Re: Damn Yankees Revival 2027 — Page 2

Shouldn't the weather gods striking down today's game be a sign to them that this revival is a bad idea?

musicthatmakesmedance said: "Really not a fan of this key art."

At this point all broadway key art is bad at this point...oh how I long for the days of Follies

They just haven’t even bothered to make this look appealing. Zero effort.

Ugh! The power of "Dancing With The Stars." While I like Hough well enough as a ballroom dancer, there is nothing quirky or lovable about her. Sad to think Broadway needs to pull more and more from social media and reality show personalities to hopefully get butts in the seats.

I'm sorry to see Jordan Donica not continuing with the cast. No shade to the new Young Joe, I'm not really familiar with him, but Jordan was one of the best parts of the production at Arena Stage. I also think it's too bad they aren't continuing to do the show in the round (unless they are making major changes to the Marquis) as the baseball diamond set design was clever and I thought worked for the show.

Tag said: "Why in the world would Austin Scott be above the title?"

Probably because Julianne also needed to be above the title and they wanted to be nice and not orphan him.

sondheimfan2 said: "I’m a little confused by the DAMN YANKEES Broadway casting announcement. I had thought one of the more significant elements of the Arena Stage revisal was making Joe Boyd/Joe Hardy Black and giving him a family history connected to the racial history of baseball. That seemed to be more than just color-conscious casting; it was as actually built into the new book and helped explain why the story had been moved forward from the 1950s.

What makes today’s announcement especially interesting is that, unless I’m remembering incorrectly, the Broadway casting notice was still specifically seeking a Black actor for Young Joe Hardy.

So with Austin Scott now announced as Joe, does anyone know whether Wright and Will Power have substantially revised the book again for Broadway? Are they removing that part of Joe’s backstory, or has the concept of the Arena production changed in some other way?

Not making a judgment about Scott’s casting as I’m genuinely curious because the racial element seemed pretty integral to what they were trying to accomplish with the Arena revisal."

Yikes.

sondheimfan2 said: "I’m a little confused by the DAMN YANKEES Broadway casting…

I didn’t realize Austin identifies as a POC. Sorry."

Um, yeah. It's super, super, super easy to miss..............

Yes the casting is bland, but I think their biggest issue is going to be playing the Marquis Theatre.

DaveyG said: "Yes the casting is bland, but I think their biggest issue is going to be playing the Marquis Theatre."

What a cursed theater but with those sightlines and terrible mezzanine, what do they expect? I sincerely hope Julianne got acting lessons after POTUS because she was simply not good. She is beautiful and an incredible dancer, but I definitely agree with the majority of posters today regarding her casting.

Updated On: 9/27/26 at 08:00 PM