Big business means big laughs in this delightfully clever lampoon of the competitive dog-eat-dog world of 1950s corporate America and all its foibles and worst tendencies. A tune-filled comic gem that took Broadway by storm when it premiered in 1961 (winning both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize) and knocked 'em dead again in 1995 and 2011, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying boasts a hilarious book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert and an exhilarating score by Frank Loesser that includes such priceless songs as “I Believe in You", "A Secretary Is Not A Toy", “Brotherhood of Man", and “The Company Way".
H2$ (as insiders fondly call it!) follows the story follows the meteoric rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant “company man”, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love. It is an irreverent and tuneful romp, jam-packed with sly, swift, and sharp jabs to the funny bone!
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Dylan Stasack, J. Pierrepont Finch, our ambitious heroStephanie Hawkins, Rosemary Pilkington, our heroine, a secretaryRon Daum, J. B. Biggley, president of World Wide Wicket Co.Lynnea Barry, Hedy La Rue, Mr. Biggley's beautiful mistress Matthew Leach, Bud Frump, Mr. Biggley's nephewKaitlyn Sage, Smitty, Rosemary's friend |
Tracy B. Tooze, Miss Jones, Mr. Biggley's secretaryMatthew Woodward, BrattDavid Work, Womper, Chairman of the BoardJim Ballard, Mr. TwimbleCaitlin Christopher, Miss Krumholtz, Mr. Gatch's secretaryCarson Frost, GatchConor O'Brien, OvingtonBradley Wilson, ToynbeeAntonio Anacan, TackaberryHayden Swanson, PetersonCody Webb, JenkinsMarian Fine, secretaryAbigail Howell, secretarySavannah Knight-Meigs, secretaryBrita Nicholson, secretaryEmily Westlund, secretary |
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| | How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1961) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser (w/m) |
| | Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm (1961) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser (w/m) |
| | A Secretary Is Not A Toy (1961) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser (w/m) |
| | Been A Long Day (1961) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser (w/m) |
| | Grand Old Ivy (1961) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser (w/m) |
| | Paris Original (1961) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser (w/m) |
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| | Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm (reprise) (1961) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser (w/m) |
| | Love From a Heart of Gold (1961) How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying Frank Loesser (w/m) |