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Damn Yankees

First National Tour (1956)

Production Info

Opening January 21, 1956
Closing: May 19, 1957
Length of Run: not listed yet
Run Type: Open-ended

Credits Highlights

... Director	George Abbott
... Dances and Musical Numbers	Bob Fosse

Cast

... Meg	Rosemary Kuhlmann
... Joe Boyd	Harry P. Stanton
... Applegate	Bobby Clark (i)
... Joe Hardy	Allen Case
... Smokey	Burt Bier
... Vernon	Roger Franklin
... Van Buren	Sid Stone
... Rocky	Al Checco
... Gloria	Jo Hurt
... Lola	Sherry O'Neil

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Musical Numbers

Act One

Overture .... Orchestra
Six Months Out of Every Year .... Meg, Joe Boyd, Baseball Fans, Baseball Widows
Goodbye, Old Girl .... Joe Boyd, Joe Hardy
Heart .... Van Buren, Rocky, Smokey, Vernon, Singing Ensemble Member (Joe Flynn)
Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. .... Gloria and Baseball Players
A Man Doesn't Know .... Joe Hardy
A Little Brains — A Little Talent .... Lola
A Man Doesn't Know (Reprise) .... Joe Hardy, Meg
Whatever Lola Wants .... Lola
Heart (Reprise) .... Sister, Rocky, Smokey, Vernon, Singing Ensemble Member (Joe Flynn)
Who's Got the Pain? .... Lola and Sohovik
Finale .... Entire Company

Act Two

The Game .... Rocky, Smokey and Baseball Players
Near to You .... Joe Hardy, Meg
Those Were the Good Old Days .... Applegate
Two Lost Souls .... Lola, Joe Hardy and Guys and Dolls
A Man Doesn't Know (Reprise) .... Meg, Joe Boyd

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Trivia & History

Bobby Clark, starring as Applegate, left the tour after 13 months. He was succeeded by the role's Broadway originator, Ray Walston, but Clark returned for the final two weeks of the tour when Walston had to leave to start work on the film verson of South Pacific.