Daniel Radcliff -How to SucceedTickets for 50th Anniversary Production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” starring Daniel Radcliffe are on sale now exclusively to American Express cardholders at Telecharge.com (212-239-6200) with preferred seating available to American Express Gold Card, Platinum Card and Centurion members. Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday, July 31, at 12:01am.  Like “Promises, Promises” and other shows produced by the golden gay team of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the show will no doubt be a big hit – with some people likely to attend to get actual tips on how to succeed in business without even trying.

Here’s one hint: believe in yourself.

Here’s how star Robert Morse explained it in the original 1961 production:

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Promises promises posterI’ve known prodigious producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron since 1995 when I covered their important gays-in-the-military film, “Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story.”

Now I know the team is devoted to the musical (“Chicago,” “Annie”) so I’m sure their latest venture “Promises, Promises” with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth set to preview on Broadway on March 27 – is straight-up fun. Think “Mad Men” set to Burt Bacharach tunes.

But the plot of “Promises, Promises” – based on the award-winning Billy Wilder film “The Apartment” starring Jack Lemon and Shirley MacLaine – has at its core the societal acceptability of extra-marital affairs. Now coming off of covering the historic federal challenge to the constitutionality of Prop 8 where the ProtectMarriage side went on and on about the sanctity of marriage and how historically the purpose of marriage is the procreation of children – this show promises to be an laugh-out loud ode to heterosexual hypocrisy. Please click inside to see how.


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