Tootsie
Book by Robert Horn | Music and lyrics by David Yazbek
Based on the story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart and the Columbia Pictures movie produced by Punch Productions with Dustin Hofmann in the lead role
German version by Roman Hinze
- In German with German and English surtitles -
Cooperation with the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz | New production
Music director: Jürgen Grimm | Stage director: Gil Mehmert
12+ approx. 2 hours 50 minutes, incl. one break
Premiere
26.10.
Michael Dorsey is a struggling actor. He doesn’t get any roles because he prefers to ignore the directors’ opinions. When he helps a friend prepare for an audition for the musical JULIET’S CURSE, he has an idea: disguised as a woman, he auditions for the role of the nurse himself, and to his surprise he gets cast. Michael slowly but surely takes over the direction of the production, and after making many changes and renaming the musical JULIET’S NURSE, the premiere is a huge success. But Michael’s double life soon poses ever greater challenges for him. And when he falls in love with his colleague Julie, who only sees him as a good friend, perfect chaos ensues.
Following the runaway success of the 1982 comedy starring Dustin Hoffman, David Yazbek and Robert Horn created the musical TOOTSIE, which was first staged in Chicago in 2018. After winning numerous awards – including two Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Actor – the musical had its European premiere in Munich in 2022 under the direction of Gil Mehmert. Mehmert is now restaging
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Cast
Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels
Julian Culemann
Julie Nichols
Bettina Mönch
(Termine)
Alexandra Farkic (Termine)
Alexandra Farkic (Termine)
Sandy Lester
Vera Bolten
Jeff Slater
Mathias Schlung
Max van Horn
Jan Nicolas Bastel
Ron Carlisle
Daniel Berger
Rita Marshall
Susanna Panzner
(Termine)
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Stan Fields
Michael Ophelders
Stuart
Bernard Niemeyer
Suzie
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Carl
Michael Ophelders
Stylist
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Musikalische Leitung
Jürgen Grimm
Regie
Gil Mehmert
Regiemitarbeit
Kai Hüsgen
Bühne
Judith Leikauf
Karl Fehringer
Karl Fehringer
Licht
Michael Heidinger
Boris Kahnert
Boris Kahnert
Choreografie
Faye Heather Anderson
Regieassistenz und Abendspielleitung
Bernard Niemeyer
Inspizienz
Karsten Sandleben
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