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The Pajama Game is a musical based on the 1953 novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. The book is by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; the music and lyrics are by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross . Dances were staged by Bob Fosse in his choreography debut.
Based on Richard Bissel’s novel, 7 ½ cents, Adler and Ross’ Pajama Game portrays the ups and downs of romance, with the added heat of politics making the temperature extra hot. Babe and Sid must figure out how to love when the principles they value most are tearing them apart.
A union strike at a pajama factory generates plenty of steam heat in this toe-tapping, comedic love story. 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.
The Pajama Game (Original, Musical, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City May 13, 1954 and played through Nov 24, 1956.
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ONLY American expertise could have created such a musical as this; a story about a Trade Union dispute set against a background of factory machines, played by factory hands, office workers and shop stewards. Yet it is one of the happiest, most romantic and richly comical musicals ever to be imported and packed with hit tunes. The Leading Man has ba...
(The Present) A strike is imminent at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory. The Union is seeking a wage rise of seven and a half cents an hour. Sid and Babe are in opposite camps yet a romance is born between them. At first Babe rejects him and Sid is forced to confide his feelings to a dictaphone. During the picnic for the factory workers he makes better...
Sid Sorokin (baritone)Babe Williams (mezzo)Hines (baritone)Gladys (mezzo)The Pajama Game- Opening (Hines) - "The pajama game is the game I'm in"Racing With the Clock- Girls - "Hurry up!"SONG - A New Town Is a Blue Town- (Sid) - ""A new town is a blue town"Racing With the Clock - RepriseACT I. ACT II PLACE - The action takes place in a small town in the Middle West TIME: - The Present Libretto and Vocal Score on Sale
(Total number of books = 16) 2 Alto saxophones/Bb Clarinets; 2 Tenor saxophones/Bb Clarinets; 2 Bb Trumpets, 2 Trombones; Percussion, Guitar; Strings (much " divisi " writing in both 1st and 2nd Violins). Choreography can be accommodated to the resources available. The fact of the period being present day makes Listen to the Music(You will need to ...
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