This World Premiere musical follows an ambitious midwesterner trying to make it in the big city, secrets and all.
DIRECTED BY GORDON GREENBERG
Book by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen. Music and Lyrics by Michael Mahler and Alan Schmuckler. Based on the Universal Pictures film, The Secret of My Success, story by AJ Carothers.
IS SUCCESS MONEY? A powerful job? A happy marriage? Join us for the World Premiere of The Secret of My Success, a hilarious, heartfelt new musical based on Universal Pictures film.
Brantley Foster, a young ambitious midwesterner, moves to New York City to start his dream job at a major corporation, only to be laid off on the very first day. In his relentless enthusiasm to succeed, Brantley finds himself tangled up in a sidesplitting scheme in which he assumes the identity of a rising executive named Carlton Whitfield.
As he climbs the corporate ladder, tirelessly concealing his identity, Brantley soon falls in love with a beautiful colleague named Christy and discovers that his definition of success might be all wrong. Will he get the job, win at love or just get caught?
Adapted from the smash 1987 Michael J. Fox movie that stayed at the top of the box office for 5 consecutive weeks, The Secret of My Success is a wild look at corporate culture, ambition and making your own way in life, all told with an outstanding score by Chicago favorites Mahler and Schmuckler, big production numbers and a book that will have you laughing all the way home. Be the first to see AND hear it.
Brantley Foster (Billy Harrigan Tighe, center) begins his journey from St. Cloud to New York City with a “32 Hour Bus Ride.” Photo by Liz Lauren
Billy Harrigan Tighe plays Brantley Foster. Photo by Liz Lauren
Billy Harrigan Tighe plays Brantley Foster. Photo by Liz Lauren
Sydney Morton (left) plays rising corporate exec Christy Lockhart and Jeremy Peter Johnson is Christy’s boss Piers Johnson. Photo by Liz Lauren
Sydney Morton plays rising corporate exec Christy Lockhart and Jeremy Peter Johnson (back) is Christy’s boss Piers Johnson. Photo by Liz Lauren
Billy Harrigan Tighe plays Brantley Foster. Photo by Liz Lauren
(from left) George Keating, Jake Morrissy, Brandon Dahlquist, Dara Cameron, Billy Harrigan Tighe, Alexis J. Roston, Jonathan Schwart and Madison Kauffman. Photo by Liz Lauren
Christy Lockhart (Sydney Morton, standing) knows how to deliver a persuasive Power Point in The Secret of My Success. Photo by Liz Lauren
Brantley Foster (Billy Harrigan Tighe) and Christy Lockhart (Sydney Morton) take a romantic ride on the Staten Island Ferry. Photo by Liz Lauren
Billy Harrigan Tighe takes flight as Brantley Foster in Paramount Theatre’s world premiere of The Secret of My Success. Photo by Liz Lauren
Christy Lockhart (Sydney Morton, upper deck) and Brantley Foster (Billy Harrigan Tighe, below, blue sweater) enjoy a funny, romantic ride on the Staten Island Ferry. Photo by Liz Lauren
Billy Harrigan Tighe (left) plays Brantley Foster and Gabriel Ruiz is fellow temp Lester Mann. Photo by Liz Lauren
Jeremy Peter Johnson (center, left) is Piers Johnson and Billy Harrigan Tighe plays Brantley Foster. Photo by Liz Lauren
Billy Harrigan Tighe plays Brantley Foster. Photo by Liz Lauren
Prescott Industries board chair Vera Prescott (Heidi Kettenring) and rising exec Christy Lockhart (Sydney Morton) sing “(I Think) I Like You” in The Secret of My Success. Photo by Liz Lauren
Meet the Team
Artistic Team
Gordon Greenberg ‡
Director & Book
Steve Rosen
Book
Michael Mahler
Music and Lyrics
Alan Schmuckler
Music and Lyrics
Charlie Rosen
Orchestrator
Ian Weinberger
Music Supervisor
Tom Vendafreddo
Music Director/Conductor
Jeffrey D. Kmiec †
Scenic Designer
Mara Blumenfeld †
Costume Designer
Greg Hofmann †
Lighting Designer
Adam Rosenthal
Sound Designer
Mike Tutaj †
Projection Designer
Katie Cordts
Wig, Hair and Makeup Designer
Ethan Deppe
Electronic Music Designer
Rachel Flesher
Intimacy & Fight Choreographer
Amber Johnson *
Stage Manager
Kathleen Barrett *
Assistant Stage Manager
Marty McGuire
Assistant Director
Charlie Ward *
Associate Choreographer
previously in The Secret of My Success, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid
Celia Villacres
Associate Music Director/Associate Conductor
Cast
Melody A. Betts *
Rose Lockhart, Ensemble
previously in The Secret of My Success
Dara Cameron *
Ensemble, u/s Joanne Foster, u/s Vera Prescott
making Paramount Theatre debut
Brandon Dahlquist *
Ensemble, u/s Piers Johnson, u/s Garth Portnoy, Fight Captain
making Paramount Theatre debut
Vasily Deris *
Ensemble, u/s Lester Mann
previously in Kinky Boots, The Secret of My Success, Newsies and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Kai Edgar
Ernie Lockhart
making Paramount Theatre debut
Veronica Garza *
Ensemble, u/s Sylvia Popkin
previously in Groundhog Day and The Secret of My Success
Carisa Gonzalez
Ensemble, u/s Christy Lockhart
previously in Kinky Boots, Rock of Ages, Groundhog Day and The Secret of My Success
Jeremy Peter Johnson *
Piers Johnson
making Paramount Theatre debut
Madison Kauffman
Ensemble
previously in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
George Keating *
Ensemble, Dance Captain
previously in Beauty and the Beast, Elf, The Little Mermaid, Hairspray, Les Misérables, Cats and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Heidi Kettenring *
Vera Prescott
previously in The Secret of My Success
Jake Morrissy *
Ensemble, u/s Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield
previously in The Secret of My Success, The Producers, Elf, The Little Mermaid and Mamma Mia!
Sydney Morton *
Christy Lockhart
making Paramount Theatre debut
Barbara E. Robertson *
Joanne Foster
making Paramount Theatre debut
Camille Robinson *
Ensemble
previously in Jesus Christ Superstar and The Secret of My Success
Alexis J. Roston *
Ensemble, u/s/ Rose Lockhart
previously in Jesus Christ Superstar and Hair
Ezekiel Ruiz
u/s Ernie Lockhart
Previously in The Secret of My Success, and Fun Home
Gabriel Ruiz *
Lester Mann
making Paramount Theatre debut
Haley Jane Schafer *
Ensemble, Swing
previously in The Secret of My Success, Newsies, The Producers, Elf, The Little Mermaid and Mamma Mia!
Jonathan Schwart
Ensemble
making Paramount Theatre debut
Sara Sevigny *
Sylvia Popkin, Ensemble
previously in Mamma Mia!
Ian Michael Stuart *
Garth Portnoy
making Paramount Theatre debut
Billy Harrigan Tighe *
Brantley Foster/Carlton Whitfield
making Paramount Theatre debut
Charles Emery Ward
Ensemble, Swing
Previously in Beauty and the Beast, Elf and The Little Mermaid
Travis Austin Wright *
Ensemble
previously in The Secret of My Success, Newsies and The Wizard of Oz
* indicates member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
† indicates member of United Scenic Artists (USA)
‡ indicates member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
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