Tony-winning bookwriter said film's story about a cross-dressing actor had to be transformed and updated for modern audiences
San Diego theater fans will get their first look at “Tootsie: The Comedy Musical” when it makes its first visit to the San Diego Civic Theatre next week.
The musical was based on the Oscar-nominated 1982 film starring Dustin Hoffman as struggling New York actor Michael Becker, who disguises himself as a woman to land a female role in a soap opera and becomes an overnight star . With a score by David Yazbek and a Tony-winning book by Robert Horn , the “Tootsie” musical premiered in Chicago in 2018 and had a nearly yearlong run on Broadway in 2019.
The first national tour, delayed for 18 months by the pandemic, hit the road last October. In prepared comments, bookwriter Horn answered a few questions about the musical. His responses have been edited for space. Drew Becker as Michael Dorsey in the national tour of “Tootsie: The Comedy Musical,” playing April 12-17 at the San Diego Civic Theatre.: The idea came from our prolific and wonderful producer, Scott Sanders, who had the rights to the movie. ... When he approached me about it, I got very nervous. I mean, it’s an iconic movie and comic masterpiece, but it also has content and plot points that I knew did not age well. I was terrified to take it on at first and passed on the offer.
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