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Unstoppable! Go Backstage at Tootsie With These Exclusive Photos

Exclusive backstage photos of Tootsie.

Jul 18, 2019

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What’s gonna happen? Sarah Stiles gets ready before the show.

Tony nominee Andy Grotelueschen and John Behlmann get ready in their shared dressing room.

Julie Halston begins to transform into Rita Marshall.

Andy Grotelueschen and John Behlmann perform a smell test to see if the leftovers have gone bad.

Ensemble member Harris Milgrim perfects his costume before heading out on stage.

Tootsie’s Sarah Styles, Reg Rogers, John Behlmann, Julie Halston, Andy Grotelueschen and Lilli Cooper hang out in Santino Fontana’s decked-out dressing room.

Tootsie co-stars Santino Fontana and Lilli Cooper share a laugh.

Ensemble member Britney Coleman prepares for the opening number.

Production stage manager Scott Rollison calls the show.

Julie Halston does voice work at the top of Act 1.

Tony winner Santino Fontana gets ready to make his first entrance.

Reg Rogers and Julie Halston exit the stage after their first appearance.

Ensemble members Leslie Donna Flesner prepares offstage while Adam Monley is mid-scene.

Santino Fontana makes his first appearance as Dorothy Michaels.

Ensemble members stretch before hitting the stage.

Ensemble member Anthony Wayne and Lilli Cooper do their pre-show ritual.

John Behlmann as Max von Horn and Santino Fontana as Dorothy Michaels mid-scene.

Reg Rogers as Ron Carlisle.

Lilli Cooper and Santino Fontana emerge as Julie Nichols and Dorothy Michaels

Ensemble members Leslie Donna Flesner, Shina Ann Morris and Katerina Papacostas joke around offstage.

Hairdresser Brian Strumwasser preps a Dorothy Michaels wig for Santino Fontana.

Ensemble members Drew King and Harris Milgrim hang out.

Tony nominee Lilli Cooper touches up her lipstick during intermission.

Santino Fontana and Andy Grotelueschen lounge before Act 2 begins.

Lilli Cooper as Julie Nichols before she sings "Gone, Gone, Gone."

John Behlmann receives high-fives from Andy Grotelueschen and Lilli Cooper as he runs on stage.

John Behlmann is tucked into bed before hitting the stage.

Andy Grotelueschen runs offstage after “Jeff Sums It Up.”

Santino Fontana prepares to enter as Dorothy Michaels.

Tony nominee Sarah Stiles hides in the set before her song, “What’s Gonna Happen."

Julie Halston and Lilli Cooper joke around with Anthony Wayne, Drew King, Harris Milgrim and Katerina Papacostas.

Lilli Cooper as Julie Nichols.

The company on stage during the final number.

Andy Grotelueschen, John Behlmann and Julie Halston cheer on the cast while they bow to the audience.

Santino Fontana has six dressers help him go from Michael Dorsey to Dorothy Michaels for the curtain call.

Santino Fontana has 26 seconds to transform from Michael Dorsey to Dorothy Michaels for the curtain call.

A quick check to make sure Dorothy Michaels is set to go.

Santino Fontana ascends to the stage for the final time as Dorothy Michaels.

The cast of Tootsie takes a final bow.

Santino Fontana walks backstage after a successful performance.

Tony winner Santino Fontana returns to his dressing room for some rest.

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