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Faust, fly
balls and devilishly good fun all meet at the home plate of
“Damn Yankees” at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center.
The show is part of Stocker’s Performing Artists Series. Tickets
are $34 for orchestra; $27 for mezzanine; and $10 for students
and youth 18 and under. Valet parking is available for this show
for just $5 per car. Tickets for the performance and valet
parking can be ordered online at
www.stockerartscenter.com,
or by calling the Stocker Arts Center box office at (440)
366-4040 from 12-6 p.m., Monday through Friday and 90 minutes
before curtain time. Tickets are also available at the box
office, located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts Center.
Joe Boyd, a
1950’s middle-aged baseball fanatic, sells his soul to the
Devil, Mr. Applegate, for “one good long ball hitter” for his
favorite team, the Washington Senators. Mr. Applegate turns Boyd
into 22-year-old sports superstar, Joe Hardy. He leaves his wife
behind and as Joe Hardy he transforms the hapless Senators into
a winning team, only to realize the true worth of the life (and
wife) he’s left at home. With the help of a handy escape clause
and a guilt-ridden temptress named Lola, Joe outsmarts the
Devil, returns to his former self and shepherds the Senators to
the World Series.
Filled with
hit songs like “Whatever Lola Wants,” “Shoeless Joe from
Hannibal, Mo.” and “You Gotta Have Heart,” “Damn Yankees” hit
seven Tony Award-winning home runs.
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