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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

46th Street Theatre, (10/14/1961 - 3/6/1965)
Preview:Oct 12, 1961 Total Previews:3
Opening:Oct 14, 1961   
Closing:Mar 6, 1965 Total Performances:1417


Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: The new Park Avenue office building of The World Wide Wicket Company, Inc., in New York City.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization; 46th Street Theatre Managing Director: Lester Osterman; 46th Street Theatre General Manager: Richard Horner; House Manager: Leonard Soloway

Produced by Feuer & Martin; Produced in association with Frank Productions, Inc.

Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert; Based on "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" by Shepherd Mead; Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Musical Director: Elliot Lawrence; Music orchestrated by Robert Ginzler; Additional scoring: Elliot Lawrence

Directed by Abe Burrows; Musical Staging by Bob Fosse; Choreographed by Hugh Lambert

Scenic Design by Robert Randolph; Costume Design by Robert Fletcher; Lighting Design by Robert Randolph; Hair Design by Ronnie De Mann

General Manager: Marshall Young

Production Stage Manager: Phil Friedman; Stage Manager: Lawrence N. Kasha; Assistant Stage Mgr: Lanier Davis and Stuart Fleming

Orchestra Personnel Manager: Henry Topper; Associate Conductor: Fred Manzella; Head Music Copyist: Scott Fisher

General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey and Seymour Krawitz; Assistant to the Director: Evelyn Greene; Dance Captain: Dale Moreda


Opening Night Cast

Robert Morse J. Pierrepont Finch  
Rudy Vallee J.B. Biggley  
Virginia Martin Hedy La Rue   
Charles Nelson Reilly Bud Frump   
Bonnie Scott Rosemary Pilkington   
Carol Jane Abney Dancer  
Nick Andrews Dancer  
Elaine Cancilla Dancer  
Madilyn Clark Dancer  
David Collyer Tackaberry  
 Singer  
Lanier Davis Ovington  
 Singer  
Tracy Everitt Dancer  
Stuart Fleming Dancer  
Suzanne France Dancer  
Charlotte Frazier Singer  
Robert Kaliban Jenkins  
 Singer  
Ruth Kobart Miss Jones  
Richard Korthaze Dancer  
Mara Landi Scrubwoman  
 Miss Krumholtz  
 Singer  
Fairfax Mason Singer  
Ray Mason Milt Gatch  
 Toynbee  
Donna McKechnie Dancer  
Dale Moreda Dancer  
Bob Murdock Policeman  
 Singer  
Darrell Notara Dancer  
Paul Reed Bert Bratt  
Casper Roos Peterson  
 Singer  
Silver Saundors Scrubwoman  
 Singer  
Sammy Smith Twimble  
 Wally Womper  
Ellie Somers Dancer  
Maudeen Sullivan Singer  
Claudette Sutherland Smitty  
Merritt Thompson Dancer  
Rosemary Yellen Dancer  

Understudies: David Collyer (Bert Bratt), Lanier Davis (Twimble), Charlotte Frazier (Rosemary Pilkington), Robert Kaliban (Bud Frump, J. Pierrepont Finch), Mara Landi (Miss Jones), Fairfax Mason (Hedy La Rue), Casper Roos (Wally Womper), Silver Saundors (Smitty).