Mount Greylock Students Present 'The Pajama Game'
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Mount Greylock Regional School District will present its annual musical theater production on Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11, at 7 p.m. at the '62 Centre for Theatre and Dance at Williams College.
This year, Mount Greylock will present "The Pajama Game" by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Based on the novel "7 1/2 Cents" by Richard Adler, "The Pajama Game" takes place in the middle of America (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) in the middle of the 20th century.
Conditions at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything but peaceful as sparks fly between new superintendent Sid Sorokin (senior Artem Dudko) and Babe Williams (junior Cedar Keyes), leader of the union grievance committee. Their stormy relationship comes to a head when the workers strike for a 7 1/2-cent pay increase, setting off not only a conflict between management and labor, but a battle of the sexes as well.
"The Pajama Game" is filled with standout featured roles like the cantankerous capitalist Myron Hasler (junior Jacob Hane), efficiency expert Vernon Hines (senior Whit Ellingwood), long-suffering executive secretaries Mabel and Gladys (sophomore Morgan Nottke and senior Jenna Benzinger), and the workplace lothario and labor organizer Prez (senior John Pfister) as well as a large ensemble. This perennial favorite is a surefire crowd-pleaser and a glowing example of solid, classic musical comedy.
"The Pajama Game" was awarded the 1955 Tony for Best Musical and, more than a half-century later, claimed the award for Best Revival of a Musical, proving that the story is truly timeless. With an energetic score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ("Damn Yankees"), "The Pajama Game" is brimming with songs and dances that have become musical theatre standards, including "Steam Heat" and "Hernando's Hideaway."
This production involves more than 40 members of the Mount Greylock student body as actors, singers, pit musicians and crew members, and is directed for the 18th season by faculty member Jeffrey Welch, with vocal direction by Jean Kirsch and choreography by Ann Marie Rodriguez. The pit orchestra, which is made up mostly by student musicians, is directed by Lyndon Moors.
Tickets are $6 for students and seniors and $8 for adults, and they are available at the door on the nights of the performances.
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