How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying October 8, 2010

Performance Now Theatre Company
presents “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock & Willie Gilbert
Directed and Choreographed by Gary Hathaway
Musical Direction by Trevor Warren
Performance Now Theatre Company proudly presents “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” October 8 - 17 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available by calling 303-987-7845 or online at www.performancenow.org. Free on-site parking available.
J. Pierrepont Finch, a young window cleaner, has a mind for advancement. Everything he needs for success is contained within the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and he enters the World Wide Wicket Company searching for a job. There, he meets secretary Rosemary Pilkington, who sees in Ponty, as she calls him, an unassuming man who she believes the corporate world will eat him alive. But Ponty, memorizing what the book tells him, does quickly climb the corporate ladder, but not by doing any real work.
This musical featured the memorable songs Rosemary, Brotherhood of Man, Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm andI Believe in You. The cast includes Charlie Schmidt as J. Pierrepont Finch, Alisa Metcalf as Rosemary, Andy Sievers as Bud Frump, T.J. Hogle as Mr. Biggley, Brenda Blanchard-Kooser as Miss Jones, Meg Glatthar as Smitty and Kristin Hathaway as Heddy Larue.
The original 1961 Broadway production was nominated for eight Tony Awards and won for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Conductor and Musical Director, Best Producers of a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Robert Morse, and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical for Charles Nelson Reilly. It also received the Best Musical Award from theNew York Drama Critics Circle.
Matthew Broderick won the 1995 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and Daniel Radcliffe has been announced as starring in the 2011 revival.
Performance Now Theatre Company presents
The Tony-award winning musical
“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
October 8 - 17
Fri/Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sat/ Sun at 2 p.m.
Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway
Tickets are $25 adults, $22.50 student/senior and $19 for ages 12 and under.
Group rates are available.
303-987-7845 or online at www.performancenow.org