First Look at Skylar Astin, Michael Urie, and Betsy Wolfe in How to Succeed…
(© Teresa Wood)
The Kennedy Center's Broadway Center Stage production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying has released the first photos of the semistaged concert starring Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect), Betsy Wolfe (Waitress), and Michael Urie (Ugly Betty). Marc Bruni directs the production, running through June 10.
Astin stars as J. Pierrepont Finch, Wolfe as Rosemary Pilkington, and Urie as Bud Frump. The complete cast features John Bolton (Anastasia) as Mr. Bratt, John Michael Higgins (Pitch Perfect) as Biggley, Joaquina Kalukango (The Color Purple) as Smitty, Tony Award winner Michael McGrath (She Loves Me) as Mr. Twimble and Wally Womper, Becki Newton (Ugly Betty) as Hedy La Rue, and Nova Payton as Miss Jones.
The ensemble features Darius Barnes, Sean Bell, Lawrence Clayton, Colin Cunliffe, Kaitlyn Davidson, Casey Garvin, Eloise Kropp, Harris Milgrim, Shina Ann Morris, Kristen Piro, Katerine Popacostas, Tally Sessions, Diana Vaden, and Vishal Vaidya.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying features a book by Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert, and Jack Weinstock, with a score by Frank Loesser. Bruni's production will have choreography by Denis Jones, musical direction by Todd Ellison, set design by Scott Pask (The Band's Visit), lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), costume design by Amy Clark (Chaplin), and sound design by Brian Ronan (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical).
