They begin to bond, especially over her "lost" husband ("A Man Doesn't Know"). Though Joe is increasingly successful, he truly misses Meg and moves into her house as a boarder in his persona as Joe Hardy. His hitting prowess enables the team to move up in the standings. Gloria Thorpe, a sports reporter, praises him ("Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo"). Then Joe Hardy is suddenly discovered and joins the team. If not, he has until 9:00 the night before to walk away from the deal and return to his normal life.Īt the ballpark, the hapless Senators vow to play their best despite their failings ("Heart").
The Senators' last game is on September 25, and if he plays in it, he is to stay as Joe Hardy forever. However, his business sense makes him insist on an escape clause. He accepts, even though he must leave Meg ("Goodbye Old Girl"). He offers Joe the chance to become "Joe Hardy", the young slugger the Senators need. After she has gone to bed, he sits up late, grumbling that if the Senators just had a "long ball hitter" they could beat "those damn Yankees". His wife, Meg, laments this ("Six Months Out Of Every Year"). Middle-aged real estate agent Joe Boyd is a long-suffering fan of the pathetic Washington Senators baseball team. For the 1958 film version, see Damn Yankees (film). Note: This is the plot of the 1994 Broadway revival of the show there are differences from the original 1955 version. 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. The show ran for 1,019 performances in its original Broadway production. It is based on Wallop's 1954 novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant. 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. David McGowan: We are the same.The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallopĭamn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Jill McGowan: Have you? Jill McGowan: You know, you don't always have to do everything they say. David McGowan: You haven't been given an option. Without a mate you are of less importance to us, and your development of emotions is disturbing. David McGowan: She was to be my partner Mara Chaffee: Yes it's true. Mara Chaffee: You are thinking of the one who died. Mara Chaffee: Still you are aware of the others so you must be in some basic sense aware of who. Alan Chaffee: Well, I'm not so sure you're right about that, Mara. Without compassion, you're a doomed species. We're your superiors in our capacity to love. You're just second-rate mimics of a higher organism. Alan Chaffee: You should feel! You should feel something! Without feelings, you're nothing. Mara Chaffee: Why do you think your own survival depends upon emotion from us? Should we pity you? Empathize with your plight? Dr. I think that adaptation is the key to survival. We all feed on each other, exploit each other in some way to survive. Now it has set us at one another to see who will survive. Why can't we just live together? Mara Chaffee: If we coexist, we shall dominate you. Alan Chaffee: I don't see why we can't reach an understanding.
We have to survive no matter what the cost we are the only ones left now. You are thinking of what happened to the others. Why do you hate us so much, Mara? Mara Chaffee: It isn't a matter of hate. Susan Verner: Wouldn't it be a noisy world if we all said what we thought?ĭr. Why to you speak some thoughts but not others? Dr. However, the path that leads to the speaking process eludes us. Susan Verner: What can you read that's in my head? Mara Chaffee: Everything that is active in your mind. but not the nature of mankind.ĭialogue Dr.
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