Tootsie officially opened last night, April 23! BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and we're taking you inside the after party below!

Tootsie tells the story of a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until one show-stopping act of desperation lands him the role of a lifetime - as the star of a new Broadway musical.

TOOTSIE features an original score by Tony Award-winner David Yazbek (The Band's Visit, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), a book by Robert Horn(13; Dame Edna, Back with a Vengeance), choreography by Tony Award nominee Denis Jones (Holiday Inn, Honeymoon in Vegas), and music direction by Andrea Grody (The Band's Visit). Tootsie will be directed by eight-time Tony Award nominee and Olivier Award winner Scott Ellis (She Loves Me, On the Twentieth Century).

The company is led by Tony Award nominee Santino Fontana as Michael Dorsey, Lilli Cooper as Julie Nichols, Tony Award nominee Sarah Stiles as Sandy Lester, John Behlmann as Max Van Horn, Andy Grotelueschen as Jeff Slater, Julie Halston as Rita Marshall, Tony Award winner Michael McGrath as Stan Fields, and Tony Award nominee Reg Rogers as Ron Carlisle.

Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi



Santino Fontana



Santino Fontana



Lilli Cooper



Lilli Cooper



Lilli Cooper and Santino Fontana



Lilli Cooper and Santino Fontana



Julie Halston



Julie Halston



Michael McGrath



Michael McGrath



Sarah Stiles



Sarah Stiles



John Behlmann and Sarah Stiles



Santino Fontana, John Behlmann and Sarah Stiles



Scott Ellis



David Yazbek



David Yazbek and Andrea Grody



Denis Jones



Robert Horn



Britney Coleman



Sissy Bell



Sissy Bell



Anthony Wayne



John Arthur Greene



John Arthur Greene



Andy Grotelueschen



Reg Rogers



Barry Busby, Drew King, Nick Spangler, John Arthur Green, Anthony Wayne and Harris Milgrim



Jessica Hershberg



Jessica Hershberg



Sissy Bell and Jordan Weagraff



Sissy Bell and Jordan Weagraff



Paula Leggett Chase and David Chase



John Behlmann and guest



Leslie Donna Flesner



Drew King, John Arthur Green, James Moye, Jeff Kready and Nick Spangler



Shina Ann Morris, Leslie Donna Flesner, Jenifer Foote, Sissy Bell, Diana Vaden, Katerina Papacostas, Britney Coleman and Paula Leggett Chase