Suffern High School presents the spring musical How to Succeed in Business, which runs Thursday, March 19, through Saturday, March 21, at the Suffern High School Auditorium.

All those long rehearsals with cast, stage crew and orchestra pit musicians working to put on the big Spring Musical are about to pay off. Suffern High School will showcase its storied theater tradition with the Thursday night premiere of the musical comedy How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

The 1962 Tony-award winning Broadway musical has had renewed success recently with Matthew Broderick, Daniel Radcliffe and Darren Criss all singing and dancing the lead role of J. Pierrepont Finch, the wide-eyed boy wonder who climbs the corporate ladder. Senior Craig Long takes the lead in the Suffern production.

Dress rehearsal of cast singing “Brotherhood of Man” in SHS’s production of How To Succeed in Business.

How to Succeed in Business  will run Thursday, March 19, through Saturday, March 21, at the Suffern High School Auditorium. Tickets are available online or at the door and run $10 for students and $15 for adults. Note: Due to weather, the Friday, March 20, show has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 22, at 4 p.m.

Showtimes are at 7 p.m., with an additional understudy matinee on Saturday at 1 p.m.

The cast sings “A Secretary is Not a Toy” from SHS’s How To Succeed in Business.

LoHud theater writer Peter Kramer just had a glowing behind-the-scenes look at the production, praising Suffern’s understudy tradition that allows the inclusive participation of freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, who then graduate to larger roles. Sr. Craig Long touched on his participation as a freshman in the outstanding Suffern production of Sweeney Todd with then senior David Stedge in the lead role of the Demon Barber. Julia Castle was also a tour de force as Mrs. Lovett in that production.

Kramer also mentioned Music Director Daniel McCarter’s 60-student strong pit orchestra, the propulsive back beat of the production.

Randall Schwartz, who leads all things band related at the high school, heads up the highly anticipated musical. The faculty  team includes Vocal Director Alison Meyer and cheer leading coach Perri Hammershlag as choreographer. Rich Murray is in charge of sets and the all-important crew.

Running Lines with the cast of Suffern High School’s spring musical production of How To Succeed In Business, courtesy of Peter D. Kramer, The Journal News theater writer and all things theatrical throughout the Hudson Valley.