{"id":271,"date":"2014-05-07T10:34:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T15:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theatre1234.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2014-05-07T10:40:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T15:40:07","slug":"review-how-to-succeed-in-business-without-really-trying-porchlight-music-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theatre1234.com\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"Review: “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (Porchlight Music Theatre)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(L to R) Tyler Ravelson as \u201cJ. Pierrepont Finch,\u201d Matthias Austin as \u201cTwimble\u201d and John Keating as \u201cBud Frump\u201d
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Show:\u00a0How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying<\/p>\n

Company:\u00a0Porchlight Music Theatre<\/a><\/p>\n

Venue:\u00a0Stage 773 Thrust<\/p>

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Die Roll: 18<\/p>\n

Audience\u00a0seeing Porchlight Music Theatre’s current production of “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” will see a piece that is over 50 years old, and yet remains very fresh. \u00a0The show, whose long title can be abbreviated to “H2$”, has been one of my favorites for years. \u00a0And the script, while centered around the 1960’s environment with which many are only familiar\u00a0thanks to AMC’s “Mad Men”, is still sharp and pointed in its commentary on life in today’s corporate world.<\/p>\n

A young, ambitious man who wants to make it big turns to a self-help book about succeeding in business. \u00a0By following its instructions he proceeds from window washer to mail room clerk to junior executive… eventually all the way to chairman of the board. \u00a0His meteoric rise is not only facilitated by his following the book’s advice, but also a lot of happy accidents and his undying charm\/likability.<\/p>\n

J. Pierrepont Finch has to have that likability factor, or his scheming makes him just a manipulator of men, and not a protagonist for whom we can cheer when success comes. \u00a0As played by Tyler Ravelson, the character is less charming and more scheming. \u00a0More awkward and just off a bit. \u00a0Were I to encounter a person who acted as he does in real life, I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him, and I’d avoid looking directly into those cold dead eyes. \u00a0In short, the likability factor of Finch is missing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the other characters are really strong. \u00a0Sharisse Hamilton’s turn as Smitty is exactly what the character should be. \u00a0John Keating’s take on the\u00a0irritating Bud Frump (who normally is the primary foil to Finch) is wonderfully fun. \u00a0It’s almost cartoonish, but it fits in the world created by director Rob Lindley. \u00a0In fact, it is a bit of cartoonish self-awareness (a la Looney Toons) that allows this show to work so well. \u00a0There’s a touch of “we’re putting on a play” at all times, and that actually clicks with, rather than detracts from, the show’s quality.<\/p>\n

The costumes, designed by Bill Morey, went furthest toward the aim of creating Lindley’s world. \u00a0They looked sharp and spot on for the era. \u00a0The set by Jeffrey Kmiec brought the play’s mix of broad comedy and nostalgia to the fore.<\/p>\n

There were some inconsistencies within the execution of the sound design and engineering that made the production less fulfilling than it otherwise would have been. \u00a0Some of the singers had the pipes to not need extra amplification, while others (namely Elizabeth Telford as Rosemary) were mic’d so heavily that two lines prior to each of their\u00a0pieces the amplification audibly took over.<\/p>\n

While the production values of this show are great, it is the strength of the script that carries the show. \u00a0Despite weaknesses in its two leads’ performances, the laughs are all still there in the predictable places that the laughs have been for the last 50 years. \u00a0There’s comfort in that. \u00a0There’s also still brilliance in that. \u00a0The jokes have not gone stale.<\/p>\n

Porchlight has done an admirable job with the play. \u00a0I just wish I could have had a hero worthy of \u00a0his own words: “I believe in you”.<\/p>\n

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TEN WORD SUMMARY: \u00a0<\/strong>Corporate climber makes quick work of success. \u00a0Watch your back!<\/p>\n

RATING:\u00a0<\/strong>d10 – “Worth Going To\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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