The Pajama Game
Broadway Musical
Previews January 19 2006
Opened February 23 2006
Limited Run to June 17 2006 Run
41 previews & 129 performances Running Time
2 hrs 45 mins | 1 intermission Tickets $66.25 to
$111.25
Prices do not include any taxes,
service charges or other charges
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Producers
Roundabout Theatre | in arrangement with
Jeffrey Richards, James Fuld Jr, Scott Landis
Creative
Richard Bissell original novel
George Abbott & Richard Bissell book
Peter Ackerman revised book
Richard Adler & Jerry Ross music & lyrics
David Chase musical director
Kathleen Marshall choreographer & director
Martin Pakledinaz costume design
Peter Kaczorowski lighting design
Derek McLane scenic design
Opening Night Cast
Harry Connick Jr | Michael McKean | Kelli O'Hara
| Peter Benson | Joyce Chittick | Megan Lawrence | Michael McCormick
| Richard Poe | Roz Ryan
Synopsis
It should be easy for two young,
attractive and witty folks to fall in love, but with Sid Sorokin and
Babe Williams are on opposite sides of labor negotiations at the
Sleep Tite Pajama Factory, romance sometimes goes awry
Broadway Show History
The Pajama Game premiered on Broadway May 13, 1954, at the
St James
Theater. It played for what was at the time a phenomenal 1,063
performances, ending its run at the
Shubert
Theater in November, 1956. The production was co-directed by
co-legends George Abbott and Jerome Robbins, with movement
choreographed by a young Bob Fosse. John Raitt and Janis Paige
headed the cast. The production won the
1955 Tony Award®
for best musical; Carol Haney took home the hardware as best
featured actress, as did Mr Fosse in his first time out as a
choreographer. Also on the boards were Shirley MacLane in her second
Broadway appearance, and Peter Gennaro, making his third
A short-lived revival, again directed by Mr Abbott, was staged at
the Lunt-Fontanne Theater starting in December 1973. Barbara McNair
played opposite Hal Linden, sharing the stage with Cab Calloway and
Chris Calloway
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