Age 27 Bob Fosse's "Humdinger" The Pajama Game, 1954

"A SMASH-HIT MIXTURE OF RACEHORSE AND EXPLOSIVE!" - Time Magazine"A SMASH HIT - A POWERHOUSE - IRRESISTIBLE" - Variety

"A WHALE OF A SHOW!"   "A SURE - FIRE WINNER!"   "THE BEST AT LAST!"

"BRIGHT, BRASSY AND JUBILANTLY SASSY SHOW!"

The Pajama Game original Broadway production opened on May 13, 1954, and closed on November 24, 1956, after 1,063 performances. It was directed by George Abbott and Jerome Robbins and featured all original choreography by the then 27 year old Bob Fosse.

Below detail image from the 1954 “Who’s Who in The Cast” original The Pajama Game Broadway program reading in part:

“Bob Fosse brings to his first job of choreography on Broadway a wealth of experience gained as a performer and as a stager of dances for musicals on the summer circuits.”