Walnut Street Theatre

How often is it that you get to tag along on the occasion of someone else's graduation gift?

Well luckily for me, my daughter's gift from a friend to see a play at the Walnut Street Theatre included tickets for my younger daughter and me- hooray!

This page inside the PlayBill reminds me of the book the character reads in the play.

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is great fun-and not only because we are grateful to have abandoned that olden era of gender inequality (whew), but because it is funny, and entertaining.
The cast is top notch, and the newcomer to Walnut Street, Jeremy Morse (J. Pierpont Finch) is really terrific.

The original book a satire by Shepherd Mead in 1952 was reinterpreted in 1955 by playwrights Burrows, Weinstock, and Gilbert, who then collaborated with Frank Loesser in an adaptation that became the Broadway hit which debuted in 1961.  An interesting evolution!

As the first scene unfolds, Finch reading How to Succeed... while trying to land a job at the perfect company- the book states, "It is essential that the company be a big one. It should be at least big enough so that nobody knows what anyone else is doing."

The hilarious company high jinks throughout the play keep the laughs coming and the audience entertained.