Bandslam Director Todd Graff to Helm Damn Yankees Musical

Don't be turned off by the fact that Todd Graff directed Bandslam with Vanessa Hudgens because word on the street is that movie is actually pretty good (it has an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes) but was poorly marketed, and actually had a lot more of an edge to it than Disney's teen musical cash cow. Now Graff gets the chance to show off with a bigger musical as Deadline Hollywood reports he'll direct New Line's Damn Yankees, the contemporary adaptation of the 1955 musical about a baseball fan (Jake Gy

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