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The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game is a Broadway musical based on the novel 7-1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. (Frank Loesser wrote two of the show's songs, A New Town is a Blue Town and There Once Was a Man, but generally remains uncredited.)


The original Broadway production opened on May 13, 1954 and closed on November 24, 1956 after 1063 performances.  It was directed by George Abbott and Jerome Robbins and featured choreography by Bob Fosse.  The original cast included John Raitt, Janis Paige, Eddie Foy, Jr., Carol Haney.