Success Story (play)
1932 Broadway three-act drama written by John Howard Lawson
Success Story was a 1932 Broadway three-act drama written by John Howard Lawson,
produced by the Group Theatre and staged by Lee Strasberg with Scenic design by
Mordecai Gorelik. It ran for 121 performances from September 26, 1932, to January 1933 at the
Maxine Elliott's Theatre. This was actor Russell Collins' Broadway debut. Actors
William Challee and Ruth Nelson were a married couple.
Plot
In 1928 young Sol Ginsberg joins a Madison Avenue advertising agency. Formerly a radical idealist his
philosophy changes to money as being the culmination of the American Dream. He starts to compromise his former
ideals to advance his career, risking losing the faith of his childhood sweetheart and in himself.
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