The Pajama Game

…returned to Broadway to choreograph The Pajama Game, which was directed by George Abbott and Jerome Robbins. Fosse earned acclaim—and his first Tony Award—for his clever angular groupings of dancers and fresh stylistically exaggerated staging. He then reteamed with Abbott for Damn Yankees (1955–57), earning another Tony for his choreography;…

…7¹⁄₂ Cents into a musical, The Pajama Game (1954), which had a long run on Broadway and was made into a motion picture in 1957. From his experiences in the theatre he produced a novel, Say, Darling (1957), which he then wrote as a musical under the same title (1958),…

…in the hit Broadway musical The Pajama Game. When Haney broke her ankle, MacLaine took over the role and was “discovered” by film producer Hal Wallis, who put her under contract.