Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Damn Yankees' based on the book 'The Year the Yankees lost the Pennant' by George Abbott and Douglas Wallop; music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast list; includes programme with cast list and typescript dates 1957; photographs of cast members in scenes from both British and American productions of the musical; press article on Belita, leading cast member in British production
Performed at The Coliseum, London, 28 Mar 1957, closing performance 9 Nov 1957; presented by Frederick Brisson, Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince; dances and musical numbers by Bob Fosse; reproduced by Zoya Leporska; scenery and costumes by William and Jean Eckart; musical director Robert Lowe; orchestrations by Don Walker America: The 46th Street Theatre, New York, 5 May 1955
Casts: Betty Paul, Phil Vickers, Bill Kerr, Mavis Villiers, Christine Bocca, Ivor Emmanuel, Roy Howell, Bob Stevenson, Edward Devereaux, Robert Crane, Donald Stewart, Robin Hunter, Judy Bruce, Carole James, Paul Dobson, Robert Henderson, Belita, Elspeth Ross, Tom Caxton, Stanley Beard, Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglass, Ray Halston, Russ Brown, Shannon Bolin, Robert Shafer, Richard Bishop, Jean Stapleton, Al Linville, Nathaniel Frey, Jimmie Komack, Rae Allen |