SHOWS & EVENTS
Professional baseball meets Broadway!
DUT is excited to bring the Broadway mega-hit Damn Yankees to the Decatur Civic Center stage on April 10-12 & 17-19, 2026.
The original show opened on Broadway in 1955 and ran for a whopping 1,019 performances. It has won seven Tony Awards. Broadway revivals of this awesome show have run in 1988, 1994, 1997, 2008, 2014, and is currently (2025) running in D.C.
Over the years, the show has starred numerous Tony Award winning Broadway actors, including Vincent Price, Jerry Lewis, Ray Walston (the 60s TV show My Favorite Martian), Jean Stapleton (All In The Family, et al), Davis Gains (who played The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera over 2,000 times on Broadway), Sean Hayes (Will & Grace), Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), Whoopi Goldberg, and even football great Joe Namath!
All of this speaks to the greatness of this script.
If you're unfamiliar with the show, here's a brief synopsis.
Based on the novel, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant by Douglass Wallop, Damn Yankees the Broadway mega-hit and winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, hits it out of the park! The winning score by Adler and Ross and a devilish book by George Abbot have made this sporty musical comedy a true American classic.
Middle-aged baseball fanatic Joe Boyd, trades his soul to the Devil, also known as Mr. Applegate, for a chance to lead his favorite team to victory in the pennant race against the New York Yankees. As young baseball sensation, Joe Hardy, he transforms the hapless Washington Senators into a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life that he's left behind. Joe ultimately outsmarts Applegate, returns to his former self and shepherds the Senators to the World Series.
Light, fast-paced and devilishly clever, Damn Yankees is a homerun hit, featuring all-American subject matter and an irreverent sense of humor. Be sure not to miss this romantic comedy- Damn Yankees.
Damn Yankees is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.