Damn Yankees

The whole family saw South Plantation High School's production of DAMN YANKEES. The play is set in the 1950s and is about an avid Washington Senators baseball fan who hates the rival Yankees. His love for baseball causes him to make a deal with the devil himself to become a franchise-changing talent of a ball player. His love of baseball vs his love of a faithful wife are the core conflict of the show. But there are enough other sub-plots and interesting characters to keep the audience interested throughout the show.

The kids in this production did an excellent job. There were several very good singers and the dance numbers really exceeded expectations. For me, half the fun was watching the joy and fascination on the faces of our daughters, Courtney(15) and Belle(7). Their smiles were uncontrollable during more than one scene, and Belle was wide-eyed while watching the dancers run down the isles and jump on stage. More than one dance number lasted several minutes and involved fairly complicated and well coordinated choreography. It was a total joy to watch them pull it off as well as they did.

Overall, it was a real pleasure for the whole family to watch and listen to the musical performance of Damn Yankees. And it was a joy to help support the young talent at Courtney's South Plantation High School.