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Tootsie - Broadway Creative Team


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Production Staff

Larry Gelbart Source Material
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Robert Horn Bookwriter
Robert Horn has written or co-written the books for Dame Edna, Back with a Vengeance; 13 with Jason Robert Brown; Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical, with Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark; Lone Star Love with the Red Clay Ramblers; and Dandy with composer Andreas Carlsson. Mr. Horn has also made contributions to numerous large-scale live events, such as Bette Midler's 2016 Divine Intervention world tour. He has written, created, or produced such television series as "Designing Women," "Living Single," "High Society," "The Jenny Rivera Show," "Car Wash," and the Kelsey Grammer/Martin Lawrence series "Partners," to name just a few. Mr. ... read more
Don McGuire Source Material
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David Yazbek Composer & Lyricist
42nd.Club Producer
A club for Broadway investors. Principals include Phil Kenny, Claire Kenny, Gary Rubenstein, Jaime Reubenstein and Max Newman. www.42nd.club ... read more
Angelina Avallone Make-Up Design
Broadway design credits include: The Addams Family, Rock of Ages, West Side Story (Revival), Bye Bye Bye Birdie, Dreamgirls (National Tour); Memphis, Gypsy (with Patti LuPone), 9 to 5 (Mark Taper Forum and Broadway), Young Frankenstein (Broadway and National Tour), The Little Mermaid, The Royal Family, After Miss Julie, Accent on Youth, Guys and Dolls (Revival), 33 Variations, Pal Joey, A Catered Affair, Minsky’s (Pre-Broadway/Mark Taper Forum), Curtains, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (Broadway and National Tour), Sunday In The Park With George, Company, Sweeney Todd, Dangerous Liaisons, The Ritz, Cymbeline, The Country Girl (Frances McDormand), The New ... read more
David Chase Dance Arrangements
David has been Music Director, Supervisor and/or Arranger for thirty-five Broadway productions. Most recently, David acted as dance arranger on Roundabout Theatre Company’s Kiss Me, Kate and Tootsie, currently on Broadway. Other theatre credits include: many arrangements for the Boston Pops and Tanglewood Festival Chorus, The Kennedy Center Honors, Radio City Music Hall (where he spent many years as music director), EssentialVoicesUSA (including the upcoming Washington Women), and TV’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Music director for several productions at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (including The King and I with choreographer Peggy Hickey), and for NBC’s live performances of The Sound of Music ... read more
Scott Ellis Director
Ellis is the Associate Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company. His Broadway credits include She Loves Me (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), You Can’t Take It With You (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), On the Twentieth Century (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Elephant Man (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Tony nomination), Harvey, Curtains (Tony nomination), The Little Dog Laughed (Lortel nomination), Twelve Angry Men (Tony nomination), The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Rainmaker, 1776 (Drama Desk, Tony nomination), Company, Steel Pier (Tony nomination), She Loves Me (First Revival, Tony nomination), ... read more
Carol Fineman Producer
Bway: Evita, The Pee-wee Herman Show. Worth Street: Christopher Shinn's Four, The Normal Heart, Drama Desk for The Stage Door Canteen. Headed Press at The Public for 11 years. Highlight credits there (downtown & Broadway): The Tempest, Noise/Funk, Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, The Seagull w/Meryl Streep. VP Theatre, Scott Sanders Productions. ... read more
Roy Furman Producer
Credits include Evita, The Book of Mormon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Seminar. Recent productions: House of Blue Leaves, West Side Story, La Bete, Come Fly Away, Ragtime, Gypsy, The Color Purple, Spamalot. Co-founded the investment firm Furman Selz, currently vice chairman Jeffries & Company. Vice chairman of Lincoln Center, Chairman emeritus of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, vice president NY City Opera. ... read more
Phil Goldfine Producer
Robert Greenblatt is currently President of Entertainment for Showtime Networks Inc. where he is responsible for programming development, acquisitions, and scheduling of all Showtime channels. Current original series hits include "Weeds," "Dexter," "The Tudors," "Californication," "The L Word," "Brotherhood," "Secret Diary of a Call Girl," "This American Life," "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" and Tracey Ullman's "State of the Union." New series for the coming season include Diablo Cody's "United States of Tara," starring Toni Collette and produced by Steven Spielberg. A project starring Edie Falco has just completed production, and a pilot created by Tim Robbins goes ... read more
Andrea Grody Music Supervision
Vocal Arrangements
Music Director
Broadway debut. Recent projects include the world premieres of The Band's Visit (Atlantic Theater Company), Cake Off (Signature Theatre/Bucks County Playhouse), The Fortress of Solitude (Public Theater/Dallas Theater Center), Unknown Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Love’s Labour's Lost (Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park), and the Public Works production of As You Like It; and the regional premieres of The Great Immensity and Venice (Public Theater). Other favorites include Assassins (Yale Rep) and Robin Hood as Composer/Music Director (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Writing credits include the full-length musical Strange Faces and several songs for The Civilians' Let Me Ascertain You series. Andrea is ... read more
