Damn Yankees is a frothy, faithful adaptation of the 1956 Broadway hit. In an amusing slant on the Faust legend, aging baseball fan Joe Boyd (Robert Schafer) is given an opportunity to lead his ...

“Damn Yankees” was turned into a 1958 Warner Bros. film that was directed by Abbott and Stanley Donen, with Ray Walston and Gwen Verdon re-creating their stage performances, and Tab Hunter playing the ...

"Damn Yankees" hit the movie screen in 1958 with a cast that featured Tab Hunter, Gwen Virdon, and Ray Walston. George Abbott wrote both the Broadway musical and film adaptations of the original ...

A highlight was the 1958 “Damn Yankees!,” an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical with Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston in their Tony-winning New York roles and the original director, George ...

On film and TV, Allen was a prolific character actor, appearing in many high profile projects following the “Damn Yankees” film.

She was first nominated for a Tony in 1955 for her performance as Gloria Thorpe in “ Damn Yankees.” Allen reprised the role alongside Gwen Verdon, Tab Hunter and Ray Walston in the 1958 film ...

It's not likely that the limited-run revival of "Damn Yankees," which officially debuted Thursday at the City Center for three weeks (following five days of previews), will inspire demands for a ...

Rae Allen, the Tony-award winner known for her work on TV in "The Sopranos" and on stage in "Damn Yankees," is dead. She was 95.