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All the Drama: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, 1962 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama


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All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”
1962 Pulitzer winner “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, by Abe Burrows and Frank Loesser

How to Succeed in Business Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Succeed_in_Business_Without_Really_Trying_(musical)

Abe Burrows Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Burrows

Frank Loesser Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Loesser

“How to Succeed” script
https://www.amazon.com/Succeed-Business-Without-Really-Trying/dp/0881882097/

“How to succeed in business without really trying;: The dastard’s guide to fame and fortune” by Shepherd Mead
https://www.amazon.com/Succeed-Business-Without-Really-Trying-ebook/dp/B004W3KNFS/

“Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musicals: Of Thee I Sing to A Strange Loop” by Kristin Stultz Pressley
https://www.amazon.com/Pulitzer-Prize-Winning-Musicals-Strange/dp/1350459100/

Original 1961 review: “Musical Comedy Seen at 46th St. Theatre” by Howard Tubman< The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1961/10/16/archives/musical-comedy-seen-at-46th-st-theatre.html

Frank Loesser obit
https://www.nytimes.com/1969/07/29/archives/frank-loesser-composer-dead-guys-and-dolls-and-most-happy-fella.html

Abe Burrows obit
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/19/nyregion/abe-burrows-broadway-writer-director-is-dead.html

“I Got the Show Right Here: The Amazing True Story of How an Obscure Brooklyn Horn Player Became the Last Great Broadway Showman” by Cy Feuer
https://www.amazon.com/Got-Show-Right-Here-Brooklyn/dp/1557836582/

“Honest, Abe: Is there really no business like show business?” by Abe Burrows
Honest, Abe: Is there really no business like show business?
https://www.amazon.com/Honest-Abe-there-really-business/dp/0316117714/

“A Most Remarkable Fella: Frank Loesser and the Guys and Dolls in His Life. A Portrait by His Daughter” by Susan Loesser
https://www.amazon.com/Most-Remarkable-Fella-Portrait-Daughter/dp/1556113641/

Movie
https://www.amazon.com/Succeed-Business-Without-Really-Trying/dp/B0030M3HIC/

Daniel Radcliffe Tony Performance Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69WpCBLrdSQ

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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.

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