The Pajama Game

  • Babe Williams, Chairman of the Appeals Commission
  • Sid Sorokin, factory director
  • Gladys, chief secretary
  • Hines, Production Manager
  • Mabel, Secretary of Sorokin
  • Prez, Chairman of the Works Council
  • Hasler, factory owners
  • The council members Mae, Brenda, Poopsie and Joe
  • Max, representatives
  • Mr. Williams, Babes father
  • The factory worker Charlie, Jade and Eddie
  • Two laborers
  • Two young men
  • Workers (chorus )

The Pajama Game is a musical in two acts ( 18 pictures), with music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The libretto was written by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, the song texts of the two composers. The work is based on the novel 7 ½ Cents by Richard Bissell. Experienced its world premiere there on May 13, 1954 at the St. James Theatre in New York City under the direction of George Abbott and Jerome Robbins. Bob Fosse thus created his first choreography. The play came on 1063 performances. The German version of the text created KG Neumann and H. Zander. In Germany, the musical was the first time on 31 December 1956 in Wiesbaden on the stage. The most famous song from the Tango Hernando 's Hideaway, which has become a worldwide hit.

Orchestra

Flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, two horns, three trumpets, three trombones, harp, guitar, small percussion and strings

Stage sets

First act: Image 1: Before the curtain; Figure 2: factory floor; Figure 3: Prospectus " transition in the factory"; Figure 4: Office; Figure 5: Prospectus " Forest path "; Figure 6: Picnic Area; Figure 7: Brochure "Forest path "; Figure 8: Babes kitchen; Figure 9: Prospectus " transition in the factory"; Figure 10: Industrial

Act Two: 11: Prospectus " union hall"; Figure 12: Babes kitchen; Figure 13: Prospectus " transition in the factory"; Figure 14: Office; Figure 15: Night club " Hernando's Hideaway "; Figure 16: Office; Figure 17: Prospectus " street parking "; Figure 18: Night club " Hernando's Hideaway "

Action

Sid Sorikin, the new director of the pajama factory, is succumbed to the charm of his employees Babe Williams. Only trouble is that it is precisely to project the trade union committee, which just wants to enforce a wage increase of 7 ½ cents per hour. Hasler, the owner of the company, has the demand back vigorously. If he yielded to the demand, the company is no longer competitive and threatened layoffs.

For a company outing, the working people are happy mood. It seems as if everything again in the Lot; but beneath the surface it ferments. A strike is unausweislich. Because Sid Sorikin must represent the interests of the employer, suffers the relationship between him and Babe.

Sid knows that industrial peace can be established only by a miracle again. He does not want to ignore in order to accomplish such. He secretly meet in a secluded place with Gladys, the secretary of the factory owner. He hopes to get her information that can help him. A few glasses of alcohol, combined with a violent flirtation, loosens the tongue at Gladys.

The next day, Sid turns to his boss and told him that the union had information that the evidence required by 7 ½ Cents were long since been incorporated into the calculation. Under these circumstances, Hasler can no longer be maintained longer, the labor dispute, because otherwise he would lose his face.

Sid and Babe are all one heart and one soul.

Songs

  • The Pajama Game
  • Racing With the Clock
  • A New Town is a Blue Town
  • I'll Never be Jealous Again
  • Hey There
  • Once- a-year Day
  • Small Talk
  • There Once Was a Man
  • Steam Heat
  • Hernando 's Hideaway
  • Seven and a Half Cents

Filming

Directed by Stanley Donen and George Abbott, the musical was filmed in 1957 (see picnic in pajamas ). The main roles were played by Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr. and Reta Shaw.

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