The Pajama Game Musical
First staged in 1954 the pajama game won three tony awards including best musical and won another tony for best revival in 2006 a testament to the fact that love music and politics are as hot as they ever were.
The pajama game musical. The pajama game is a musical based on the 1953 novel 7 cents by richard bissell. Workers at the sleep tite pajama factory are demanding a raise of seven and a half cents an hour but the union s demands are falling on deaf ears. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory where workers demands for a seven and a half cent raise are going unheeded. The pajama game 1957 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.
Original broadway version 1954 a union strike at a pajama factory generates plenty of steam heat in this toe tapping comedic love story. Pictures 1957 film adaptation of the 1954 broadway musical the pajama game about a strike for higher wages at a pajama factory was unusually faithful to the show. The music and lyrics are by richard adler and jerry ross. The broadway musical pajama game was based on seven and a half cents.
A comic novel about labor relations written by richard bissell. The pajama game was awarded the 1955 tony for best musical and over half of a century later claimed the award for best revival of a musical proving that the story is truly timeless. 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. Doris day stars as an employee at a pajama factory who becomes.
The pajama game features hit songs including hey there hernando s hideaway and steam heat which have also become pop standards that climbed as high as number one in the us charts.