Richard Rodgers Theatre March 23, 1995 - July 14, 1996 Total Shows
548
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
tells the story of J. Pierpont Finch, a window washer at the World Wide
Wicket Company. But the ambitious, young Finch is not content to remain
a window washer forever. He has discovered a life-changing book entitled
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and certain that this
particular guide is his ticket to success, he devours it ravenously.
Following the book's instructions, Finch soon lands a job in the
mailroom and catches the eye of a pretty young secretary named Rosemary.
With the help of his instruction manual, Finch stages a miraculous climb
up the corporate ladder: from the mailroom to junior executive in Plans
and Systems to Head of Plans and Systems to Vice President in charge of
Advertising, all the while outwitting his enemies, particularly Bud
Frump, the jealous nephew of J.B. Biggley, the president of the company.
At each step along the way, Finch's instruction manual seems to predict
Frump's back-stabbing plans before they develop, but when Finch is
tricked into backing a disastrous ad campaign, the handy how-to guide
suddenly runs out of ideas, and the former window washer will have to
rely on his own wits if he wants to salvage his job!
CAST: Mathew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Jeff
Blumbenkrantz, Jonathan Freeman, Victoria Clark, Luba Mason, Gerry Vichi,
Lillias White, and Ronn Carroll with Walter Cronkite as the Voice of the
Narrator.
