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Tootsie (musical)
''Tootsie'' is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Robert Horn. The musical is based on the 1982 American comedy film of the same name written by Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson (uncredited), Elaine May (uncredited) and Murray Schisgal from the story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. The musical made its world premiere try-out at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago in September 2018. Like the film, the musical tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman in order to land a job. The original movie revolved around a daytime soap opera, while the show involves a Broadway musical. Productions The musical had an industry reading in June 2017. Santino Fontana played the lead role of actor Michael Dorsey, who transforms into "Dorothy Michaels" to obtain a role. Scott Ellis replaced Casey Nicholaw as director. The stage musical version of ''Tootsie'' premiered in previews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Yazbek
David Norman Yazbek (born 1961) is an American writer, musician, composer, and lyricist. He wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals ''The Full Monty'' (2000), '' Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (2004), '' Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'' (2010), ''The Band's Visit'' (2017), ''Tootsie'' (2019), and '' Dead Outlaw'' (2025). He won a Tony Award and a Grammy Award for ''The Band's Visit''. He also consulted on the musical '' Buena Vista Social Club''. Early life David Yazbek was born in New York City. His father is of Lebanese descent, and his mother was of half-Italian and half-Jewish ancestry. He began cello lessons in elementary school and took up the piano as a teenager. He attended Riverdale Country School. While attending Brown University as an undergraduate, he wrote an original musical with the production group Brownbrokers before graduating in 1982. He also directed a production of ''Hair'' with the student theatre group Production Workshop, for which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Nicholaw
Casey Nicholaw (born October 6, 1962) is an American theatre director, choreographer, and performer. He has been nominated for several Tony Awards for his work directing and choreographing ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006), ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011), ''Aladdin'' (2014), '' Something Rotten!'' (2015), ''Mean Girls'' (2018), '' The Prom'' (2019), and ''Some Like It Hot'' (2023) and for choreographing '' Monty Python's Spamalot'' (2005), winning for his co-direction of ''The Book of Mormon'' with Trey Parker and his choreography of ''Some Like It Hot''. He also was nominated for the Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Direction and Choreography for ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006) and ''Something Rotten!'' (2015) and for Outstanding Choreography for ''Spamalot'' (2005). Early life The son of Andy and Kay Nicholaw and the oldest of three children, Nicholaw grew up in San Diego, California, and performed in community theatre there as a teenager. He graduated from Clairemont High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It lies in Western New York at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River on the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the List of municipalities in New York, second-most populous city in New York State after New York City, and the List of United States cities by population, 82nd-most populous city in the U.S. Buffalo is the primary city of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 1.1 million in 2020, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 49th-largest metro area in the U.S. Before the 17th century, the region was inhabited by nomadic Paleo-Indians who were succeeded by the Neutral Confederacy, Neutral, Erie people, Erie, and Iroquois nations. In the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shea's Performing Arts Center
Shea's Performing Arts Center (originally Shea's Buffalo) is a theater for touring Broadway musicals and special events in Buffalo, New York. Originally called Shea's Buffalo, it was opened in 1926 to show silent movies. It took one year to build the entire theatre. Shea's boasts one of the few theater organs in the US that is still in operation in the theater for which it was designed. History Shea's Buffalo, the flagship of the theater chain, was designed by the noted firm of Rapp and Rapp of Chicago. Modeled in a combination of Spanish and French Baroque and Rococo styles, the theatre was designed to resemble opera houses and palaces of Europe of the 17th and 18th centuries. Originally the seating accommodated nearly 4,000 people, but several hundred seats were removed in the 1930s to make more comfortable accommodations in the orchestra area; there are now 3,019 seats at Shea's. The interior was designed by designer/artist Louis Comfort Tiffany with most of the elements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playbill
''Playbill'' is an American monthly magazine for Audience, theatergoers. Although there is a subscription issue available for home delivery, most copies of ''Playbill'' are printed for particular productions and distributed at the door as the show's Programme (booklet), program. ''Playbill'' was first printed in 1884 for a single theater on 21st Street in New York City. The magazine is now used at nearly every Broadway theatre as well as many Off-Broadway productions. Outside New York City, ''Playbill'' is used at theaters throughout the United States. its Magazine circulation, circulation was 4,073,680. History What is known today as ''Playbill'' started in 1884, when Frank Vance Strauss founded the New York Theatre Program Corporation specializing in printing theater programs. Strauss reimagined the concept of a theater program, making advertisements a standard feature and thus transforming what was then a leaflet into a fully designed magazine. The new format proved popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis Theatre
The Marquis Theatre is a Broadway theatre, Broadway theater on the third floor of the New York Marriott Marquis hotel in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1986, it is operated by the Nederlander Organization. There are about 1,612 seats in the auditorium, spread across an orchestra level and a balcony. The Marquis was designed by John C. Portman Jr., who designed the Marriott Marquis and included the theater to increase the size of the hotel. The theater's main entrance and box office are at 210 West 46th Street. The box office is at ground level, and there are escalators leading from the ground floor to the auditorium. Due to a lack of space, the Wing (theater), wings on each side of the proscenium arch are smaller than mandated by city building codes. The theater also has no freight elevator, no dedicated restroom facilities, and small hallways. A theater was proposed on the site in 1973 as part o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Rogers
