Stage favorites Skylar Astin, Betsy Wolfe, and Michael Urie starred in the Kennedy Center’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying June 6–10 at the Eisenhower Theater. Watch highlights from the production—including Astin and Michael McGrath's “Company Way,” Wolfe's “Happy to Keep His Dinner Warm,” Astin’s “I Believe in You,” and Nova Y. Payton and the cast's rousing “Brotherhood of Man”—in the video above.
Astin (Pitch Perfect, Spring Awakening) starred as J. Pierrepont Finch, with Wolfe (Waitress, Falsettos) as Rosemary Pilkington and Urie (Broadway’s upcoming Torch Song) as Bud Frump—a role he played on Broadway in the 2011 revival. Urie's former Ugly Betty co-star Becki Newton appeared as Hedy La Rue.
Marc Bruni directed, with Denis Jones serving as choreographer and Todd Ellison as music director.
The Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, Willie Gilbert, and Jack Weinstock musical tells the story of a window washer who climbs the corporate ladder to high-powered executive with the help of a handbook.