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
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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.
Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser, 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. Presented by
September 12 – October 12, 2014
Book by Jack Weinstock, Abe Burrows & Willie Gilbert
Directed by Robert Wells
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
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 |