Damn Yankees

…The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees (1958). He published his autobiography, Mister Abbott, in 1963 and remained active on the New York theatrical scene into the 1990s.

With Damn Yankees (1958), Donen and Abbott codirected another musical that originated onstage under Abbott’s direction. Combining the Faust legend with baseball, the film retained most of the Broadway cast (notably Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston, and Jean Stapleton) and a score that included “Whatever Lola Wants”…