The Pajama Game

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"The Pajama Game" is a musical comedy that features music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, and a book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell. The show is set in a pajama factory in Iowa in the 1950s, and it tells the story of the workers' efforts to secure a pay raise, as well as the romantic relationship between the factory's new superintendent, Sid Sorokin, and the head of the union grievance committee, Babe Williams. The show premiered on Broadway in 1954, starring John Raitt as Sid Sorokin and Janis Paige as Babe Williams. It won several Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and it has been revived on Broadway and in regional theaters numerous times since then. "The Pajama Game" features several popular songs, including "Steam Heat," "Hey There," and "Hernando's Hideaway." The show has been praised for its catchy score, clever dialogue, and energetic choreography, which includes the famous "Steam Heat" dance number. The show's themes of labor relations and workplace romance were considered controversial at the time of its premiere, but its upbeat tone and memorable songs helped to make it a popular and enduring favorite among audiences. It has been adapted into a film and its songs have been covered by many popular artists.}

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Concert Adaptation
Genre: Musical Comedy

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"The Pajama Game" is a musical comedy that features music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, and a book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell. The show is set in a pajama factory in Iowa in the 1950s, and it tells the story of the workers' efforts to secure a pay raise, as well as the romantic relationship between the factory's new superintendent, Sid Sorokin, and the head of the union grievance committee, Babe Williams. The show premiered on Broadway in 1954, starring John Raitt as Sid Sorokin and Janis Paige as Babe Williams. It won several Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and it has been revived on Broadway and in regional theaters numerous times since then. "The Pajama Game" features several popular songs, including "Steam Heat," "Hey There," and "Hernando's Hideaway." The show has been praised for its catchy score, clever dialogue, and energetic choreography, which includes the famous "Steam Heat" dance number. The show's themes of labor relations and workplace romance were considered controversial at the time of its premiere, but its upbeat tone and memorable songs helped to make it a popular and enduring favorite among audiences. It has been adapted into a film and its songs have been covered by many popular artists.}

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Authors

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Later Contributors

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Concert Adaptation
Genre: Musical Comedy

Source

Based on the novel 7 1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell

Synopsis

The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent.

Trivia & History

Frank Loesser was asked to write the show. He turned down the offer but he recommended his friends Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. 

In a 2003 interview, John Raitt said that Loesser wrote ”A New Town Is a Blue Town” and ”There Once Was a Man.” It is not clear that this is true. Susan Loesser did not mention it in her biography of her father, and the lyrics for the songs were not included in The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser, published in November 2003, nor was the possibility that Loesser wrote the songs even mentioned.

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  • 7-1/2 Cents (source material)

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