Playbill for The Pajama Game: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Playbill for The Pajama Game. White background with pink, orange, and yellow vertical striped box at top; white box below with graphic of a man lifting a woman; pajama top on hanger on right side of cover. [PLAYBILL/MAGAZINE/LUNT-FONTANNE/THEATRE/THE/PAJAMA/GAME] White circular sticker on back, handwritten 1973.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1973
• Published by: Playbill, American, founded 1884
• Used by: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, American, founded 1910
• Subject of: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
• Subject of: Marc Jordan, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Gerrit de Beer
• Subject of: Willard Waterman, American, 1914 - 1995
• Subject of: Sharron Miller, American
• Subject of: Hal Linden, American, born 1931
• Type: theater programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 x 5 5/8 in. (22.9 x 14.3 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Comedy (Theatre)
• Topic: Musical Theatre
• Object number: 2011.45.76
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.