How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a musical by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, 
Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book of the same name. 
The story concerns young, ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch who, with the help of the book How to Succeed in 
Business Without Really Trying, rises from window washer to chairman of the board of the World Wide 
Wicket Company.
The musical, starring  Robert Morse &  Rudy Vallee, opened at the  46th Street Theatre on  Broadway in 
October 1961, running for 1,417 performances. The show won seven  Tony Awards, the New York Drama 
Critics Circle award, and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 1967, a film based on the musical was released 
by United Artists, with many of the original cast recreating their roles. A 1995 revival was mounted at the 
same theatre as the original production (now named the Richard Rodgers Theatre) ran for 548 performances 
and starred  Matthew Broderick and  Megan Mullally. A 50th anniversary Broadway revival directed and 
choreographed by  Rob Ashford and starring  Daniel Radcliffe and  John  Larroquette opened on March 27, 
2011, at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre and ran for 473 performances.