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<h2><span class="btn-primary">How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying</span></h2>
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<div>COLONIAL THEATRE HISTORY: Sixty years ago, the first national tour of&nbsp;<a tabindex="0" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/howtosucceedinbusinesswithoutreallytrying?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZXg8eqKaJTrXk3kYqEW825fRJe8ISoqNEGlvh5IAsR71H0kixJmB2dsdInHwiX-LR1BSSxQXMvcxm2zuQ4MxvM6DqUhfQNaQPdAlvi8XT_E9V1JWghc_6p7lK2Jxo-88gf_HbfdmAF-JTLGoX4acppF0iOqmL2-QEfeITyLWmYnSn-LLyv3aAzwmgysfioNcrrO0uboxXHKwFr-PaVsmy_Z&amp;__tn__=*NK-R" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1sur9pj xkrqix3 x1fey0fg xo1l8bm">#HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying</a> made its final stop at the Colonial, playing from May 18 through June 27, 1964.</div>
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<div>Based on a book of the same name, the musical tells the story of young, ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, who, with the help of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, rises from window washer to chairman of the board of the World Wide Wicket Company.</div>
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<div>Did You Know? The <a tabindex="-1"></a>original Broadway production won seven Tony Awards, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.</div>
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<div>Photo 1: The cover of the Boston Playbill.</div>
<div>Photo 2: The company of the first national tour. Photo credit New York Public Library.</div>
<div>Photo 3: The production's key art.</div>
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