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Saratoga
Springs High School Drama Club presents
"The Pajama Game: March 26-28
“The Pajama Game,” a Tony Award-winning musical
comedy, will be presented by the Saratoga Springs High School
Drama Club March 26-28 in the Loewenberg Auditorium. Show times
are 7 p.m. Thursday, March 26, and 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March
27, and Saturday, March 28. Tickets, priced at $10 for adults
and $5 for students and seniors, are available at the door.
The show takes place during the early 1950s in a small
Midwestern city. While the employees of the Sleep Tite pajama
factory consider striking for a seven-and-a-half-cent raise,
romance blooms between the new superintendent, Sid Sorokin, and
Babe Williams, the leader of the union grievance committee. Will
a strike come between Babe and Sid’s relationship? You’ll have
to come to the show to find out.
This enjoyable evening of song, dance, and comedy features a
cast of 43 students; a pit orchestra with 23 members, mostly
students; and a 15-person student technical crew. The show is
directed by Bob Berenis, with musical direction by Jeff
Halstead, and choreography by Tina Baird.
“The Pajama Game” is based on the novel “7 ½ Cents” by Richard
Bissell. The play’s book is by George Abbott and Richard
Bissell, with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
A successful 1957 film version starred John Raitt and Doris Day.