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'80s Heroine Tess McGill Climbs the Corporate Ladder in 'Working Girl' Musical
17 Nov
Summary
- Melanie Griffith's character Tess McGill from '80s film 'Working Girl' now on Broadway
- Cyndi Lauper's retro-inspired music and lyrics drive the musical's plot
- Tess' ambitions to succeed in a male-dominated finance world are central to the story
The 1980s are the real stars of the new Broadway-bound musical 'Working Girl' now playing at the La Jolla Playhouse. Poofy hair, shoulder pads, and synthesizer-driven pop music set the tone as the show revisits the story of Tess McGill, the upwardly mobile secretary played by Melanie Griffith in the 1988 film.
Tess, portrayed by Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, is a Staten Island native with big dreams of making it in the male-dominated world of mergers and acquisitions. When her boss, Katharine (Broadway vet Lesley Rodriguez Kritzer), steals Tess' big idea, Tess decides to take matters into her own hands, borrowing Katharine's designer clothes and seducing a key client to broker the deal herself.
