{"id":361670,"date":"2026-10-01T07:58:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361670\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T07:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T07:58:49","slug":"damn-yankees-returning-to-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361670\/","title":{"rendered":"Damn Yankees Returning To Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the very last day of the MLB season, Sunday,\u00a0September 27, the New York Yankees hosted a special press conference to announce that a revival of\u00a0Damn\u00a0Yankees will be coming to Broadway in 2027.\u00a0Three of the stars of the new production, Neil Patrick Harris, Julianne Hough,\u00a0and Austin Scott,\u00a0along with choreographer Sergio Trujillo,\u00a0were on hand in the Yankee press room for the announcement.\u00a0An on-the-field announcement was also planned but washed away by the Nor\u2019easter that slammed the city this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The MC for Sunday\u2019s press conference at Yankee Stadium was Rick Miramontez,\u00a0executive from DKC\/O&M PR, asking questions\u00a0of\u00a0the performers and inviting the press to ask their own.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"The Queens Gazette team of Dan Miller and Joyce Vetere Milowski were in the mix and were\u00a0actually called\u00a0to ask a question. \u201cDid the cast or creative team of the new production of Damn\u00a0Yankees reach out to the New York Yankees or Major League Baseball to secure a consultant to discuss what it\u2019s like to be a professional\u00a0baseball\u00a0 player?\u201d\u00a0The answer was yes!\u00a0They do in fact have\u00a0a\u00a0MLB consultant with major league experience which should help the cast find more realistic meaning to their roles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was really an extraordinary idea to\u00a0actually make\u00a0the announcement at Yankee Stadium on the last scheduled game of the 2026 season against the Baltimore Orioles, who will be portrayed in the new production.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Damn\u00a0Yankees hit the Broadway stage on May 5,\u00a01955\u00a0telling a story of a young man playing for the Washington Senators bent on defeating the New York Yankees.\u00a0The reboot will take place in 2000 with the protagonist having\u00a0superpowers\u00a0and longing to lead his team,\u00a0the Baltimore Orioles, to defeat the Yankees.\u00a0The new revised production is based on the\u00a0original\u00a0but it takes on a life of its own, with these outstanding performers.\u00a0Austin Scott will portray the young athlete, Joe Hardy, craving to become a superstar baseball player on the Baltimore Orioles that is battling to beat\u00a0New\u00a0York Yankees.\u00a0Julianne Hough\u00a0will play the part of the\u00a0devil\u2019s assistant, played in 1951 by the iconic Gwen Verdon. Ms. Hough said she understands that she has big dance shoes to fill.\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Verdon won\u00a0the Tony\u00a0for her performance in 1955.\u00a0Neil Patrick Harris, a veteran of\u00a0television\u00a0 and\u00a0theater,\u00a0will play the Devil, a role he thinks will be challenging.\u00a0Mr. Harris revealed that while he has had an extensive career in\u00a0theater\u00a0this will be his first attempt at doing a Broadway show.\u00a0He is\u00a0very excited\u00a0about the opportunity to\u00a0give it a try. Mr.\u00a0Harris,\u00a0known as a singer, dancer and actor,\u00a0is best known for starring in Doogie Howser, M.D and his starring role as Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, both situation comedies.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The original version had the Yankees\u00a0play\u00a0the Washington Senators, but the 2027 reboot will have the Yankees facing the Baltimore Orioles, the team they were to play this past Sunday to conclude the 2026 regular MLB season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The musical will be produced by Julie Boardman, Lia\u00a0Villack,\u00a0and the granddaughter of former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, Haley Swindal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new production will soon light up the Broadway stage when it hits New York City for previews on March 14, and an opening night on April\u00a020, at\u00a0the Marquis Theatre in Manhattan.\u00a0Readers of the Queens Gazette will learn more about this iconic production\u00a0and how to\u00a0purchase\u00a0tickets right here in your neighborhood\u00a0newspaper,\u00a0the Queens Gazette.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Choreographer Sergio Trujillo,\u00a0Julianne Hough,\u00a0Austin Scott,\u00a0and Neil Patrick Harris.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rick Miramontez, Chief Executive of PR firm OMK\/DC serving as MC for the press conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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