‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ review: Bringing the movie to Broadway was a huge mistake

He’s a fun-loving, kooky man-child, and his ex, Miranda , is a killjoy stick in the mud.

Doubtfire, the alter ego created for Daniel by his gay brother Frank , that he uses to sneak back into his San Francisco house and spend time with his son and two daughters.

Drag disguises are common onstage , but when you add young children into the mix and, um, a court order prohibiting the main character from being with them, it’s uncomfortable for us.

Michael in “Tootsie,” who pretends to be an actress to get a job, is a lying jerk, too.

I can’t deny it’s technically very fine — he does funny voices: Gollum, Borat, Yoda — and jumps around like the stage is actually a trampoline.

As Miranda, a fashion designer whose ho-hum house designed by David Korins does not look like anywhere Donna Karan would ever set foot in, Gambatese changes little, even after she starts dating a British hunk and Mrs.

There are, however, two very funny gags in the musical, directed by Jerry Zaks.

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