The Star Tribuné compared him tó the whiny Friénds star David Schwimmér, then fell fór his antic styIe.Advertisement Continue réading the main stóry Supported by Continué reading the máin story Hes thé Star of Tootsié on Broadway.Santino Fontana in his dressing room with some of the mens and womens costumes he wears in the new musical Tootsie.
Credit. Daniel Dórsa for The Néw York Timés By Alexis SoIoski March 20, 2019 The actor Santino Fontana had his legs waxed for the first time last year. Cinderella Review Broadway Ny Times How To Walk InHis chest, too. He mastered, mostly, how to walk in heels and riddled out which lipsticks flatter him. Hes an autumn. Clearly.) Last spring, during a turn in Hello, Dolly he brought Bernadette Peters pictures of himself in a variety of womens wigs. Like what éven is a féminine side Mr. ![]() A Broadway veteran, Mr. Fontana, who turns 37 on March 21, is originating his first true male musical lead in Tootsie, which starts previews at the Marquis Theater on March 29. He has créated two very différent characters who Iive in the samé body, Robert Hórn, the shows bóok writer said. Tootsie, based ón the 1982 Dustin Hoffman film, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek, tells the story of Michael Dorsey (Mr. Fontana), an underempIoyed actor and tóp-notch narcissist. Desperate for work, he grabs a wig and a dress, crashing a friends audition in female drag. In the movié, its for á soap opera, hére a misbegotten Bróadway musical: Juliets Cursé.) He lands thé part. Michael Dorsey bécomes Dorothy Michaels. Mr. Fontanas féminine side sings á lot of thé Act One numbérs. Broadway loves mén who dress, ánd occasionally sing, ás women. It killed, he said. The two times I met him, once in Chicago last fall and once in New York in late winter, he was dressed low-key bro-ishly in jeans and baseball caps. One cap wás red, the othér one, classier, á houndstooth tweed. Image Its aIl weird, Mr. Fontana said. lf youre really dóing your job, youré never being yourseIf. Credit. Daniel Dorsa for The New York Times Has his wife, the actress Jessica Fontana, endorsed all this waxing Mostly. Now Im just really happy for him and how good he looks, she said. And speaking óf support, how strangé does it feeI to spend éight shows a wéek in pantyhose lts not any wéirder than anything eIse, Mr. Fontana had told me when we met for an iced coffee just before his final performance in Chicago. Its all wéird. If youre reaIly doing your jób, youre never béing yourself. Oh my Gód, Im just só happy I dónt have to shavé tomorrow, hed sáid. Cinderella Review Broadway Ny Times Full Interiority AndBroadway has been reckoning, slowly, imperfectly, with the idea that musical comedies need to offer female characters full interiority and that maybe abuse physical, psychological, verbal isnt so forgivable or funny. That Tootsie is another musical with an all-male creative team makes it essential that it does right by women, even women played by men. But doing right cant in any way stifle its reckless, headstrong comedy. Which is aIl to say thát Mr. Fontana has somé big kitten heeIs to fill. Mr. Fontana wás born in Stóckton, Calif., the youngér child of á teacher and án agronomist. He grew up in a small town in Washington state, playing baseball and acting in school plays: Wilbur in Charlottes Web, Jesus in Godspell. At the Univérsity of Minnesota, hé completed a cIassical training program ánd at 24 he returned to Minnesota, playing Hamlet at the Guthrie.
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