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Nick Jonas to Star in Broadway’s How to Succeed Starting January 24

Nick Jonas
(© Tristan Fuge)
Nick Jonas
(© Tristan Fuge)

Pop music star and Broadway veteran Nick Jonas will assume the role of J. Pierrepont Finch in Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, playing at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, from January 24-July 1.

As previously reported, Daniel Radcliffe will play his final performance on January 1, and Glee star Darren Criss wlll play Finch, January 3-22.

Directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, with a score by Frank Loesser and a book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, follows a wily window washer on his riotous rise up the corporate ladder.

The musical also currently features 2011 Tony Award winner John Larroquette as J. B. Biggley, Rose Hemingway as Rosemary Pilkington, Tammy Blanchard as Hedy La Rue, Christopher J. Hanke as Bud Frump, Rob Bartlett as Twimble/Wally Womper, Mary Faber as Smitty, Ellen Harvey as Miss Jones, 2011 Emmy Award winner Michael Park as Bert Bratt, and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Anderson Cooper as the voice of the narrator.

Jonas is a member of the popular music group, The Jonas Brothers. He appeared on Broadway in Les Miserables, Annie Get Your Gun and Beauty and the Beast, and his other stage credits include A Christmas Carol and the Hollywood Bowl’s recent production of Hairspray.

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