TOOTSIE - First National Tour Director
The first national tour of the Tony-winning musical, Tootsie. A newly conceived version of the Broadway musical with Choreography by Tony-nominee Denis Jones and new material by Robert Horn (Tony-winner, Best Book of a Musical) and David Yazbek. Based on the original Broadway production directed by Scott Ellis.
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“Director Dave Solomon, who worked as an associate on the Broadway production, provides some slick staging which involves a Greek chorus that appears in some solo numbers to provide backup (quite effectively) as well as help move set pieces on stage and off. The cast he's assembled all does justice to the great material they're working with from Robert Horn's script to David Yazbek's musical score.” - Jeffrey Kare, BroadwayWorld NC
“Director Dave Solomon brings out the best from every single up-and-comer in the cast.” – Steven Stanley, StageScene LA
“impeccably staged and directed by Dave Solomon” - Kevin T. Baldwin, MetrMag, Worcester MA
“Director Dave Solomon paces the evening briskly, as it should be. The comic moments are allowed to play out with a good note towards timing along with a dash of farce…one of the funniest evenings in the theatre in recent years.” - BroadwayWorld (Buffalo Premiere)
“Under the direction of Dave Solomon, “Tootsie” goes from fun show to hit. The chemistry between the cast feels both familiar and fresh.” - Kimberly Rau, 99.7 FM NJ
“There is a seamless marriage of verbal one liners, comic takes, and awkward pauses that become a master class in how to do comedy right. The cast as a whole is a fierce and fabulous ensemble that knows how to work TOOTSIE to play in a big theater. – Brett Cullum, BroadwayWorld Houston
DREW BECKER, JARED DAVID MICHAEL GRANT photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
ASHLEY ALEXANDRA. photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
PAYTON REILLY, DREW BECKER. photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
ASHLEY ALEXANDRA, DREW BECKER, LUKAS JAMES MILLER and COMPANY. photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek
Book by Robert Horn
Choreographer - Denis Jones
Supervising Music Director - Andrea Grody
Music Direction - Andrew David Sotomayor / Josh Ceballos
Original Set Design by David Rockwell
Tour Scenic Design by Christine Peters
Costume Design by William Ivey Long
Lighting Design by Don Holder
Sound Design by Brian Ronan
Hair and Wig Design by Paul Huntley
Makeup Design by Angelina Avallone
Casting by Binder Casting, Chad Murnane CSA
OPENING CAST:
Drew Becker, Ashley Alexandra, Payton Reilly, Jared David Michael Grant, Lukas James Miller, Steve Brustein, Kathy Halenda, Adam du Plessis, with Leyla Ali, Kyra Christopher, Delaney Gold, Danielle Gordon, Dominique Kempf, Lucy Panush, Connor Allston, Darius Aushay, Michael Warren Bingham, Maverick Hiu, Marquez Linder, Alec Ruiz, Lexi Baldachino, Ashton Lambert.
YEAR TWO ADDITIONS: Matthew Rella, Dianne B. Manaster with Parker Aimone, Mathew Bautista, Javian DePalma, MIa Davidson, Nicole Fragala, Laura Guley, Brian Cedric Jones, Matt Kurzyniec, Robert Miller, Kaimana Neil, Arianna Shrage, Josh Woodie