The Pajama Game gets a commercial run

By Amy Somensky Apr 29, 2006, 5:24 GMT

A battle erupts when workers at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory demand a 7 1/2 cent pay increase. Matters are made worse when the head of the Union Grievance Committee falls in love with one of the company\'s leaders, Sid Sorokin. ...more

New York: The sold out production of The Pajama Game will re-open in the fall for a commercial run. This run, produced by Jeffrey Richards, James Fuld Jr., and Scott Landis will feature a new cast and will open at a to be announced Broadway theater after a summer hiatus. Specific dates and casting have yet to be announced.

The Roundabout production of The Pajama Game is set to close on June 11th, but has extended for five performances from June 13th - 17th to benefit the Actors' Fund of America, the New Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village, and the Roundabout's Education Program and Musical Theatre Fund. Tickets can be purchased through www.roundabouttheatre.org.
 
Kathleen Marshall directs and choreographs the musical which opened on February 23rd. Starring is Harry Connick Jr. as Sid Sorokin, Kelli O'Hara as Babe Williams, Megan Lawrence as Gladys, Michael McKean as Hines, Peter Benson as Prez, Joyce Chittick as Mae, Michael McCormick as Pop, Richard Poe as Hasler, and Roz Ryan as Mabel. 

The Pajama Game is inspired by Richard Bissell's novel 7 1/2 Cents. The musical features music and lyrics by Richard Alder and Jerry Ross and a book by George Abbott and Bissell. In the musical, a battle erupts when workers at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory demand a 7 1/2 cent pay increase. Matters are made worse when the head of the Union Grievance Committee falls in love with one of the company's leaders, Sid Sorokin.

The show originally ran on Broadway from May 13, 1954 to November 24, 1956.