How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)
| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
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1961 Original Cast Album
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| Music | Frank Loesser |
| Lyrics | Frank Loesser |
| Book | |
| Basis | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by Shepherd Mead |
| Premiere | October 14, 1961: 46th Street Theatre |
| Productions | 1961 Broadway 1963 West End 1967 Film version 1995 Broadway revival 1996 US tour 2011 Broadway revival 2014 Philadelphia |
| Awards | 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book |
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a musical by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, , and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book of the same name. The story concerns young, ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, who, with the help of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, rises from window washer to chairman of the board of the World Wide Wicket Company.
The musical, starring Robert Morse and Rudy Vallee, opened at the 46th Street Theatre on Broadway in October 1961, running for 1,417 performances. The show won seven Tony Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle award, and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
In 1967, a film based on the musical was released by United Artists, with Morse and Vallee recreating their stage roles.
A 1995 revival was mounted at the same theatre as the original production (now named the Richard Rodgers Theatre). It ran for 548 performances and starred Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally. A 50th-anniversary Broadway revival directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford and starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette opened on March 27, 2011, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre and ran for 473 performances.
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