“How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” is an opportunity to get some distance from and laugh at the same set of attitudes, expectations, and entitlements that tanked the American economy. The thesis: Success isn't about what you know. It's about who you lunch with and what you know about who you lunch with. It's American Psycho with fluffy musical numbers in lieu of bloodbaths: good medicine for those who are depressed about the latest Depression. Jordan Nichols is perfectly bland (in a good way) as Finch, the window washer who, by following the rules in a self-help book, is able to smile, glad-hand, and backstab his way to the top, only to discover he has no idea what he's doing
The slings, arrows, and folly of the workplace hits the stage in the comedy musical at Playhouse on the Square. Playhouse on the Square is currently running How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying through September 4th. This fun comedy/musical is based on the 1952 book of the same name by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert. The story follows a window washer named J. Pierrepont Finch who has attained a book that tells step-by-step instruction on how to succeed in business simply by being charming; apparently, no real work is required to get ahead. The production is filled with some really great performances. Finch is played wonderfully by Jordan Nichols. Rosemary Pilkingt
It's not enough to write that Playhouse on the Square’s production of “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” under the direction of Kimberly Faith Hickman is spectacular. The revival of this fifty year old -year-old out of date musical with a sexist bent will knock you out. The humor, the tongue-in-cheek approach, the comedic characterizations, the energy, the choreography, the voices, the brilliant set design, the large cast, the acting, the expressions, the music, made for a thrilling, fun-packed musical event. I expected good, what I got was “Great!” I could see this production again and again. You should, too. Every one of the 25 cast members in “How to Succeed” exhibits a we
