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The Tony® Award-Winning Musical Arrives to the Kravis Center from February 7 to 12

The cast of the National Tour of TOOTSIE. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade.
The cast of the National Tour of TOOTSIE. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade.
February 9, 2023

Tootsie, the hilarious Tony® Award-winning musical, comes to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

West Palm Beach, FL - (by CRL Media) - Called “musical comedy heaven” by Rolling Stone magazine. Called “the most scandalous new musical in years” by The Hollywood Reporter. And known to all as Tootsie, this musical is a playful declaration of love to the theater genre that tells the story of Michael Dorsey, a talented but complicated actor who struggles to find work until a desperate act lands him the role of a lifetime.

The musical features the book by Tony® winner Robert Horn and a clever score by fellow 2018 Tony® winner David Yazbek (The Band's Visit, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). It has been highlighted by critics in the New York Times and has earned praise from outlets such as the Washington Post, which called it "a joyous delight" and Bloomberg, who called it "a musical full of jokes." For its part, Rolling Stone noted that "in these turbulent times, when the world seems out of balance, we need a place to let the good times roll." "Tootsie is that place!" Says the prestigious magazine.

The musical has an incredible list of professionals who take the show to the level of the best musicals in the world.

Tootsie's creative team includes director Dave Solomon (associate Broadway director); Broadway choreographer Denis Jones and associate choreographer Chip Abbott. The musical's design team includes Original Scenic Designer David Rockwell, Tour Scenic Designer Christine Peters, Costume Designer William Ivey Long, Associate Costume Designer Christopher Vergara, Lighting Designer Donald Holder , Associate Lighting Designers Vivien Leone and Coby Chasman-Beck and Assistant Lighting Designer Colleen Doherty.

Also part of the successful team are sound designer Brian Ronan and associate sound designer Cody Spencer, while hair design and characterization is done by Paul Huntley and his assistant Loryn Pretorius, and makeup design is by Angelina Avallone. The casting, for its part, is in charge of Binder Casting, Chad Murnane CSA.

Music supervision is by Andrea Grody and Dean Sharenow, vocal and incidental arrangements are also by Andrea Grody, dance arrangements are by David Chase, orchestrations by Simon Hale, and music coordination by Talitha Fehr.

Tootsie is based on the story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart and the Columbia Pictures film, produced by Punch Productions and starring renowned actor Dustin Hoffman. The Tootsie National Tour is produced and managed by TROIKA Entertainment, and the production was licensed by Music Theater International.

The fun-filled Tony® Award-winning musical is the best opportunity to have a good time and fun in the best style of Broadway shows and in the best place to enjoy it: the Kravis Center. Do not miss it! 

About the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts:

The Kravis Center is a nonprofit performing arts center located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL. The mission of the Kravis is to improve the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse lineup of the highest quality national and international artists and companies and by offering comprehensive arts education programs – serving more than three million students since its inception. ; provides a home in Palm Beach County for local and regional arts organizations to showcase their work and also provides an economic and community leadership catalyst in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County. 

For information, visit kravis.org.


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