#john raitt

[pureanonofficial]

THE PAJAMA GAME (1957) | dir. George Abbott & Stanley Donen | choreo. Bob Fosse

[petiteclover]

𝗝𝗢𝗛𝗡 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗧 & his daughter 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗧 — 1950s

[citizenscreen]

The original Broadway production of “The Pajama Game,” starring John Raitt and Janis Paige, directed by George Abbott and Jerome Robbins, choreographed by Bob Fosse, opened at the St. James Theatre on May 13, 1954.

[operaqueen]

Carousel, with music by Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), premiered on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre on April 19, 1945. This original cast publicity image features John Raitt as Billy Bigelow at center, with Jan Clayton as Julie Jordan to the left and Jean Darling as Carrie Pipperidge to the right.

[sparklejamesysparkle]

Doris Day and John Raitt in a publicity photo for the Warner Bros./George Abbott/Stanley Donen musical The Pajama Game, 1957.

[leonardcohenofficial]

we've all heard the opt up before but there really is no beating john raitt's vocals on this (joshua henry wins for acting though)

[newyorkthegoldenage]

"An evening of sheer theatrical enchantment," wrote Robert Garland in the Journal-American of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel, which opened on April 19, 1945 at the Majestic Theater.

After the huge success of Oklahoma! two years earlier, the new musical was the most eagerly awaited theatrical event of the season. But, despite superficial similarities, Carousel was darker than Oklahoma!, with an onstage suicide, an unsympathetic leading man, and domestic violence. Tellingly, it ran for less than half the number of performances of the earlier, sunnier show (890 as opposed to 2,212). But many critics have since acclaimed it as Rodgers & Hammerstein's greatest work.

Above, Jan Clayton and John Raitt (the latter, then unknown, making his sensational Broadway debut), the original Julie Jordan and Billy Bigelow, in the show's opening scene.

Photo: Associated Press

[dayniac]

Doris and John Raitt … The Pajama Game