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Phoenix Productions presents Damn Yankees at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank
Phoenix Productions, the award winning community theatre organization, will present the hit Broadway classic Damn Yankees for two weekends beginning September 20th and concluding September 29th at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank.
Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with book by George Abbot and Douglass Wallop, and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. It tells the story of Joe Boyd, a middle-aged sports fan who trades his soul to the Devil for a chance to regain his youth and lead his baseball team, the Washington Senators, past the hated Yankees as the Major League baseball star Joe Hardy. With musical numbers like “Those Were the Good Old Days”, “Goodbye Old Girl”, and the iconic “Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets”, it’s no wonder the production ran on Broadway for over 1,000 performances and took home seven Tony Awards including Best Musical.
The cast is lead by Eric Harper as the Major League slugger, Joe Hardy, James Grausam as the slick and cunning “Devil” Applegate, and Jackie Mercandetti as the sultry and infamous Lola. The cast is mixed in experience and age–Phoenix veterans work alongside newcomers as young as eight years old.
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Produced by Lindsay Wood, directed by Mike Kroll, musically directed by Andrew Macirowski and choreographed by Rachel Wasser, the show promises to be a home run of a musical experience for baseball and theatre lovers alike.
Performances are September 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th at 8pm and September 22nd and 29th at 3pm. To order tickets, contact the Count Basie Theatre box office at (732) 842-9000 or visit www.countbasietheatre.org.