The new Broadway production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying begins its national tour at The Mechanic Theatre in Baltimore, May 28 - June 9 with film star Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid, My Cousin Vinnie) in the leading role of J. Pierrepont Finch.
Also in the cast will be Pam Blair (from the original cast of A Chorus Line) as Hedy La Rue, Shauna Hicks as Rosemary, Susann Fletcher as Smitty, Roger Bart as Frump, John Deyle as Bert Bratt, Richard Thomsen as J.B. Biggley and Michael Cone as Twimble/Womper.
Like the Broadway production of Frank Loesser's musical satire on corporate culture, the tour will be directed by Des McAnuff. Macchio has appeared off-Broadway in Only Kidding! and Cuba and His Teddy Bear.
Here is a list of upcoming stops for the tour:
Baltimore (Mechanic Theatre) May 28-June 9 Chicago (Shubert Theatre) June 11-23
Green Bay (Weidner Ctr. PAC) June 25-July 3
Minneapolis (Orpheum Theatre) July 5-21
Omaha (Orpheum Theatre) July 23-28
St. Louis (Fox Theatre) July3 0-Aug. 4
Dallas (Music Hall) Aug. 6-18
Denver (Tmple Buell Theatre) Aug. 20-Sept.
Reno (Pioneer Center) Sept. 9-
Spokane (Spokane Opera House) Sept.13-15
Los Angeles (Pantages Theatre) Sept.17-29
Sacramento (Community Center Theatre) Oct 1-6
Portland (Portland Ctr for the Perf. Arts) Oct 8-13
Seattle (Paramount Theatre) Oct 15-27
Costa Mesa (Orange County PAC) Oct 29-Nov. 3
Tempe (Gammage Memorial Auditorium) Nov. 5-10
San Francisco (Golden Gate Theatre) Nov. 12-Dec. 8
Palm Desert (McCallum Theatre) Dec. 10-15
Louisville (Kentucky Center) Dec. 31-Jan. 5, 1997
Atlanta (Fox Theatre) Jan. 7-12, 1997
Houston (Jones Hall) Jan. 14-19
Indianapolis (Murat Theatre) Jan. 21-26
Naples (Philharmonic Center for the Arts) Jan. 28-Feb.
Sarasota (Van Wezel PAC) Feb. 4-
West Palm Beach (Kravis Center) Feb. 11-16
Melbourne (Maxwell C. King Center) Feb. 18-19
Miami Beach (Jackie Gleason Theatre) Feb. 25-March
Orlando ( Bob Carr PAC) March 3-8
Tampa (Tampa Bay PAC) March 11- 16
TBA --March 18-
Columbus (Ohio Theatre) March 25-30
Cleveland (Palace Theatre) April 1-1
Nashville (T-PAC) April 15-20
Charlotte, NC (Ovens Auditorium) April 22-27
Hartford, CT (The Bushnell) April 29-May 4
Pittsburgh (Benedum Center) May 6-11
Cincinnati (Aronoff Center for the Arts) May 13- 25
Grand Rapids, MI (DeVos Hall) May 27-June1
Providence (Providence PAC) June 3-8
Milwaukee (Uihlein Hall) June10-15
