Opened on October 14, 1961. Closed March 6, 1965 after 1,417 performances — 3.4 years. 7 Tony Awards in 1962, including Best Musical; Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1962; Grammy Award for Best Original Cast Show Album in 1962 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a 1961 musical by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book of the same name. The story concerns 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. Wiki link