Santino Fontana Shines In Broadway's Updated, Relentlessly Funny 'Tootsie'
Decades after "Tootsie" hit the silver screen, Michael Dorsey is back in the updated musical comedy starring Santino Fontana.
Nearly four decades after Dustin Hoffman put on a dress, slipped on high heels and hit the silver screen as Michael Dorsey in “Tootsie,” the story is being remade as a new comedy musical on Broadway.
Dorsey is an out-of-work actor who, for lack of other opportunities, auditioned for a woman’s role in a TV soap opera — as a woman. Dorsey, or Dorothy Michaels as he renames himself, gets the part. But not without a host of complications.
Nearly four decades later, the new version, a Broadway musical, is getting rave reviews.
Santino Fontana has stepped into the role of Dorsey, and in this incarnation, he’s auditioning for a farcical musical sequel to Romeo and Juliet, “Juliet’s Nurse.”
