How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[+ E.T.Bass]

I'm still subscribed to the Netflix DVD option. Meant to watch this one for a long time and glad I finally did. Fun musical. Well done.

Watched it twice. I wish there would have been DVD commentary or other bonus options, but no.

 

Robert Morse was great. Enjoyed the whole cast.

 

 

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

... And that Fosse choreography rocked.

 

Morse had a ton of odd ticks as Finch, but they worked. I've seen multiple revivals of this show, but always go back to his performance as what I'd consider penultimate.

[+ WilliamM]

Before "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," a quite young Robert Morse was stealing scenes from Jackie Gleason and Walter Pidgion in the musical "Take Me Along."

 

I saw "Take Me Along" after Gleason won a Tony Award for Leading Role Male in a Musical." By then Jackie was not totally sticking to the script. Great fun for someone only 16 years old in 1960

[+ E.T.Bass]

Before "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," a quite young Robert Morse was stealing scenes from Jackie Gleason and Walter Pidgion in the musical "Take Me Along."

 

I saw "Take Me Along" after Gleason won a Tony Award for Leading Role Male in a Musical." By then Jackie was not totally sticking to the script. Great fun for someone only 16 years old in 1960

Watching the physical comedy of Robert Morse in How to Succeed, I wondered if his style was borrowed by a particular modern film comedian. Fun stuff.

In recent years after seeing him in line for a show at the Geffen I connected the dots that he was the same actor that played on Mad Men, the executive of the original firm.

[+ WilliamM]

Occasionally Robert Morse appeared with other Broadway stars in television specials years ago. Daniel Radcliffe has played some of Robert's parts.