the film adaptations of the musical, see Damn Yankees (1958 film) and Damn Yankees! (1967 film). For the rock band, see Damn Yankees (band).
Damn Yankees
1955 original cast recording
MusicRichard Adler & Jerry Ross
LyricsRichard Adler & Jerry Ross
BookGeorge Abbott
Douglass Wallop
BasisThe Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop
Productions1955 Broadway
1957 West End
1958 film
1967 U.S. television
1994 Broadway revival
1997 West End revival
2008 Encores! Summer Stars
2017 Off-Broadway
AwardsTony Award for Best Musical

The show ran for 1,019 performances in its original Broadway production. Adler and Ross's success with it and The Pajama Game seemed to point to a bright future for them, but Ross suddenly died of chronic bronchiectasis at age 29, several months after Damn Yankees opened.

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