BroadwayWorld is bringing you Words From the Wings, a new series of interviews that take fans behind the scenes of some of their favorite Broadway stars' backstage routines! We're chatting with John Behlmann from Shucked. John told us all about his favorite backstage moments, must-haves, and more!
Call it “musical comedy heaven” (Rolling Stone). Call it “the most uproarious new musical in years!” (The Hollywood Reporter). Call it Tootsie! This laugh-out-loud love letter to the theater tells the story of Michael Dorsey, a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until one show-stopping act of desperation lands him the role of a lifetime. Featuring a hilarious Tony®-winning book by Robert Horn and an outrageously clever score by 2018 Tony-winner David Yazbek (The Band’s Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), this New York Times Critic’s Pick is “a joyful delight” (The Washington Post) that’s “so packed with punchlines, it should be called a jokebox musical!” (Bloomberg). “In these turbulent times, when the world seems out of balance, we need a place to let the good times roll,” raves Rolling Stone. “Tootsie is it!”
The cast of the National Tour of “Tootsie.” Actors prepare for roles in various ways. Drew Becker prepared for his most recent one by buying a pair of high heels. “I’d never walked in heels before,” he says, “and the summer before heading into rehearsals for the first time, I would wear them around the
The national tour of the musical "Tootsie," at The Bushnell through Feb. 26, has great comic timing and great theatrical style. Making some big changes to the 1982 movie it's based on, the show concerns a struggling male actor who disguises himself as a woman to get a role in a Broadway musical.