OGUNQUIT — Emmy Award-winner Carson Kressley will return to the Ogunquit Playhouse this summer to star as the devil himself in “Damn Yankees.” He will play Mr. Applegate in the Ogunquit adaptation of the long-loved Broadway hit.
The show opens July 25 and runs through Aug. 18. Ogunquit is retooling this show for local audiences. Instead of the pitting the hated Yankees against the Washington Senators, this version includes the Boston Red Sox. The shift in the storyline helps New England celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park.
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Kressley will head to the Ogunquit Playhouse after a 12-week run in a new production of “Dancing with the Stars: Live in Las Vegas.”
In the new Ogunquit production, diehard Red Sox fan Joe Boyd offers his soul to this devil in return for “one long-ball hitter.” Applegate uses his power to turn Joe into a young, strong, handsome, long ball hitter with supernatural athletic abilities.
As the team begins to win, Joe looks for a loophole to get out of the deal. The devilish dealmaker pulls out all the stops, most notably, the sizzling hot temptress Lola …. “Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets.”
Kressley is best known as the fashion expert on the popular TV reality series “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”, which won the 2004 Emmy Award for “Outstanding Reality Program”.
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