He's the Star of 'Tootsie' on Broadway. Wearing Heels Is the Easy Part.
Santino Fontana's turn as a man in a wig comes at a time when Broadway has been reckoning with the idea that musical comedies need to offer fully realized female characters.
Today is Friday, October 2, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Catherine Kellner Roger Mazzeo Alexander deJong Freddie Jackson Lorraine Bracco Sting Bracco Cindy Benson Persis Khambatta Mark Baker Don McLean Kevin Cooney Moses Gunn Kenny Buffett Dale Parkhill James Dobson William Marshall Charles Drake William Ching Graham Greene Bud Abbott Groucho Marx Anatol Winogradoff William Moran Florence Nash Tyson Chandler Joey Slotnick Eric Peterson Rudy Challenger Fredi Walker Gail Grate David Cohen Sandra Seacat Jimmy Slyde Otis René Sidney Easton Charles Ricketts