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Shows · How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying · 46th Street Theatre, 1961

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 1961

Opened October 14, 1961

Closed March 6, 1965

1,417 performances

Richard Rodgers Theatre

Original

Broadway

7 Tony Awards

Of the productions that opened in the 1960s, this had the 10th longest run.

Other stagings of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 2 more

1995
RevivalBroadway Revival
548 performances
2011
Al Hirschfeld TheatreBroadway Revival, directed by Rob Ashford
473 performances

Who was in it73 named

Carol Jane Abney
Nick Andrews
Elaine Cancilla
Madilyn Clark
Tracy Everitt
Suzanne France
Charlotte Frazier
Robert Kaliban
Mara Landi
Fairfax Mason
Ray Mason
Bob Murdock
Darrell Notara
Casper Roos
Silver Saundors
Ellie Somers
Maudeen Sullivan
Rosemary Yellen
Maureen Arthur
Richard Barclay
Leta Bonynge
Felice Camargo
Joy Claussen
Gene Cooper
Georgia Creighton
Jeff Debenning
Don Emmons
Hal England
Alice Evans
Pat Ferrier
Len Gochman
Renee Gorsey
Mickey Gunnerson
Enid Hart
Harris Hawkins
Patrick Heim
Curtis Hood
Todd Jackson
Kaarlyn Kitch
Fayn le Veille
Lois Leary
Carole Lindsey
Bruce Mackay
Iva March
Suzanne Menke
Anne Nathan
Randy Phillips
Renata Powers
Ralph Purdum
Brooke Roma
Alice Shanahan
Ron Stratton
Dean Taliaferro
Ronnie Welsh
Nanette Workman
Rudy Vallée as J. B. Biggley
Carl Princi (uncredited) as Book Voice

Creative team

Director
Abe Burrows
Choreographer
Bob Fosse
Producer
Cy Feuer & Ernest Martin

Tony Awards 7 from 8 nominations

Best Musical
Won

Around this production

Robert Morse sang "I Believe in You" to his own reflection in a mirror. The song sounds like a love ballad but is actually a narcissist\'s self-pep talk.

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