How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying star Christopher J. Hanke will take Broadway.com viewers behind-the-scenes at the smashing new musical revival with his very own video blog. Frump Tower: Behind the Scenes at “How to Succeed” with Christopher J. Hanke (and Bud Frump) will premiere on Tuesday, March 29.
Hanke plays Bud Frump, the spoiled nephew of big boss J. B. Biggley (John Larroquette) and rival of rising executive J. Pierrepont Finch (Daniel Radcliffe) at World Wide Wicket Company, the office at the center of How to Succeed.
Hanke previously starred on Broadway in the musicals Cry-Baby, Rent and In My Life. He also played Claude in Hair in Central Park and was seen in national tours of Big River and The Full Monty. On TV, Hanke had a role on the drama Three Rivers and has also appeared on Brothers & Sisters and Big Love.
With Frump Tower, Hanke joins an impressive line of Broadway.com video bloggers, including Priscilla Queen of the Desert star Nick Adams, who is currently filming his series Muscles & Mascara. Past video bloggers include Jackie Hoffman (The Addams Family), Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot), Derrick Baskin (Memphis), Andy Karl (Wicked), Cheyenne Jackson (Finian’s Rainbow), Kyle Dean Massey (Next to Normal) and Hugh Panaro (Lestat).