| Tootsie | |
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| Music | David Yazbek |
| Lyrics | David Yazbek |
| Book | Robert Horn |
| Basis | Tootsie by Larry Gelbart Murray Schisgal Don McGuire |
| Premiere | September 11, 2018: Cadillac Palace Theatre |
| Productions | 2018 Chicago 2019 Broadway 2021 First National Tour 2023 Buenos Aires |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Book of a 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.