Reg Rogers (born December 23, 1964) is an American stage, film, and television actor, known for his roles in '' Primal Fear'' and '' Runaway Bride'' and for the TV miniseries ''Attila''. He also appears in theater, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. Early life Rogers was raised in Newport Beach, California. After high school, he attended several colleges before graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1993. Career Rogers has frequently appeared in guest roles on television shows including ''Law & Order'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Friends'', ''The Closer'', ''Boardwalk Empire'', ''Touched by an Angel'', ''The Knick'', '' Lipstick Jungle'', '' Miss Match'', '' Hell on Wheels'', ''The Americans'', ''The Blacklist'' and the TV miniseries ''Attila''. He played the killer Andrew Lincoln in the 2005 TV film '' Stone Cold'', part of the Jesse Stone TV film series. Films that featured Rogers include '' Primal Fear'', '' I Shot Andy Warhol'', '' Runaway Bride'', '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McGrath (actor)
Michael McGrath (September 25, 1957 – September 14, 2023) was an American actor. Best known for his work on the Broadway stage, he received a Tony Award in 2012 for his performance in the musical '' Nice Work If You Can Get It''. Career McGrath was an ensemble member and understudy for many shows, including '' My Favorite Year'', ''Swinging on a Star'', and '' Little Me''. He appeared in the musicals '' Anything Goes'' (2002) as Moonface Martin and in ''Wonderful Town'' (2003) as Chick Clark. McGrath played the role of Patsy in the Broadway musical ''Spamalot'' (2005), for which he received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. McGrath starred in the play ''Is He Dead?'' on Broadway in December 2007 to February 2008 as Agamemnon Buckner. McGrath originated the role of Mr. Simmons in '' Memphis'' (Broadway, 2009). McGrath played the role of Cookie McGee in the Broadway musical '' Nice Work If You Can Get It'' (2012), for which he won the Tony Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Halston
Julie Halston (born December 7, 1954) is an American actress and comedian who appeared on television, film, and theatre. She received four Drama Desk Award nominations for her Broadway performances, and in 2020 was awarded the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 74th Tony Awards. On television, Halston is best known for playing socialite Bitsy von Muffling in the HBO comedy series, ''Sex and The City'', its film continuation, and the sequel series, '' And Just Like That...''. Early life and education Julie Halston was born in Flushing, Queens. Her parents, Rudolph "Rudy" Abatelli and Julia Madeline "Dolly" (née Gardner) moved to Commack, Long Island, when Halston was four years old. After attending a Catholic high school, she graduated from Hofstra University, ''cum laude'', with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre arts. Career Halston first achieved recognition as an actress through her co-starring performances in the comedy plays of writer-performer, Charles Busch in the 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Behlmann
John Behlmann is an American actor known for such plays, musicals, films and television series as '' The 39 Steps'', ''Significant Other'', '' Tootsie'', '' The Wolf of Wall Street'', '' Revolutionary Road'', ''Guiding Light'' and ''All My Children''. Education He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and The National Theatre Conservatory. Personal life John Behlmann was born in Florissant, Missouri outside of St. Louis. He moved to England when he was in grade school, living there for two years. After England he moved to Katy, Texas Katy is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in the Greater Katy area, itself forming the western part of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Homes and businesses may have Katy postal addresses without being in the City of Katy. The city ..., where he lived until moving to Connecticut to attend Wesleyan University. After graduation he attended the national Theater Conservatory in Denver and moved to New York to pursue his love of theat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Stiles
Sarah Grace Stiles (born June 20, 1979) is an American singer and actress known for her work in Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre. She performed the role of Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut in ''Avenue Q'', and performed in the musical '' Vanities'', in which she played the character of Joanne. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2015 for her performance in '' Hand to God'' and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2019 for her performance in ''Tootsie''. She also voiced Spinel in '' Steven Universe: The Movie'' (2019), and ''Steven Universe Future'' (2020). She can also be heard as diva Emma Olivia in '' As the Curtain Rises'', an original Broadway soap opera from the Broadway Podcast Network. Early life Stiles was born on June 20, 1979, in Massachusetts and was later raised in Strafford, New Hampshire attending Strafford Elementary School. After middle school, Stiles began her high school career at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilli Cooper
Lilli Cooper (born March 4, 1990) is an American actress and singer. Cooper's acting credits are mostly in the theatre industry; her on-stage debut was in 2006's ''Spring Awakening'' at the age of 15. Currently, her only two on-screen roles were in television's ''Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock'' and ''Hazbin Hotel''. Life and career Cooper is the daughter of actor Chuck Cooper and Tisa Farley. Her grandfather acted at the Karamu House in Cleveland. She attended LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and Vassar College, graduating from the latter in 2012. She was the standby for Elphaba in the Broadway production of '' Wicked'', and originated the role of Martha Bessell in '' Spring Awakening''. She also played Hélène Kuragina in the American Repertory Theatre production of '' Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'' in 2015. She originated the role of Sandy Cheeks in the Broadway production of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', which opened on December 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
