Damn Yankees
At the 1956 Tony Awards this production was nominated for 9 awards:-
Best Musical – WINNER
Best Actor in a Musical – Ray Walston WINNER
Best Actor in a Musical – Stephen Douglass
Best Actress in a Musical – Gwen Verdon WINNER
Best Featured Actor in a Musical – Russ Brown WINNER
Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Rae Allen
Best Choreographer – Bob Fosse WINNER
Best conductor & Musical Director – Hal Hastings WINNER
Best Stage Technician (Electrician & Sound) – Harry Green WINNER
The winner in the one category it didn’t win:-
Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Lotte Lenya “The Threepenny Opera”
Cast & Crew
Cast
Applegate | Ray Walston |
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Applegate (Replacement) | Howard Caine |
Applegate (Replacement) | Nathaniel Frey |
Children | Ronn Cummins |
Children | Jackie Scholle |
Commissioner | Del Horstmann |
Dancers | Betty Carr |
Dancers | Robert Evans |
Dancers | Timmy Everett |
Dancers | Patricia Ferrier |
Dancers | Marlyn Greer |
Dancers | William Joyce |
Dancers | Harvey Jung |
Dancers | Marie Kolin |
Dancers | Al Lanti |
Dancers | George Marcy |
Dancers | Julia Marlowe |
Dancers | Svetlana McLee |
Dancers | Eddie Phillips |
Dancers | Mark Ward |
Dancers (Replacement) | Margot Feldman |
Dancers (Replacement) | Louis Johnson |
Dancers (Replacement) | George Lake |
Dancers (Replacement) | Charles Morrell |
Doris | Elizabeth Howell |
Gloria Thorpe | Rae Allen |
Gloria Thorpe (Replacement) | Sally Brown |
Guard | George Marcy |
Henry | Al Lanti |
Henry (Replacement) | William Joyce |
Henry (Replacement) | George Lake |
Joe Boyd | Robert Shafer |
Joe Hardy | Stephen Douglass |
Lola | Gwen Verdon |
Lola (Replacement) | Sheila Bond |
Lola (Replacement) | Devra Korwin |
Lola (Replacement) | Gretchen Wyler |
Lynch | Del Horstmann |
Meg | Shannon Bolin |
Meg (Replacement) | Charlotte Fairchild |
Miss Weston | Jane Janvier |
Postmaster | Albert Linville |
Postmaster (Replacement) | Sam Greene |
Rocky | Jimmie Komack |
Rocky (Replacement) | Bob Dishy |
Rocky (Replacement) | Don Rogers |
Singers | Frank Bouley |
Singers | Fred Bryan |
Singers | Cherry Davis |
Singers | Jeanne Grant |
Singers | Janet Hayes |
Singers | Del Horstmann |
Singers | Jane Janvier |
Singers | Joan Keenan |
Singers | Albert Linville |
Singers | Suzanne Lovell |
Singers | Ralph Lowe |
Singers | Ralph Strane |
Sister | Jean Stapleton |
Sister (Replacement) | Anita Webb |
Smokey | Nathaniel Frey |
Smokey (Replacement) | Bill McDonald |
Sohovik | Eddie Phillips |
Sohovik (Replacement) | Kenneth Le Roy |
Teenager | Cherry Davis |
Van Buren | Russ Brown |
Van Buren (Replacement) | Marty May |
Vernon | Albert Linville |
Vernon (Replacement) | Sam Greene |
Welch | Richard Bishop |
Welch (Replacement) | William Adams |
Crew | |
Book | George Abbott |
Book | Douglass Wallop |
Dance Arrangements | Roger Adams |
Dances & Musical Numbers staged by | Bob Fosse |
Designer & Costumes | Jean Eckart |
Designer & Costumes | William Eckart |
Director | George Abbott |
Music & Lyrics | Richard Adler |
Music & Lyrics | Jerry Ross |
Musical Director | Hal Hastings |
Orchestrations | Don Walker |
Sound | Harry Green |
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