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by Mallory Stratton
Daniel Radcliff is set to head the cast of the upcoming New York reading of the 1961 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the first musical for the Harry Potter star. Rob Ashford will be director and choreographer, right after his Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry musical Parade, which opened Oct. 4th at the Mark Taper Forum in L.A. The reading is scheduled for December, with no other cast in place so far. The show is written by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. How to Succeed shows the rise of a crafty window cleaner as he follows the advice of a self-help manual to make his way up through the World Wide Wickets Co. and get the girl in the process. The original production won over seven Tony Awards, including musical, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1962. Hopefully this new adaptation will do just as well.
