Power, sex, ambition, greed ... it’s just another day at the office in this classic, hilarious satire of big business. Winner of both the Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize, “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook to climb the corporate ladder, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant “company man,” the office party, backstabbing co-workers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love. With a brilliant score by Frank Loesser and a clever book by Abe Borrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, “How to Succeed” keeps winning audiences over generation after generation.

About CenterStage
​CenterStage continues to push boundaries and bring cutting-edge Broadway musicals to Louisville with its 2015-16 season with new shows like “The Who’s Tommy,” Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5: The Musical,” “Big Fish,” and a locally written show, “Patsy Cline: A Life in Concert.” By bringing to the stage a perfect mix of new Broadway smash hits never performed in Louisville, as well as popular traditional classics, CenterStage’s 2015-16 season will continue excite and amaze audiences.

Keeping with this theme of innovation, CenterStage will do something completely new this year – run two shows at the same time. Everyone will yell “yee haw!” as Melissa Kenney Shepherd two-steps her way back to our stage for the third encore of “Patsy Cline: A Life in Concert.” Joining her will be Mike Fryman, one of best honky-tonk singers in this area. And running simultaneously, the cult classic audience favorite based on the popular film, “The Rocky Horror Show”: a perfect finale to the season.

“We spend a great deal of time when considering shows for our upcoming season. We consider our audience, our actors, our mission, to name a few, and then work to create a balance between new and classic, comedy and drama, family and adult,” said John R. Leffert, CenterStage artistic director. “I feel part of my job is to produce new works and challenge our audiences. If we do not do this, these pieces will never be seen. Filling that bill in the new season is ‘Big Fish.’ I saw it on Broadway and was moved beyond belief. I knew I wanted to bring it home to CenterStage and to our audiences.”