How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
# How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying è un musical di Frank Loesser e libretto di Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock e Willie Gilbert, tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di Shepherd Mead (1952). Il musical ha vinto il Premio Pulitzer per la drammaturgia e sette Tony Awards, tra cui miglior musical, ed è rimasto in scena per 1417 repliche. Il musical racconta del giovane e ambizioso J. Pierrepont Finch che, con l'aiuto del libro How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, fa carriera da semplice lavavetri a direttore della World Wide Wicket Company.

Nel 1967 ne è stato un adattamento cinematografico, Come far carriera senza lavorare con la regia di David Swift.

## Numeri musicali

* Overture
* How to Succeed - J. Pierrepont Finch
* Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm - Rosemary Pilkington
* Coffee Break - Smitty, Bud Frump e coro
* Company Way - Finch e Twimble
* Company Way (Reprise) - Bud, Twimble e cast
* A Secretary is Not a Toy - Bratt, Budn
* Been a Long Day - Smitty, Finch e Rosemary
* Been a Long Day (Reprise) - Bud, J.B. Biggley e Hedy LaRue
* Grand Old Ivy - Finch e Biggley
* Paris Original - Rosemary, Smitty, Miss Jone e ragazze
* Rosemary - Finch e Rosemary
* Act I Finale - Finch, Rosemary e Bud
* Cinderella, Darling - Smitty e ragazze
* Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm (Reprise) - Rosemary
* Love From a Heart of Gold - Biggley ed Hedy
* I Believe in You- Finch e uomini
* I Believe in You (Reprise) - Rosemary
* Brotherhood of Man - Finch, Wally Womper, Miss Jones e uomini
* Company Way (Finale) - Cast

## Cast

| Production | J. Pierrepont Finch | Rosemary Pilkington | Bud Frump | J.B. Biggley | Smitty | Hedy LaRue | Miss Jones | Bert Bratt | Mr. Twimble | Book Voice |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Broadway, 1961 | Robert Morse | Bonnie Scott | Charles Nelson Reilly | Rudy Vallee | Claudette Sutherland | Virginia Martin | Ruth Kobart | Paul Reed | Sammy Smith | Carl Princi |
| Londra, 1963 | Warren Berlinger | Patricia Michael | David Knight | Billy De Wolfe | Josephine Blake | Eileen Gourlay | Olive Lucius | | | |
| Broadway, 1995 | Matthew Broderick | Megan Mullally | Jeff Blumenkrantz | Ronn Carroll | Victoria Clark | Luba Mason | Lillias White | Jonathan Freeman | Gerry Vichi | Walter Cronkite |
| Tour americano, 1996 | Ralph Macchio | Shauna Hicks | Roger Bart | Richard Thomsen | Susann Fletcher | Pamela Blair | | | | Walter Cronkite |
| Broadway, 2011 | Daniel Radcliffe | Rose Hemingway | Christopher Hanke | John Larroquette | Mary Faber | Tammy Blanchard | Ellen Harvey | Michael Park | Rob Bartlett | Anderson Cooper |
| Sostituzioni notevoli | Nick Jonas, Darren Criss | Rose Hemingway | Michael Urie | Beau Bridges | Sara Jean Ford | Tammy Blanchard | Ellen Harvey | Michael Park | Rob Bartlett | Anderson Cooper |
| Londra, 2015 | Jonathan Groff | Cynthia Erivo | Ashley Robinson | Clarke Peters | Amy Ellen Richardson | Hannah Waddingham | | | Clive Rowe | |
