How to Succeed in business without really trying
music and lyrics by frankLoesser
book by abeBurrows, jackWeinstock & willieGilbert
directed by andyBallnik
jun 10-13, 2010
8pm Th-Sat, 2 pm Sun
lydia mendelssohn theatre
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synopsis
J. Pierpont Finch—made famous by Robert Morse in the film and lovingly reinvented by Matthew Broderick in the Broadway revival—climbs his way up the corporate ladder in this classic musical comedy. Armed with his little handbook of the same title, Finch rises from window washer to corporate executive in this zany send-up of big business, circa the 1960’s.
staff
production staff
Director: Andy Ballnik
Producer: Tiff Crutchfield
AD/Stage Manager: Nikki Nystrand
Costumes: Abe Torres
Set: Brad Peters
Choreographers: Caitlin Rowe and Tawna Dabney
Music Director: Mike Williams
Lighting Designer: Jon Dennis
Sound Designer: Andy Mastie
cast
J. Pierrepont Finch - Anthony Provenzola
Bud Frump - Charlie Rhodes
Mr. Bratt - Curt Waugh
J.B.Biggley - Rob Roy
Mr. Twimble - Jeff Steinhauer
Wally Womper - Edmond Reynolds
Gatch (chorus) - Dave Cooper
Jenkins (chorus) - El Berg
Matthews (chorus) - Wayne Dallas
Ovington (chorus) - David Rowe
Johnson (chorus) - David Beaulieu
Rosemary - Alexandra Watson
Smitty - Maggie Williams
Miss Jones - Linzi Bokor
Hedy LaRue - Kimberly Elliott
Miss Krumholtz - Sue Booth
Scrubwoman 1 (chorus) - Rachel Francisco
Scrubwoman 2 (chorus) - Isabel Francis
Secretary (chorus) - Alix Berneis
Secretary (chorus) - Torey Madura
Secretary (chorus) - Ann Marie Mann
Secretary (chorus) - Wendy Sielaff
Featured Dancer - January Provenzola
extras
Watch this video preview from the Taste of Ann Arbor
Read the Annarbor.com Preview from June 5, 2010
Read the Annarbor.com Review from June 11, 2010
listen to tracks from Rhapsody
Play Track
1. Overture
2. Dear Reader...
3. How To Succeed
4. Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm
5. Coffee Break
6. You Have Alertly Seized Your Opportunities...
7. The Company Way
8. The Company Way (Reprise)
9. The Entrance Of Hedy LaRue
10. A Secretary Is Not A Toy
11. Been A Long Day
12. Been A Long Day (Reprise)
13. Saturday Morning Ballet
14. Grand Old Ivy
15. Paris Original
16. Rosemary
17. Act One Finale
18. Entr'acte
19. How To Succeed (Reprise)
20. So You Are Now A Vice-President...
21. Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm (Reprise)
22. Love From A Heart Of Gold
23. I Believe In You
24. The Pirate Dance
25. How To Handle A Disaster...
26. I Believe In You (Reprise)
27. By This Time, You Are A Seasoned Executive...
28. Brotherhood Of Man
29. Finale