How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Richard Rodgers Theatre
Previews Began: March 10, 1995
Opening Night: Mar 23, 1995
Closing Night: July 14, 1996
Music: Frank Loesser
Lyrics: Frank Loesser
Book: Abe Burrows
Willie Gilbert
Jack Weinstock
Finch is a window washer who finds a book called “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” which he uses to get a job at World Wide Wickets and move up in the company. Frump, a co-worker he left behind on the way up, tries to sabotage Finch as he gets higher and higher in the organization, but in the end Finch is forced to make a few choices without the help of his book.
Musical Numbers
ACT ONE
How to Succeed (Suceed)………….J. Pierrepont Finch,
Ensemble
Happy to Keep His Dinner
Warm…………………………………….Rosemary Pillkington
Coffee Break…………..Bud Frump, Smitty, Office Staff
Company Way…………….J. Pierrepont Finch, Twimble
Company Way (Reprise)…………Bud Frump, Twimble,
Office Staff
A Secretary Is Not a Toy………Bert Bratt, Bud Frump,
Office Staff
Been a Long Day……………………….J. Pierrepont Finch,
Rosemary Pillkington,
Smitty
Been a Long Day (Reprise)….J.B. Biggley, Bud Frump,
Hedy La Rue
Grand Old Ivy…………J. Pierrepont Finch, J.B. Biggley
Paris Original……………..Rosemary Pillkington, Smitty,
Miss Jones, Secretaries
Rosemary….J. Pierrepont Finch, Rosemary Pillkington
Finaletto….J. Pierrepont Finch, Rosemary Pillkington,
Bud Frump
ACT TWO
How To (Succeed) (Reprise)…………………………Smitty,
Miss Krumholtz,
Women
Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm
(Reprise)………………………………..Rosemary Pillkington
Love From a Heart of Gold…………………….J.B. Biggley,
Hedy La Rue
I Believe in You………J. Pierrepont Finch, Bud Frump,
Bert Bratt, Executives
The Yo Ho Ho (Pirate Dance)………The Jolly Wickets,
Wickettes
I Believe in You (Reprise)………..Rosemary Pillkington
Brotherhood of Man…………………..J. Pierrepont Finch,
J.B. Biggley, Bud Frump,
Bert Bratt, Wally Womper,
Miss Jones, Office Staff
Finale………………………………………………………Company
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Matthew Broderick J. Pierrepont Finch
Jeff Blumenkrantz Bud Frump
Ronn Carroll J.B. Biggley
Victoria Clark Smitty
Jonathan Freeman Bert Bratt
Luba Mason Hedy La Rue
Megan Mullally Rosemary Pillkington
Gerry Vichi Twimble
Wally Womper
Lillias White Miss Jones
Randl Ask Office Boy
Ovington
TV Announcer
Ensemble
Kevin Bogue Security Guard
Wicket
Ensemble
Maria Calabrese Wickette
Ensemble
Walter Cronkite The Narrator
(Recording)
Tom Flynn Milt Gatch
Toynbee
Ensemble
Jack Hayes Henchman
Wicket
Ensemble
Rebecca Holt Scrubwoman
Ensemble
Jay Aubrey Jones Jenkins
Ensemble
Nancy Lemenager Dance Soloist
Wickette
Ensemble
Kristi Lynes Miss Krumholtz
Wickette
Ensemble
Martin Moran Tackaberry
Ensemble
Aiko Nakasone Wickette
Ensemble
William Ryall Mr. Davis
Ensemble
Jerome Vivona Henchman
Wicket
Ensemble
Carla Renata Williams Scrubwoman
Wickette
Ensemble
Swings: Jeffry Denman, Tom Flagg, Pamela Gold
REPLACEMENTS
Sarah Jessica Parker Rosemary Pillkington
03/12/96 – 07/14/96
John Stamos J. Pierrepont Finch
11/95 – 03/17/96
Jessica Stone Rosemary Pillkington
01/30/96 – 03/10/96
Brooks Ashmanskas Bud Frump
John Bolton Office Boy
Ovington
TV Announcer
Ensemble
J. Pierrepont Finch
Tracy Nicole Chapman Scrubwoman
Tina Fabrique Miss Jones
Tom Flagg Office Boy
Ovington
TV Announcer
Lisa Gajda Wickette
Ensemble
Christopher Gattelli Henchman
Gordon Greenberg Tackaberry
Ensemble
JoAnn M. Hunter Ensemble
Adriane Lenox Miss Jones
Kristi Lynes Rosemary Pillkington
John MacInnis
Susan Misner Dance Soloist
Martin Moran J. Pierrepont Finch
Michelle O’Steen Dance Soloist
Wickette
Ensemble
Stephen Reed Ensemble
03/27/96 – 05/19/96
William Ryall J.B. Biggley
Swings: Susann Fletcher, Jerold Goldstein, Andrew Palermo, Jennifer Prescott
Understudies: Jeffry Denman (Bud Frump)
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