About the Show

Frank Loesser's Tony Award-winning comedy musical about a window washer climbing the corporate ladder.

J. Pierrepont Finch - an ambitious window washer who wants to become a high-powered executive - uses a handbook called How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying to climb the corporate ladder. On his way to the top, J. has to wade through dangers like the aggressively compliant “company man”, the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction, and true love.

This brand new production of Frank Loesser's comedy musical features Michelle Visage (‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’) as the voice of ‘The Book’.

Georgie Rankcom directs.

Critic Reviews (11)

"Rankcom’s production suffers from pushing practically everything to cartoonish extremes; it becomes rather exhausting over a far-too-long runtime."
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"This is a production that sets its face towards a problematic show, packed with the good and the bad of musical theatre. "
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"Rather than go all out and stage it as a period piece, or reframe it for modern sensibilities, director Georgie Rankcom opts for a clumsy fudge. The production has an arch, cartoonish style. The cast mug furiously and their voices are more strident than beautiful."
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"If it doesn’t measure up in terms of evergreens the score is sharp and witty, and the satire of Madison Avenue values stands up surprisingly well, 60-odd years on."
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"Essentially, this is a show for true musical theatre fans who'll delight in its knowing, rambunctuous, queer take on a retro classic...It's the kind of show that'll hopefully never be 'timely' again, but is still a hell of a lot of fun."
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"'How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying' is a mad slice of musical theatre but one that comes with a lot of joy...Overall, this production might not have completely succeeded but a couple of minor improvements and it will be on its way to a big promotion."
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"...it’s witty but insufficiently savage or biting to really hit home as satire, and not musically transporting enough to deflect attention from the shortcomings elsewhere...it’s a creditable attempt to drag a dated piece kicking and screaming into the twenty first century."
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"...Rankcom goes a long way towards reclaiming and refreshing what could easily come across as an embarrassing museum piece. It’s a production of big laughs and big gestures, rather than fine detail."
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