PAGE TWELVE THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1966 PAGE TWELVE TIlE MIChIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1966 How To Succeed in Business 0 . By DEBORAH REAVEN But not for long. Mr. Twimble I(Harry Winer) has been promotedj der of success? Soph Show '66 is from head of the mailroom to{ preparing a lesson that should prove helpful as they get ready to present "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." Nov. 10-12. Even if the top of the business world is not on your mind, the evening should prove to be en- tertaining. Eight months of hard work have gone into the presen- tation of the delightful, prize-. winning musical. Co-chairmen Ann Haake, '69 and Don Borod, '69, were chosen last spring and since then things have been build- ing up for opening night. The first consideration was "How I head of shipping. On the basis of merit, ' he picks Finch to be his successor, But Finch won'.t have it. He gives the job to Bud Frump, the boss's scheming, mama's-boy nephew played by Dan Fairchild. And just in time to get Bratt off the hook with Biggley. Seems that whenever Frump wants a promotion or thinks something's going on that he doesn't like, he cries to his mother who in turn. complains to her sister who com- plains to her husband, Biggley. This time, Frump wanted Twim- ble's job-and he got it. Finch had something else.lined up. up her mind that she is going to by joining him ini singing the one that will work. Biggley, anx- marry Finch and she tells her fight song "Stand OLD Ivy" and ious to keep the discouraged Hedy plans to her friend Smitty (Emily exposes the newly appointed vice- with the company, convinces Finch in president as a Gopher, the arch- to use her as the World Wide Wade). But Finch is interested rivals of the Groundhogs. Wicket Treasure Girl, part of the his career more than anything television show. And then disaster. else and she must be content to He also proceeds to discover he wait by the sidelines. is in love with Rosemary and the' The television show fails, the two find that "suddenly there is company is near ruin and Finch is Enter Hedy LaRue, the sexy music in the sound of your name." on his way out. He is about to sign bombshell that wants to be a see- But the career interferes again and his resignation in front of all the retary and just happens to be Rosemary must again sit on the j executives when he and Wally Biggley's girl friend, Played by sidelines as intermission steps in Womper, chairman of the board Kathe Knack, Hedy starts her new Finch's way, (Harry Winer, both discover that career by promoting a fight to they were window-washers before see who will have her as their Finch now faces the problem of entering big business. Finch again secretary. Naturally, it's Finch, coming up with a new advertis- saves himself and the results are who is as surprised as Rosemary ing gimmick. Frump, quick to give not a surprise to anyone in the at his new helper. Realizing that him any aid that might result in;company. someone with as few abilities as his being kicked out of the firm. Hedy has must have a "Protector" suggests a televised treasure hunt, The Abe Burrows-Frank Loesser and finding out that it is Biggley, already violently turned down by comedy offers something for ev- he promptly uses Hedy to depose his uncle. Finch, stuck for an idea eryone, combining Humor, sex, the lecherous Gatch and take over grabs it and with' the unwitting suspense and treachery into a rol- his position. aid of Rosemary, now his secre- licking musical hit. tary, thinks of a new angle. Soph Show '66 learned a valuable Ponty, as he is now called, pro- ' '" n frv ' n'W0 n --how to 0 to choose the right company,"a1With the aid of Miss Jones (Lu- Bratt and Frump look on in disgust and resignation as Finch works his charms on the chairman of the board, Wally Womper (Harry Winer). lesson taught in the opening num- ber of the show. Central commit-. tee was chosen last year and au- ditions for the production were held in September, before classes started. Rehearsals began imme- diately with director Sue Demirsky and vocal director Laurie Daniels working with the cast and musical director Art Chodoroff with the orchestra. It all starts with a window- washer and a book. The window- washer is J. Pierrepont Finch, spelled F-I-N-C-H as he will in- cessantly remind all the execu- tives. The book is "How to Suc- ceed in Business Without Really Trying" and it contains lessons in everything from how to apply for a job to how to commute. In the opening number we see Finch as he finally decides to step up in the world and become an exe- cutive of the World Wide Wicket Company. From then on, the company must stand by and watch as the charming, bright young man, play- ed by Mark Peterman, and de- scribed as the "eagerest beaver of all" captures job after job as well as the heart of Miss Rose- mary Pilkington, a secretary of the company (Lucy Becker). Finch uses his wiles to land a job by bumping first into J.B. Biggley, president of the company (Phil Porach) and then inform- ing Bratt, in charge of personnel, that Biggley had said to see him for a job. Naturally Bratt (Herb Baraff) thinks that Finch is a personal friend of Biggley's, a de- ception Finch does not dispell. And so, Finch joins World Wide Wick- ets as a mailboy. I lor a Juno e eecu~v Ile , cra and Systems department under ceeds to become vice-president in' He enlists Hedy's heip andin Gatch (Danny Nathan). His charge of advertising, despite his presentation of his idea to the "generosity" is soon rewarded Frump's attempts to interfere. He executive board, slyly convinces with the position. leads Biggley to believe he has Biggley that the idea he once Meanwhile, Rosemary has made graduated from the same school thought was terrible is actually lesson from Fmcn- is oo iu choose the right company. They also chose the right play to give an evening of fine entertainment to all. cy Aptekar). Biggley's secretary, Finch has learned of an opening i Mr j i,-n,' x ci itivP ini the Plans * Finch (Mark Peterman) joins the other executives in the washroom as they plot how to stop his spectacular and rapid rise to the, top. The execs are (1-r) Frump (Dan Fairchild), Tackaberry (John Brizdle), Finch, Bratt (Herb Baraff), and Jenkins (Lorin Woolfe). Smitty (Emily Wade, left) and Miss Krumholtz (Debi Berkson) rehearse together. W ithout Really Tring . 0 . 0 0 The entire company joins in the finale. Leading the rollicking number are (1-r) Finch, Rosemary, Hedy, Mr. Womper and Smitty. Rosemary (Lucy Becker) sets her cap for Finch (Mark Peterman) and, although his career often stands in her way, she achieves her goal and makes the secretary's dream come true. Hedy (Kathe Knack) and Biggley (Phil Porach) have a lovers' spat over her threatened resignation. He won. "1if 7 7 h ..: . .v..... w.