Yank
Yank is a shortened form of Yankee, a slang term (sometimes pejorative) for someone of American origin or heritage. In the United States, the word refers to people in the Northern states.
Yank or Yanks may also refer to:
Sports teams
- United States men's national soccer team
- United States men's national under-23 soccer team
- United States men's national under-21 soccer team
- United States men's national under-20 soccer team
- United States men's national under-18 soccer team
- United States men's national under-17 soccer team
- United States women's national soccer team
- United States women's national under-23 soccer team
- United States women's national under-20 soccer team
- United States women's national under-17 soccer team
Yank!
Yank! A WWII Love Story is a 2005 musical with book and lyrics by David Zellnik and music by his brother Joseph. Yank! "tells the story of Stu, a scared Midwestern kid who gets drafted for World War II in 1943, and becomes a photographer for Yank Magazine, the journal 'for and by the servicemen.' Yank! has a score that pays homage to the 1940s and explores what it means to be a man, and what it is to fall in love and struggle."Yank! takes its title from the World War II publication Yank, the Army Weekly.
Production history
The show received a workshop production as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2005. The workshop featured Doug Kreeger, Jeffry Denman, Julie Foldesi, Tally Sessions and Ivan Hernandez. It was directed by Igor Goldin and choreographed by Chase Brock.
A full production of Yank! was mounted at Brooklyn's Gallery Players in the fall of 2007. The production starred Bobby Steggert, Nancy Anderson, Tyson Kaup, James Stover, Daniel Shevlin, Chris Carfizzi, and Maxime de Toledo. Jeffry Denman appeared again and also choreographed. Igor Goldin again directed. This production received the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Musical.
Yank (nickname)
Yank is a nickname for:
