The Pajama Game (1954 Original Broadway Cast)

The Pajama Game (1954 Original Broadway Cast)

The Pajama Game (1954 Original Broadway Cast)
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Edition: Music CD
Format: Cast Recording, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-05-30
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
  1. Overture
  2. The Pajama Game/Racing With the Clock
  3. A New Town Is a Blue Town
  4. I'm Not at All in Love
  5. I'll Never Be Jealous Again
  6. Hey There
  7. Her Is
  8. Sleep Tite [#]
  9. Once-A-Year Day!
  10. Small Talk
  11. There Once Was a Man
  12. Steam Heat
  13. Think of the Time I Save
  14. Hernando's Hideaway
  15. Seven-and-a-Half Cents
  16. Finale/The Pajama Game
  17. Stage Struck: Interview With Jerry Ross
  18. Stage Struck: The World Around Us
  19. Stage Struck: Interview With Jerry Ross
  20. Stage Struck: There Once Was A Man
  21. Stage Struck: Interview With Jerry Ross
  22. Stage Struck: Hernando's Hideaway

Free Music Notes for The Pajama Game (1954 Original Broadway Cast)

Free Music Review: Makes me long for the Golden Age of Broadway
Hit: 5 Stars

The 1950's might have been dreary and repressed in a lot of ways, but the decade had its redeeming aspects, including a seemingly endless parade of terrific Broadway musical comedies. Rogers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Lowe created the best-remembered shows, but there was a spate of terrific productions by lesser-known songwriters that still sound fresh and vibrant decades later. One of these is "The Pajama Game," which later was made into a highly entertaining film version starring the just-now-truly-appreciated-as-gifted Doris Day. The original Broadway presentation was fabulous, however, and listeners now can enjoy the music in a remastered and greatly improved version of the cd.

"The Pajama Game" was unique in its selection of subject matter; how many shows have been based upon a factory labor dispute? The theme of class struggle is dealt with in lighthearted fashion, but it still reminded the mostly affluent live audience that the women who sit and sew pajama seams hour after hour indeed end up with fingers that ache and don't have constitutions "made of rock," and that "seven and a half cents" per hour in wages can make a huge difference in one's standard of living and outlook.

Then there's the music itself, which with a few exceptions is terrific and memorable. People unfamiliar with the show will already likely know the show's biggest hits, "Hey There," made famous by Rosemary Clooney, "Steam Heat," and also the Latin-themed "Hernando's Hideaway." To lend variety to the musical offerings, there also is a humorously charming tune performed by Eddie Foy, Jr. in his role as the obsessively Taylorist "time-study man," and more comic relief in the form of a duet about obsessive jealousy by Foy and Carol Haney . There's also the rousing "Once a Year Day," the infectious duet between Janis Paige and John Raitt, "Small Talk," and the workers' triumphant finale, "Seven and a Half Cents." Overall, the quality of the songs is first-rate, and listeners will find themselves humming tunes from the show long after the cd has been tucked away in its case.

Of course, a musical cd cannot convey the total look and feel of a Broadway production, and in this case it's a shame, since the choreography and staging of "The Pajama Game" definitely added to its overall charm. After listening to the music, people today should definitely pick up the video version of the Hollywood film version of the show, so they can enjoy the visual as well as the auditory pleasures of this wonderful production.

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