“I went into this long list of reasons to be careful because it’s a really great part.
“I’ve been both really lucky and really unlucky,” he says.
“I’ve been in shows that ran a week, shows where I’ve gotten injured.

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I’ve had great and terrible experiences.
But I do count myself lucky.”
ClockingTootsieas his ninth Broadway show, Fontana opts for the positive read of his adventure chasing the stage.

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“I’m willing to try anything.
It was a key point early on in hisTootsiejourney that Fontana was eager to do his homework.
No one’s going to talk to me about the pay discrepancy because I’m a woman.
This has changed me.”
There’s been a change at home, too.