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Somehow, the '50s were different: Ike was the likable president of the postwar nation that still possessed a collective innocence. Life seemed much simpler, where only one income was sufficient in most households. "The Pajama Game" visually and musically reflects that charming innocence and offers some intriguing ideas about the age-old battle between the sexes. The musical takes place in the Sleep-Tite Pajama factory and tells the story of new superintendent Sid Sorokin and …

…The lead actress, Elizabeth Billgren, was talented but came across a little annoying For all its '50s innocence, "Pajama Game" touches on some issues that grew more serious in the decades since, mainly feminism and workers' rights. The difficult task was to make the union leader a fool in partial balance to the chicanery of the company boss, so whatever your labor politics, you are happy to celebrate the love match at the end.