The cast recording of the hit Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette will be released on iTunes on May 24 and in available in stores on June 7. A recording session was held on April 11 at the Manhattan Center, produced by five-time Grammy nominee Robert Sher for the Decca Broadway label. How to Succeed opened on March 27 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford.
In addition to Radcliffe (as ambitious window washer J. Pierrepont Finch) and Larroquette (as World Wide Wickets boss J. B. Biggley), the How to Succeed cast includes 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, Michael Park as Bert Bratt and Anderson Cooper as the voice of the narrator.
The cast of 30 also includes Cameron Adams, Cleve Asbury, Tanya Birl, Kevin Covert, Paige Faure, David Hull, Justin Keyes, Marty Lawson, Erica Mansfield, Barrett Martin, Nick Mayo, Sarah O'Gleby, Stephanie Rothenberg, Megan Sikora, Michaeljon Slinger, Joey Sorge, Matt Wall, Ryan Watkinson, Charlie Williams and Samantha Zack.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying features music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and a book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, based on the book by Shepherd Mead. The score is packed with hit standards such as “I Believe in You,” “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm,” “The Company Way,” “Been a Long Day,” “Rosemary” and “Brotherhood of Man.”