Winning Tony awards for Best Musical and Best Musical Revival more than 50 years apart, featuring a host of classic Broadway songs including Steam Heat and Hernando's Hideaway, made into a hit movie starring Doris Day, The Pajama Game has earned its reputation as being one of Broadway's best musicals.
Workers at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are demanding a 7½ cent raise while romantic sparks fly between Sid, the new superintendent, and Babe, leader of the union grievance committee. The heat turns up when love and politics clash.