Group Bookings:

Group Discounts are available for purchases of 10 or more tickets. Please contact the Box Office directly via email.

Run time:

Tootsie runs for approximately 155 minutes including a 20 minute intermission.

Payments:

Beenleigh Theatre Group prefers a cashless payment system. However, limited cash is available for giving change.

SPECIAL INFORMATION:

Parking:

Crete Street Theatre has access to an underground carpark (free) located UNDER the Beenleigh Events Centre, attached to the Theatre. There is also free street parking available.

Accessible Parking is located on Kent Street directly in front of the the theatre entrance.

Please note: if the Beenleigh Events Centre has an event on during one of our performances, parking becomes very limited. We recommend arriving at least 20 minutes prior to the start of the show.

Other Tickets:

Other ticket options such as companion card holders are available. Please contact the box office via info@beenleightheatregroup.com to book.

COVID-19 (and Other Disasters):

At any time this event may be cancelled or postponed. In the event that this happens, ticket holders will be offered refunds or transfers to a new session.

Special Effects:

Tootsie may feature strobes and other lighting effects as well as loud noises

Contents Warning:

This show includes strong language, dirty jokes, sexual innuendo, and raunchy one-liners.

Authors Note:

Tootsie is first and foremost a love letter to Musical Theater. It's an all-out farce that is grounded in desperation and personal growth. The show is filled with non-stop jokes and situations that make for hilarity, but also presents characters that move us, that hold a mirror up to ourselves and the choices we make in life. The comedy and pathos work best when you play the truth. The comedy is on the page both in lyrics and text. It doesn't need to be heightened or exaggerated, just played for its honesty and fun. At the heart of any farce is truth.

Michael Dorsey is a narcissist, but a talented one. Because of his own bad behavior, he's told he can no longer do the one thing he loves more than anything. The story is about his desperation to change that; the wrong and rash decisions he makes; the effect his choices have on others; and his growth as a character throughout that process.

As Dorothy, he is not appropriating the identity of a woman as much as he's playing a female character in a play. He's an actor becoming a character to the best of his ability… albeit for the wrong reason: to land a job. Hence, the comedy is not about a 'man in a dress' falling off his heels or those obvious cliches, it's about a man who is lying and the damage he does to the people around him. He's not parodying a woman. When his identity is discovered, it's played for Michael's lack of integrity, having no relation to gender. The music and comedy of Tootsie will give you a roadmap to where the tone of the piece lives. It's fun, it's a love story, it's farcical and fast, but at its core, it's about learning how your actions affect others.

Notes:

Your tickets may be moved if a single seat is left next to your booking.