How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Titolo italiano	Come Avere Successo Negli Affari Senza Provarci
Lingua originale	Inglese
Anno	1961
Genere	Romantico, musical, dramma comico
Sceneggiatura	Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock e Willie Gilbert
Musiche	Frank Loesser
Testi	Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock e Willie Gilbert
Personaggi e attori
	Robert Morse (Finch), Bonnie Scott, Charles Nelson Reilly, Rudy Vallee Claudette Sutherland, Virginia Martin, Ruth Kobart, Paul Reed, Sammy Smith, Carl Princi
Premi principali
	Premio Pulitzer per la drammaturgia e sette Tony Awards
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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.^[1] 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

Atto I

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

Atto II

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

Note

↑ (EN) Programmazione teatrale di How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, su Internet Broadway Database, The Broadway League.

Altri progetti

Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Collegamenti esterni

(EN) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, su Enciclopedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

(EN) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.

(EN) Programmazione teatrale di How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying / How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (altra versione), su Internet Broadway Database, The Broadway League.

Portale Musica

Portale Teatro

[1] (EN) Programmazione teatrale di How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, su Internet Broadway Database, The Broadway League.

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V · D · M Tony Award al miglior musical
1949–1960	Kiss Me, Kate (1949) · South Pacific (1950) · Guys and Dolls (1951) · The King and I (1952) · Wonderful Town (1953) · Kismet (1954) · The Pajama Game (1955) · Damn Yankees (1956) · My Fair Lady (1957) · The Music Man (1958) · Redhead (1959) · The Sound of Music/Fiorello! (1960)
1961–1980	Bye Bye Birdie (1961) · How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962) · A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1963) · Hello, Dolly! (1964) · Fiddler on the Roof (1965) · Man of La Mancha (1966) · Cabaret (1967) · Hallelujah, Baby! (1968) · 1776 (1969) · Applause (1970) · Company (1971) · Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972) · A Little Night Music (1973) · Raisin (1974) · The Wiz (1975) · A Chorus Line (1976) · Annie (1977) · Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979) · Evita (1980)
1981–2000	42nd Street (1981) · Nine (1982) · Cats (1983) · La Cage aux Folles (1984) · Big River (1985) · The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1986) · Les Misérables (1987) · The Phantom of the Opera (1988) · Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989) · City of Angels (1990) · The Will Rogers Follies (1991) · Crazy for You (1992) · Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993) · Passion (1994) · Sunset Boulevard (1995) · Rent (1996) · Titanic (1997) · The Lion King (1998) · Fosse (1999) · Contact (2000)
2001–presente	The Producers (2001) · Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002) · Hairspray (2003) · Avenue Q (2004) · Monty Python's Spamalot (2005) · Jersey Boys (2006) · Spring Awakening (2007) · In the Heights (2008) · Billy Elliot the Musical (2009) · Memphis (2010) · The Book of Mormon (2011) · Once (2012) · Kinky Boots (2013) · A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (2014) · Fun Home (2015) · Hamilton (2016) · Dear Evan Hansen (2017) · The Band's Visit (2018) · Hadestown (2019) · Moulin Rouge! (2021) · A Strange Loop (2022) · Kimberly Akimbo (2023) · The Outsiders (2024)

V · D · M Premio Pulitzer per la drammaturgia
1918–1950	Why Marry? (1918) · Oltre l'orizzonte (1920) · Miss Lulu Bett (1921) · Anna Christie (1922) · Icebound (1923) · La fiumana della morte (1924) · They Knew What They Wanted (1925) · Craig's Wife (1926) · In Abraham's Bosom (1927) · Strano interludio (1928) · Street Scene (1929) · Verdi pascoli (1930) · Alison's House (1931) · Of Thee I Sing (1932) · Both Your Houses (1933) · Men in White (1934) · The Old Maid (1935) · Idiot's Delight (1936) · Non te li puoi portare appresso (1937) · Piccola città (1938) · Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1939) · The Time of Your Life (1940) · There Shall Be No Night (1941) · La famiglia Antrobus (1943) · Harvey (1945) · State of the Union (1946) · Un tram che si chiama Desiderio (1948) · Morte di un commesso viaggiatore (1949) · South Pacific (1950)
1951–1975	The Shrike (1952) · Picnic (1953) · La casa da tè alla luna d'agosto (1954) · La gatta sul tetto che scotta (1955) · Il diario di Anna Frank (1956) · Lungo viaggio verso la notte (1957) · Look Homeward, Angel (1958) · J.B. (1959) · Fiorello! (1960) · All the Way Home (1961) · How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962) · La signora amava le rose (1965) · Un equilibrio delicato (1967) · La grande speranza bianca (1969) · No Place to be Somebody (1970) · The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1971) · That Championship Season (1973) · Marina (1975)
1976–2000	A Chorus Line (1976) · Prima dell'ombra (1977) · Gin Game (1978) · Il bambino sepolto (1979) · Talley's Folly (1980) · Crimini del cuore (1981) · A Soldier's Play (1982) · 'night, Mother (1983) · Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) · Sunday in the Park with George (1985) · Fences (1987) · A spasso con Daisy (1988) · The Heidi Chronicles (1989) · The Piano Lesson (1990) · Lost in Yonkers (1991) · The Kentucky Cycle (1992) · Angels in America: Il millennio si avvicina (1993) · Tre donne alte (1994) · The Young Man from Atlanta (1995) · Rent (1996) · How I Learned to Drive (1998) · Wit (1999) · Dinner with Friends (2000)
2001–presente	Proof (2001) · Topdog/Underdog (2002) · Anna in the Tropics (2003) · I Am My Own Wife (2004) · Il dubbio (2005) · La tana del bianconiglio (2007) · Agosto, foto di famiglia (2008) · Ruined (2009) · Next to Normal (2010) · Clybourne Park (2011) · Water by the Spoonful (2012) · Disgraced (2013) · The Flick (2014) · Between Riverside and Crazy (2015) · Hamilton (2016) · Sweat (2017) · Cost of Living (2018) · Fairview (2019) · A Strange Loop (2020) · The Hot Wing King (2021) · Fat Ham (2022) · English (2023) · Primary Trust (2024) · Purpose (2025)