Productions5 on Broadway
| 1954 | St. James Theatre Original. May 13, 1954 · George Abbott & Jerome Robbins | 1,063 performances · 1 Tony wins |
| 1955 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 1973 | Lunt Fontanne Theatre Revival. December 9, 1973 · Zoya Leporska | 65 performances |
| 1999 | Victoria Palace Theatre Transfer. | |
| 2006 | American Airlines Theatre Revival. February 23, 2006 · Kathleen Marshall | 129 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Music Theatre International The Pajama Game matched on title alone — a lead, not a confirmed licensor |
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In the literature45 passages
Damn Yankees was something of a stylistic follow-up to The Pajama Game since it was put together by the same songwriters, librettist-director, choreographer, producers, music director (Harold Hastings), and orchestrator (Don Walker). book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p162
Most shows were lighhearted in nature, and it’s notable the critics often used such words as carnival, jubilee, fandango, hoedown, haymaker, and festival to describe not just a particular song or dance sequence but also to characterize their take-away, overall impressions of the musicals they reviewed. But if fun was t… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p2
But there was one more hit in his future, the long-running smash The Pajama Game in which he introduced “Hey, There,” one of the theatre’s most enduring ballads. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p242
Carnival in Flanders holds the record for the shortest Broadway run to yield its star a Tony Award and John Raitt bounced back in the season’s final musical, the smash hit The Pajama Game . book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p340
Earlier in the season, the novice team of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross had written a number of songs for the revue John Murray Anderson’s Almanac . Five months later, their score for the smash hit The Pajama Game offered a hit-parade-load of popular songs that included “Hey, There,” “Hernando’s Hideaway,” and “Steam He… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p388
Awards Tony Awards : Best Musical (The Pajama Game ); Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Carol Haney ); Best Authors of a Musical (George Abbott and Richard Bissell ); Best Producers of a Musical (Frederick Brisson , Robert Griffith , and Harold S. Prince ); Best Composer and Lyricist (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross );… book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p395
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