Pins and Needles

Pins and Needles (1937) is a musical revue with a book by Arthur Arent, Marc Blitzstein, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Charles Friedman, David Gregory, Joseph Schrank, Arnold B. Horwitt, John Latouche, and Harold Rome, and music and lyrics by Rome. The title Pins and Needles was created by Max Danish, long-time editor of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU)'s newspaper Justice.

Pins and Needles
MusicHarold Rome
LyricsHarold Rome
BookArthur Arent
Marc Blitzstein
Emmanuel Eisenberg
Charles Friedman
David Gregory
Joseph Schrank
Arnold B. Horwitt
John Latouche
Harold Rome
Productions1937 Broadway

It ran on Broadway from 1937 to 1940, and was revived in 1978. It was produced again in London in 2010 to positive reviews. In 2016, the show ran at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York City, where it was produced by the Steinhardt School at New York University. The revue was also performed in 1938 in the White House for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor.

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