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No commercial run for The Pajama Game
By Amy Somensky Jul 12, 2006, 3:27 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 previously announced plans for a commercial transfer of the Roundabout's critically acclaimed production of The Pajama Game have been nixed. Producer Jeffrey Richards has announced that he was unable to find a suitable Broadway theater that was available for the production. A national tour is set to begin in the 2007-2008 season.
Kathleen Marshall directed and choreographed the musical which closed on June 17th at the American Airlines Theater. Starring was 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.
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