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Garland Summer Musicals

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2008 SEASON

The Garland Summer Musicals opens their 2008 Season June 20 thru June 29 with:

Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. The musical is based on Wallop's novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.

Performances: June 20,21,27,28 at 8:00 pm

June 22,29 at 2:00 pm

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Opening July 25 through August 3 is the song and dance spectacular:

The Will Rogers Follies is a Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman.

It focuses on the life and career of famed humorist and performer Will Rogers, using as a backdrop the Ziegfeld Follies, which he often headlined, and describes every episode in his life in the form of a big production number. The Rogers character also performs rope tricks in between scenes. The revue contains snippets of Rogers' famous homespun style of wisdom and common sense and tries to convey the personality of this quintessentially American figure whose most famous quote was "I never met a man I didn't like."

Performances: July 25, 26 and August 1, 2 at 8:00pm

July 27 and August 3 at 2:00 pm

All Performances are held at the Patty Granville Arts Center

The 2008 Garland Summer Musicals will be under the helm of former New York Director Buff Shurr who is returning for his 26^th Season.

Patty Granville is the Producer of the Garland Summer Musicals.

Music by the GMS Orchestra performing live under the direction of Musical director Jeff Crouse.

Damn Yankees Choreography by Vicky Squires.

Will Rogers Follies choreography by .

Alan Hanna is the Stage Manager and Kelly Cox is the designer for this season.