How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

Act One

  • How To .... Finch
  • Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm .... Rosemary
  • Coffee Break .... Frump, Smitty and Office Staff
  • The Company Way .... Finch and Mr. Twimble
  • The Company Way .... Frump, Mr. Twimble and Office Staff
  • A Secretary Is Not a Toy .... Bratt, Frump and Office Staff
  • Been a Long Day .... Finch, Rosemary, Smitty
  • Been a Long Day .... Biggley, Hedy, Frump
  • Grand Old Ivy .... Finch, Biggley
  • Paris Original .... Rosemary, Smitty, Miss Jones and Secretaries
  • Rosemary .... Finch and Rosemary
  • Finaletto .... Finch, Rosemary, Frump

Act Two

  • Cinderella, Darling .... Rosemary, Smitty and Secretaries
  • Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm .... Rosemary
  • Love from a Heart of Gold .... Biggley, Hedy
  • I Believe in You .... Finch, Frump, Bratt and Executives
  • The Yo Ho Ho .... The Jolly Wickets and Wickettes
  • I Believe in You .... Rosemary
  • Brotherhood of Man .... Finch, Biggley, Frump, Bratt, Womper, Miss Jones and Office Staff
  • Finale .... Company

Additional Musical Numbers Lists

These song lists document any changes that the production went through aside from the opening night song list.

  • Philadelphia Song List

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Some online sources list four Broadway previews prior to the opening, but there were only three.

Previews: October 11, 1961 (3 prev.)
Opening October 14, 1961
Closing: March 6, 1965
Length of Run: 1417 perf.
Run Type: Open-ended

Location Info

Market: Broadway
Location: New York, NY

Main Run

Tryout

Commercial Recordings

  • Original Broadway Cast (1961)
    Robert Morse , Rudy Vallee , Bonnie Scott , Virginia Martin (i) , Charles Nelson Reilly

Private Recordings

  • No private audio listed yet.

Broadcast Recordings

  • No broadcast audio listed yet.

Archival Recordings

  • No archival audio listed yet.

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How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

September 12 – October 12, 2014

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser,
Book by Jack Weinstock, Abe Burrows & Willie Gilbert
Directed by Robert Wells

A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook 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.


 Video courtesy Luck eProductions, LLC


 Reviews

“This production of “How To Succeed…” is bright and witty, with a self-awareness that it shares with “The Book of Mormon,” the musical.” – Claire Martin

View the entire review at The Denver Post

“…  As usual for Town Hall Arts musicals, the cast is professional and the choreography top notch, …  “How to Succeed” starts the new Town Hall Arts season off with a bang, and future performances look equally promising.” -Rosemary Fetter

View the entire review at The Villager Newspaper

“Voices are strong and staging is clever, reflecting Wells’ tongue-in-cheek perspective. He suggests that this is ‘Mad Men without the angst.’ This is a delightful production – sure to send one out smiling.”  – Sonya Ellingboe

View the entire review at Littleton Independent


 Photos courtesy Gary Duff

How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

Cory Wendling as Frump and Ed Hickok as Biggley

How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

Nicole Campbell as Hedy, Cory Wendling as Frump and Ed Hickok as Biggley

How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

Cara Lippitt as Rosemary and Tim Howard as Finch

How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

Cara Lippitt as Rosemary

How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

Nicole Campbell as Hedy and Tim Howard as Finch

How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

Ed Hickok as Biggley and Tim Howard as Finch

How to succeed in business without really trying rosemary

Cara Lippitt as Rosemary, Taylor Nicole Young as Smitty and Tim Howard as Finch


 Cast List

Bratt/Ensemble Ryan Buehler
Ensemble Cashelle Butler
Hedy Nicole Campbell
Ensemble Caitlin Conklin
Biggley Ed Hickok
Finch Tim Howard
Gatch/Ensemble Robert Janzen
Mrs. Jones Traci Kern
Rosemary Cara Lippitt
Ensemble Erica Lloyd
Toynbee/Ensemble John Mackey
Ensemble Alison Mueller
Ensemble Mary Ellen Schuster
Peterson/Ensemble Mark Shonsey
Ovington/Ensemble Mike Skillern
Jenkins/Ensemble Eli Stewart
Twimble/Womper Kevin Walton
Tackeberry/Ensemble Burke Walton
Ensemble Bailey Walton
Ensemble Hannah Schell
Frump Cory Wendling
Smitty Taylor Nicole Young

Production Team

Director Robert Wells
Musical Director Donna Kolpan Debreceni
Choreographer Kelly Kates
Set Designer Tim Barbiaux
Lighting Designer Seth Allison
Sound Designer John Rivera
Costume Designer Cindy Franke
Properties Designer Rob Costigan
Run Crew Terri Fong
Mathew Kepler

Who is the cast of How do you succeed in business without really trying?

Nick Jonas. J. Pierrepont Finch..
Rose Hemingway. Rosemary Pilkington..
Beau Bridges. J.B. Biggley..
Tammy Blanchard. Hedy La Rue..
Michael Urie. Bud Frump..
Sara Ford. Smitty..
Michael Park. Bert Bratt..

How do I Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Matthew Broderick?

Broadway revival (1995–1996) Matthew Broderick starred as Finch and Rosemary was played by Megan Mullally. The cast also included Ronn Carroll as J.B. Biggley, Victoria Clark as Smitty, Jeff Blumenkrantz as Bud Frump, and, in a pre-recorded performance, Walter Cronkite as the Book Voice.

What is the plot of how do you succeed in business?

J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) is a lowly window cleaner with dreams of making it big in the business world. After finding a copy of the book "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," Finch decides to apply the tactics in the book to his own life. Soon, he's working as a mail-room clerk at the World Wide Wicket Company and quickly fighting his way up the corporate ladder with relative ease in this quirky musical based on the hit Broadway production.How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying / Film synopsisnull