Simon Hale Orchestrations
Theatre includes: Girl from the North Country (Old Vic, West End, Public Theater, Broadway), Tootsie (Broadway), Kiss My Aztec (Berkeley Rep), Guys and Dolls (Royal Exchange, Manchester), Romantics Anonymous (Shakespeare’s Globe, Bristol Old Vic), Spring Awakening (Broadway/West End, US/Worldwide Tour), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (West End/Broadway), Whisper House (The Other Palace/San Diego), Side Show (Southwark Playhouse), Company (Sheffield Crucible), Strictly Ballroom (West End/West Yorkshire Playhouse/Toronto), Finding Neverland (Boston/Broadway), One Love (Birmingham Rep). Film includes: Spectre - E-on Productions (The Writing’s on the Wall for Sam Smith). Television includes: Sam Smith at the Academy Awards ceremony 2016 (orchestral conductor). Awards ... read more
Michael Harrison Producer
Michael Harrison is a San Diego based performer focusing primarily on Musical Theatre. By day, he is a Professor of Spanish at San Diego Mesa College. Professional Credits: West Side Story (Anxious) and Carousel (Featured Dancer) with the Heritage Repertory Theatre. San Diego Credits: Big Fish (Edward Bloom, Coronado Playhouse), Assassins (Booth, Wildsong Productions), Rock of Ages (Dennis, Wildsong Productions), Heathers (Ram’s Dad, Wildsong), Rent (Ensemble, Wildsong), Jekyll & Hyde (Sir Danvers Carew, Wildsong), The Secret Garden (Albert Lennox, Wildsong), Spamalot (Sir Bedevere, OB Playhouse), Freaky Friday (Mike, Pickwick Players), Dogfight (Lounge Singer, et al., Coronado Playhouse), The 25th Annual ... read more
Donald Holder Lighting Designer
Donald Holder has worked extensively in Theatre, Opera, Dance, Architectural and Television lighting in the US and abroad for over 30 years. He has designed 58 Broadway productions and has been nominated for 13 Tony Awards, winning the Tony for Best Lighting Design for The Lion King in 1998, and for the 2008 revival of South Pacific. Recent Broadway productions include: Tootsie, Kiss Me Kate, Anastasia, Oslo, Straight White Men, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, On the Twentieth Century, The Bridges of Madison County, Bullets Over Broadway and many others. Projects at the NY ... read more
Sally Horchow Producer
Sally Horchow is a multi-talented actress, singer, and writer who has made a name for herself in the entertainment industry. Born in Dallas, Texas, Horchow grew up with a passion for the arts. She began performing in local theater productions at a young age, and her talent soon caught the attention of industry professionals. Horchow's Broadway debut came in 2007 when she joined the cast of the hit musical "Spring Awakening." She played the role of Ilse, a troubled teenage girl who becomes a muse for the show's protagonist. Horchow's performance was praised by critics and audiences alike, and she quickly ... read more
Paul Huntley Hair and Wig Design
London-born Paul Huntley has worked hundreds of Broadway shows, most memorably the original productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Sweeney Todd, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient of the Drama Desk and Tony awards, he has also worked with the some of the most legendary leading ladies of the cinema, ranging from Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh to Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway. Current shows include Anything Goes, War Horse, Other Desert Cities and Leap of Faith. ... read more
David Ian Producer
David Ian is a British theatre producer based in London. His various international producing credits include Seminar, The Producers, The King and I, Grease, Defending the Caveman, Saturday Night Feve , Ain’t Misbehavin’, Daisy Pulls It Off, Anything Goes, Guys and Dolls, Sound of Music, Ragtime, Sweet Charity, La Cage, Flashdance, Shawshank Redemption, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pirates of Penzance, Rocky Horror Show, Singin’ in the Rain, Evita, Chess, Dr. Dolittle, West Side Story, Cats, Chicago, Starlight Express, My Fair Lady, Gypsy, Phantom (Las Vegas), Happy Days. ... read more
Denis Jones Choreographer
Denis is a two-time Tony Award nominated choreographer and director whose work has been seen on Broadway, across the country and around the world. From live theater to film and television, the variety of Denis’ work spans both media and genres. On Broadway, Denis received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic’s Circle and Chita Rivera nominations for both Tootsie and Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn (which was also captured by Broadway HD and has been enjoyed both in the US and globally on television and in movie theaters), and choreographed the Broadway production on Honeymoon in Vegas. Denis’ range of recent work ... read more
Jonathan Littman Producer
William Ivey Long Costume Designer
William Ivey Long has over 70 Broadway design credits in addition to his work in television, film, opera and ballet. Mr. Long has won 6 Tony Awards, with 15 nominations. He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in January 2006 and recently completed a 4-year elected term as Chairman of the American Theatre Wing. ... read more
Benjamin Lowy Producer
Peter May Producer
