Hellooo, Euphegenia Doubtfire is in Chi-town for a short stay and fans of the 1993 film will be glad to see her work her magic. Musical theater lovers will find many of the songs suitable to convey the plot with a few showstoppers.
Based on the 1987 novel Madame Doubtfire, a movie version was created and became a hit eventually winning an Academy Award for Best Makeup. The story surrounds a voice actor named Daniel Hillard who lives in San Francisco with a wife and three children. The couple divorces after a series of events and Daniel loses custody of his kids. To see them he dresses in drag as a nanny to spend time with his children and hijinks ensue until all is revealed.
Actor Robin Williams played the title role and a sequel was planned, but his death ended that project. The musical interpretation premiered in 2019 and landed on Broadway in 2021 after a pandemic delay.