An Evening with Sutton Foster
State Theatre New Jersey
Sutton Foster is a Tony® Award-winning American actress, singer, and dancer. Currently on Broadway as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Foster received her seventh Tony® Award nomination as well as the coveted 2022 Drama League Distinguished Performance Award for her acclaimed turn as Marian Paroo in the Broadway revival of The Music Man, opposite Hugh Jackman. She was also in New York City Center's recent concert adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress.
In the summer of 2021, Foster reprised one of her most notable roles as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre in London in which she earned an Oliver Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. A cinematic version of the show had a subsequent limited release in U.S. and Australia theaters. Her original performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre earned her a 2011 Tony® Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Under the direction of Michael Mayer, Foster starred as Millie Dillmount in the 2002 Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Marquis Theatre. Originating the role, she established herself as one of the greatest talents in the industry and earned her first Tony® Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Foster has originated numerous notable roles, including Princess Fiona in Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire’s Shrek The Musical at The Broadway Theatre, as well as Inga in Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan’s parody of the horror film genre, Young Frankenstein, at Foxwoods Theatre.
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