Damn Yankees

Would you sell your soul to the devil to realize a dream? Personally, no ... though I'm all about dreams. It's a question central to the plot of the 1950s musical, "Damn Yankees" and offered me a rare opportunity to play a long-married baseball fanatic who makes a deal with the devil to realize his dream of being a young baseball star. The show is full of songs musical theatre fans will know such as "You Gotta Have Heart", "Good Ole Girl" and "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets". Ultimately, my character Joe Boyd, reincarnated as young Joe Hardy, tricks the devil and is able to return to his loyal wife, Meg. In my trip down memory lane yesterday, I went through my photos of this 2003 production in Seattle. You'll see some of the same faces from the "Man of La Mancha" photos posted yesterday. I'd like to borrow guiser1's question of the day format for this post: Can a good person do bad things and still be a good person? Old Joe in "Damn Yankees" made a choice and grew to regret it. What's your opinion?

( Damn Yankees production photos from 2003 in all of their technicolor glory! Double click to make em bigger! )

Damn Yankees

Would you sell your soul to the devil to realize a dream? Personally, no ... though I'm all about dreams. It's a question central to the plot of the 1950s musical, "Damn Yankees" and offered me a rare opportunity to play a long-married baseball fanatic who makes a deal with the devil to realize his dream of being a young baseball star. The show is full of songs musical theatre fans will know such as "You Gotta Have Heart", "Good Ole Girl" and "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets". Ultimately, my character Joe Boyd, reincarnated as young Joe Hardy, tricks the devil and is able to return to his loyal wife, Meg. In my trip down memory lane yesterday, I went through my photos of this 2003 production in Seattle. You'll see some of the same faces from the "Man of La Mancha" photos posted yesterday. I'd like to borrow guiser1's question of the day format for this post: Can a good person do bad things and still be a good person? Old Joe in "Damn Yankees" made a choice and grew to regret it. What's your opinion?

( Damn Yankees production photos from 2003 in all of their technicolor glory! Double click to make em bigger! )