
International Theatre Database
Category
Musical
Country
United Kingdom
Run Dates
May 12 - Jun 17, 2023
Run Time
160 minutes
2023.05.12 ~ 2023.06.17
Southwark Playhouse Borough
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a comic gem that took Broadway by storm in 1961, winning both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize. It was revived twice on Broadway in acclaimed productions starring Matthew Broderick and Daniel Radcliffe. A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, it follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant “company man”, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love. This brand new production is brought to you by the team behind last year’s Anyone Can Whistle and promises to be a bold and inventive new staging for a modern day audience, with all the charm of the original. Featuring Michelle Visage (‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’) as the voice of ‘The Book’.