The show highlights the Broadway legend known for her iconic roles in Sweet Charity, Damn Yankees, and Chicago, featuring beloved songs like If My Friends Could See Me Now and Roxie.

A multiple Tony Award-winner (including for Best Musical) in 1956, Damn Yankees ran for 1,019 performances (a rarity at the time), and made a star of Gwen Verdon, playing Lola, whose siren song ...

"Damn Yankees" is the only hit musical ever written about the Washington Senators. Opening on Broadway in 1955, it provided a star-making role for Gwen Verdon and a popular song, the rousing "(You ...

Gwen Verdon, Broadway's premier female dancer who was the seductive Lola in Damn Yankees and the saucy, love-struck Charity in Sweet Charity, died Wednesday at 75.

performing artist; depicted Verdon, Gwen publisher Warner Brothers Description This pressbook is for the 1958 Warner Bros. musical film Damn Yankees, directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen and ...

Verdon appeared in the movie Walking Across Egypt, as well as Bruno. Verdon received a total of four Tonys, for best featured actress for Can-Can and best leading actress for Damn Yankees, New ...