MY FAVORITE SHOW STOPPER

One of the most amazing show-stoppers on Broadway is "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal Mo." from Damn Yankees. What's most amazing about it is that, despite its complex dancing, it is brilliantly performed by high school students as well as Broadway performers, as you can see from the clip from Stratford High School. But when I browse the Internet, I find still other brilliant amateur versions of this number, which is one of my favorites. Damn Yankees and The Pajama Game were the only two Broadway shows written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Bother were smash hits, Sadly Jerry Ross died of lung disease complications in 1955 at the age of 29. One can only imagine what other great shows we would have seen if this golden collaboration had not been cut short. I encourage you to look up other songs from this great show, like "You Gotta Have Heart."

Note: I don't know how this offensive commercial got in here. It wasn't there before. Still it's worth sitting through.