The Pajama Game Musical Synopsis
They wanted to get an increase in their hourly payment at 7 cents.
The pajama game musical synopsis. The music and lyrics are by richard adler and jerry ross. Original broadway version 1954 a union strike at a pajama factory generates plenty of steam heat in this toe tapping comedic love story. The union is seeking a wage rise of seven and a half. Only american expertise could have created such a musical as this.
A story about a trade union dispute set. The book is by george abbott and richard bissell. Romance is blossoming at the sleep tite pajama factory in cedar rapids iowa. The boss of an iowa pajama factory hires superintendent sid sorokin john raitt to help oppose the workers demand for a seven and a half cent raise.
With an energetic score by richard adler and jerry ross damn yankees the pajama game is brimming with songs and dances that have become musical theatre standards. Handsome new superintendent sid sorokin falls hard for feisty union rep babe williams and despite her dismissal of all things love related it seems she s falling right back. That is until sleep tite employees are refused a seven and a half cent raise and the pair find themselves on either side of the union protest that results. The pajama game synopsis.
Sid s handsome affable presence stirs the jealousy of foreman vernon hines who is dating bookkeeper gladys hotchkiss carol haney and attracts worker babe williams doris day a strong advocate for the pay increase. The pajama game is a musical based on the 1953 novel 7 cents by richard bissell. Doris day stars as an employee at a pajama factory who becomes. A strike is imminent at the sleep tite pajama factory.
Pajama game the synopsis broadway musical workers of factory of manufacturing pajamas decided to go on strike. Employees of the sleeptite pajama factory are looking for a whopping seven and a half cent an hour increase and they won t take no for an answer. A comic novel about labor relations written by richard bissell. In the midst of this ordeal love blossoms between babe the grievance committee head and sid the new factory superintendent.
The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory where workers demands for a seven and a half cent raise are going unheeded. An iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory s boss to help oppose the workers demand for a pay raise. The broadway musical pajama game was based on seven and a half cents.