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 | |
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 | Michael Urie | Beau Bridges | Sara Jean Ford | ||||||
| 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
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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.