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Tootsie

First Preview: Mar 14, 2019
Opening Date: Mar 14, 2019
Closing Date: Jan 5, 2020
Running Time: 02:35
Tootsie

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Playing @
Marquis Theatre
210 West 46th Street, New York City, NY 10036
It’s “far and away the funniest show of the season” (Daily News). It’s “the most uproarious new show in years” (The Hollywood Reporter). It’s “the best comedy on Broadway” (Forbes). No matter how you say it, Tootsie is unanimously funny!

Tony Award® winner Santino Fontana
gives “one of the best performances in musical comedy history" (Rolling Stone) in this laugh-out-loud love letter to the theatre, based on the Oscar®-nominated film. Featuring a Tony-winning book by Robert Horn and an outrageously clever score by 2018 Tony winner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), this New York Times Critic’s Pick is a “hilarious, thoroughly modern Tootsie” (People Magazine) that’s “even funnier than the movie!” (New York Post). “In these turbulent times, when the world seems out of balance, we need a place to let the good times roll,” says Rolling Stone, “Tootsie is it." Don’t miss the “winner Broadway has been waiting for!” (The Washington Post). 
BroadwayMusical
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 13

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY & THURSDAY @ 7:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY @ 2 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM


Written By
  • Based on the story by Don McGuire & Larry Gelbart and the Columbia Pictures motion picture

Music
  • David Yazbek

Lyrics
  • David Yazbek

Book
  • Robert Horn

Director
  • Scott Ellis

Choreographer
  • Denis Jones

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Full-price tickets:

$69.00 - $169.00

Lottery & Rush

$42 - limited number of general rush tickets available at the box office when it opens for the day's performances. Limited to two tickets per person, tickets are subject to availability. Cash and major credit cards are accepted.

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Reviews

  • The new Broadway adaptation of “Tootsie” is old-fashioned and proud of it — and it’s a surefire crowd-pleaser, in this musical spin on the 1982 film comedy with Santino Fontana in the Dustin Hoffman role.Robert Horn (book) and Tony-winner David Yazbek (score) have a high old time poking fun at theatrical rituals — the mortifying auditions, the grueling rehearsals, the agonizing openings, the backstage heartbreak — in this affectionate sendup of a Broadway musical (replacing the movie’s soap opera setting) and its uniquely unlikely star. Director Scott Ellis leaves nothing and no one unscathed in staging this satire of a Broadway-bound musical called “Juliet’s Nurse.” From the gaudy Renaissance costumes (by William Ivey Long) to the over-the-top choreography (from Denis Jones), the creatives nail it.
  • Tootsie is full of terrific moments: Yazbek’s delightfully pessimistic lyrics (one song repeats the line “you f**ked it up,” to great effect); supporting turns from the sidesplittingly funny Sarah Stiles as hopelessly insecure neighbor Sandy (“My phone no longer recognizes my face I.D. unless I’m crying!”) and perennial scene-stealer Julie Halston as producer Rita, über-chic in an Ann Richards–white wig and a brocade Jackie O–inspired suit (“Dorothy, I’m rich. Not in family or friends. In money, the good rich”); lush—and magically magnetic—costumes by William Ivey Long (they go from the Renaissance to 1950s Cinecittà glam with a mere twirl of a skirt); and, most important, a genuinely believable, winning performance by Fontana, who’s so darn convincing as Dorothy that when he starts to sing as Michael it simply sounds wrong.
  • Let other shows mope or brood or inspire, as some of them do very well. This one is out to give you a good time, and that’s just what it does. Tootsie rocks. Tootsie rolls. Tootsie pops.
  • The new Broadway adaptation of “Tootsie” is old-fashioned and proud of it — and it’s a surefire crowd-pleaser, in this musical spin on the 1982 film comedy with Santino Fontana in the Dustin Hoffman role.Robert Horn (book) and Tony-winner David Yazbek (score) have a high old time poking fun at theatrical rituals — the mortifying auditions, the grueling rehearsals, the agonizing openings, the backstage heartbreak — in this affectionate sendup of a Broadway musical (replacing the movie’s soap opera setting) and its uniquely unlikely star. Director Scott Ellis leaves nothing and no one unscathed in staging this satire of a Broadway-bound musical called “Juliet’s Nurse.” From the gaudy Renaissance costumes (by William Ivey Long) to the over-the-top choreography (from Denis Jones), the creatives nail it.

Accessibility

  • Box Office

    Broadway between 45th & 46th Sts. Counter 42".
  • Curb Ramps

    SW corner of Broadway & 46th St.; SE corner of 8th Ave. & 46th St.; NW corner of Broadway & 45th St.
  • Restroom

    All restrooms are equipped to accommodate patrons with disabilities. Womens and Mens: Hotel 3rd and 4th floors. Door 47". Stall door 30". Stall 36" x 60". Commode 20". Grab bars
  • Elevator/Escalator

    available
  • Entrance

    Door (32") to hotel lobby with elevators. Theater entrance third floor of hotel. Ramp to wheelchair seating. Every row in theater on a different step.
  • Visual Assistance

    For low vision/deaf & hard of hearing guests, accessible seats are available in the orchestra
  • Water Fountain

    Hotel 3rd and 4th floor. Spout 33". 8th Floor of Hotel
  • Assisted Listening System

    Headsets for sound augmentation are available at the theatre, free of charge. Guests are required to fill out a form with their name, email, and phone number to ensure the item is returned after the show.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Wheelchair accessible seating available for purchase at the box office only.
  • Folding Armrests

    Mobility seats with folding armrests or removable chairs.

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