Today in Music History for Dec. 13: In 1835, Phillips Brooks, American Episcopal clergyman and hymn writer, was born. Though he produced 10 volumes of sermons, he is better remembered as the author of ...

Tonight’s movie is on Pluto! Here’s your link. A long-suffering Senators fan makes a deal with the devil to help the team… ...

Sometimes, one can go years listening to a song from the 1980s (or any time period, really) without realizing just how shocking the lyrics actually are. That’s the case for the following three songs ...

As jersey-adorning fans found their seats, vendors hawked hot dogs and the merch stand touted a bucket of baseballs, Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey, gamely embraced American’s pastime on ...

When is a musical comedy like a baseball game? The answer comes about halfway through Act One of “Damn Yankees,” a superlative new production of which is now playing at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage.

The 1960s and the 1970s provided the music world with a surplus of iconic songs. However, does that mean that the following decades didn’t? Certainly not, as the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and even 2010s ...

As the production of “Damn Yankees” at Arena Stage comes to a close, performers and Howard students reflect on portrayals of Blackness in the modern theatre industry. Jordan Donica (Joe Hardy) and ...

What does Damn Yankees, a 1950s musical have to say to audiences in 2025? With its themes of selling your soul to the devil to get a win or power or beauty, quite a bit. UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS #1: (As ...

UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS #1: (As characters, singing) We've got heart, miles and miles and miles of heart. SIMON: "Damn Yankees" is a fantasy about making a deal with the devil to win the pennant against ...

The New York Yankees - you love them or you hate them. Douglass Wallop is one of the latter. He's the writer whose 1954 story about dreams of beating the Yankees became a beloved American musical.

What does Damn Yankees, a 1950s musical have to say to audiences in 2025? With its themes of selling your soul to the devil to get a win or power or beauty, quite a bit. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...