"Tootsie" is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Robert Horn. The musical is based on the 1982 American comedy film of the same name. The musical made its world premiere try-out at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago in September 2018. Like the film, the musical tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman in order to land a job. The original movie revolved around a daytime soap opera, while the show involves a Broadway musical.

"Tootsie" is a 1982 American romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Dustin Hoffman. It was a major critical and financial success, the second most profitable film of 1982.

Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a respected actor, but nobody in New York City wants to hire him because he is a perfectionist and difficult to work with. After many months without an acting job, Michael hears of an opening on the popular daytime soap opera Southwest General. In desperation he impersonates a woman, auditioning as "Dorothy Michaels", and gets the part.

Michael takes the job as a way to raise $8,000 to produce a play which will star himself as Emily Kimberly a feisty feminist, which surprises the other actors and the crew, who expected her to be another swooning female. His character quickly becomes a national sensation.

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