The Pajama Game's Benefit Performances Run 6/13-6/17
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 12, 2006
At last night's Tony Award ceremony, Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Pajama Game was awarded the 2006 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. In addition, Director and Choreographer Kathleen Marshall won the Tony Award for Best Choreography.
Following a limited engagement scheduled through June 11th, the five final benefit performances of The Pajama Game will be performed this week on June 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th at 7 PM.
The Pajama Game,
which opened at the American Airlines Theatre on February 23rd, stars Harry Connick Jr. as Sid Sorokin, Kelli O'Hara as Babe Williams and Michael McKean as
Hines, as well as Megan Lawrence as Gladys, Joyce Chittick as Mae, Peter Benson as Prez, Michael McCormick as Pop and Ganzenlicher, Richard Poe, and Roz Ryan as Mabel. The revival of the classic musical comedy features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and a book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell.
Although regular performances of The Pajama Game are sold out,
tickets are still available for five benefit performances. Funds will be dedicated various charities, including the Actors' Fund of America, The New
Orleans Habitat Musicians' Village and Roundabout Theatre Company's
Education Programs & Musical Theatre Fund.
The Pajama Game has been announced to transfer, with a new cast, to another Broadway theatre in the fall. The cast recording is currently available as part of the "Harry on Broadway, Act 1" CD set, which also includes songs from Connick Jr.'s 2001 Broadway musical Thou Shalt Not.
The Pajama Game is set during union disputes at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory, and centers around a love story between two people representing opposing sides of the dispute. The Pajama Game originally opened at the St. James Theatre on May 13th, 1954 to run for 1,063 performances; the show won Tonys for Best Musical, for Bob Fosse's choreography and for Carol Haney as Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
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