The Pajama Game

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Event The Pajama Game
Venue Methodist Ladies College Theatre, Kew, VIC
First Date 6 June 1968
Last Date 14 June 1968
Dates Estimated Yes
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description Romance is blossoming at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Handsome new Superintendent Sid Sorokin falls hard for feisty Union rep “Babe” Williams, and, despite her dismissal of all things love-related, it seems she’s falling right back. That is, until Sleep-Tite employees are refused a seven-and-a-half cent raise, and the pair find themselves on either side of the union protest. The Pajama Game features hit songs including “Hey There,” “Hernando’s Hideaway” and “Steam Heat” which have also become pop standards that climbed as high as number one in the US charts.
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Musical
Subjects Rights
Romance
United States
Workers
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Neville Byrne Actor 'Sid Sorokin'
John Evans Actor 'Hines'
Kathie Wilson Actor 'Babe Williams'
George Abbott Author
Richard Bissell Author
Norma Webster Choreographer
Terrence Stokes Chorus Master
Terrence Stokes Conductor
Anne Cook Costume Designer
John Bowker Dancer
Alan Burrows Dancer
Gay Flannagan Dancer
Bruce McBrien Dancer
Bruce McBrien Dancer
Kerrry Robinson Dancer
Margot Taylor Dancer
Norma Webster Dancer
Ronald Wood Dancer
Harold Burrows Director
Bill Alford Ensemble Member
Faye Amstein Ensemble Member
Jeanine Bamden Ensemble Member
Grey Barnden Ensemble Member
Alan Burrows Ensemble Member
Lorna Evans Ensemble Member
Anne Grounds Ensemble Member
Jim Grounds Ensemble Member
Gloria Growse Ensemble Member
Dawn Hardwick Ensemble Member
Brian Inglis Ensemble Member
Elaine Lamont Ensemble Member
Mal Mattei Ensemble Member
Cherry McAuley Ensemble Member
Betty Morey Ensemble Member
Pam Redgewell Ensemble Member
Raleigh Robinson Ensemble Member
Hugh Rogerson Ensemble Member
Julie Scott Ensemble Member
Christine Spalford Ensemble Member
Shirley Turner Ensemble Member
Joan Warren Ensemble Member
Alfred Winters Ensemble Member
Doreen Burrows Front of House
John Evans Make-up Artist
Richard Adler Music and Lyrics Librettist
Jerry Ross Music and Lyrics Librettist
Edith Harrhy Musical Director
Margaret Winter Prompt
Barry Murphy Properties Master
Bruce McBrien Set Designer
Norma Webster Set Designer
Herbert Denman Stage Manager
Julie Strohaker Wardrobe Mistress
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Opening date is confirmed in the programme, but closing date of this show is estimated.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme Cheryl Threadgold's programme
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 209047