Founder, Green Curtain Productions. Six Tony® and Drama Desk awards. Credits: The Book of Mormon, Jerusalem, Arcadia, La Bête, Red, The Addams Family, A Behanding in Spokane, Ragtime, Hamlet, All My Sons, Sunday in the Park with George, Cyrano, Journey’s End, Coram Boy, History Boys, Butley, Drowsy Chaperone, The Color Purple, Spamalot, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Pillowman, Democracy, Jumpers, Flower Drum Song. ... read more
Tom McGrath Producer
Tom McGrath is a Chicago actor and photographer. He has worked onstage with Steppenwolf Theatre, the Right Brain Project, New Leaf Theatre Company, LiveWire Chicago Theatre, InFusion Theatre Company, Citadel Theatre Company, Dream Theatre Company, Circle Theatre, and others. His photography has been used by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Emerald City Theatre Company, Promethean Theatre Ensemble, InFusion Theatre Company, Prologue Theatre Company, Mortar Theatre Company, Strawdog Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, City Lit, as well as the Northwestern University Marching Band. He also competed on Jeopardy!, but lost by $10. ... read more James L. Nederlander is President of the Nederlander Organization and son of James M. Nederlander (Chairman). He is the third generation of a family known for owning and operating theatres around the world as well as theatrical productions, cultural presentations and popular music attractions. Current productions include West Side Story, The Addams Family, Next to Normal and Race. Upcoming productions include a live show with magician David Blaine. ... read more IPN members bring Broadway productions to more than 110 cities through North America and Japan. Recent Broadway, London, U.S. and international tours include Monty Python's Spamalot, The Color Purple, Throughly Modern Millie, Bombay Dreams, Starlight Express, The King and I and Edward Scissorhands. ... read more
David Rockwell Scenic Designer
Broadway: She Loves Me (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards), On the Twentieth Century (Tony nom.), You Can't Take It With You (Tony nom.), Kinky Boots (Tony nom.), Lucky Guy (Tony nom.), Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle noms.). Off Broadway: the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park. Founder and president of Rockwell Group, the architecture firm which renovated The Hayes Theater for Second Stage. Honors: AIANY President's Award, Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, Presidential Design Award. ... read more
Brian Ronan Sound Designer
Over 40 Broadway designs including The Prom, Tootsie, Mean Girls, Margaritaville, Springsteen on Broadway, War Paint, The Last Ship, Beautiful, If/Then, Anything Goes, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, Grey Gardens. On the West End: Spring Awakening, Book of Mormon and Beautiful. Off Broadway designs include Bowie’s Lazarus, Giant, Rent, Everyday Rapture, Saved, 10 Million Miles, and Bug. He is the recipient of Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Olivier and Tony awards. ... read more
Dean Sharenow Music Coordination
Music Supervision
Dean is a Grammy-nominated recording engineer and producer who also supervises theatrical music departments and orchestras. His Broadway credits include Sting's The Last Ship and David Yazbek's Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, as well as Amelie and Lysistrata Jones. Off-Broadway, Dean has contracted Twelfth Night, The Total Bent, Fortress Of Solitude, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (all Public Theater). He also serves as contractor-in-residence at the Public. Dean's engineering and producer credits include The Great Comet, Old Hats, Preludes, Fortress Of Solitude, Women On The Verge..., and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, as well as solo albums for ... read more

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Awards and Nominations

2019 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Robert Horn won.
Outstanding Choreography: Denis Jones was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical: William Ivey Long was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Scott Ellis was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: David Yazbek won.
Outstanding Music: David Yazbek won.
Outstanding Musical: Tootsie was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical: Brian Ronan was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Wig and Hair Design: Paul Huntley was nominated but did not win.

2019 Drama League Awards
Distinguished Performance Award: Santino Fontana was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical: Tootsie was nominated but did not win.

2019 New York Drama Critics Circle Awards
Best Musical: David Yazbek won.

2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Robert Horn won.
Outstanding Choreographer: Denis Jones was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Costume Design: William Ivey Long was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Scott Ellis was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding New Broadway Musical: Tootsie was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding New Score: David Yazbek was nominated but did not win.

2019 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Robert Horn won.
Best Choreography: Denis Jones was nominated but did not win.
Best Costume Design of a Musical: William Ivey Long was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Scott Ellis was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Tootsie was nominated but did not win.
Best Orchestrations: Simon Hale was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: David Yazbek was nominated but did not win.

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