STAGE TUBE: 5th Avenue Theatre Gets Ready for a Steamy PAJAMA GAME

This winter, The 5th Avenue Theatre will have Seattle adjusting its radiators with a steaming hot new production of the Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musical theater hit, The Pajama Game. With direction by 5th Avenue Theatre Producing Artistic Director Bill Berry, this sultry stunner features Bob Fosse-inspired choreography by Bob Richard and music direction by Joel Fram.

Billie Wildrick leads the cast as Katherine "Babe" Williams, the feisty union firebrand opposite Josh Davis (pictured, left) as the handsome new superintendant, Sid Sorokin. They are joined by Greg McCormick Allen, Kyle RoBert Carter, Taryn Darr, Sarah Rose Davis, Allen Galli, David Pichette, Shaunyce Omar and others.

The Pajama Game runs February 10-March 5, 2017 (press night Thursday, February 16, 2017) at The 5th Avenue Theatre (1308 5th Avenue, Seattle). For single tickets (starting at $29) and information, visit www.5thavenue.org, call the Box Office at (206) 625-1900 or visit the Box Office at 1308 5th Avenue in downtown Seattle.

"The Pajama Game is a musical with a shockingly modern and contemporary sensibility," Berry said. "You have two passionate and spirited lovers that are equally matched and a group of workers fighting for a living wage. When Babe is faced with the hard choice between love and compromising her principles, she doesn't hesitate to make the hard choice. It would seem love, sex and politics are as hot as ever."

Things are getting steamy at the Sleep-Tite Pajama factory where handsome new superintendent Sid Sorokin is falling hard for Babe Williams, the feisty firebrand heading the union grievance committee. But sparks really fly when the workers go on strike for a 7½-cent pay raise, setting off not only a conflict between management and labor, but a battle of the sexes as well. The show that defined Fosse style with seductive dance numbers such as "Steam Heat" and "Hernando's Hideaway," this critically acclaimed musical won three Tony Awards including Best Choreography and Best Musical. The swinging score includes the timeless hits "Hey There" and "There Once Was a Man."

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