Sutton Foster

Known for Acting

3/18/1975(Age 50)

Statesboro, Georgia, USA

Biography

Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has originated roles in the Broadway productions of The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Young Frankenstein, Shrek The Musical, and her Tony Award-winning performances in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Known For (44 credits)

9.5

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Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream

2025

Trisha Paytas is a singer, performer, podcaster, and YouTube legend with over twenty million followers, but also? She’s just like you… because she has always dreamed of being on Broadway. On Monday, February 3, 2025 at the St. James Theatre, Trisha got her one-in-a-million shot to make her dream a reality, all in support of the Entertainment Community Fund. Featuring epic musical numbers, surprise special guests, and maybe even Broadway's first live mukbang (look it up, Broadway League) and stay to celebrate big dreams and the wild, winding roads we take to make them real.

2.0

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Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

2023

Enjoy a revue of milestone Broadway shows and songs from 1973 to 2023 hosted by two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. Features performances by André De Shields, Chita Rivera, Vanessa Williams and more from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater.

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

8.4

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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

2023

Paying tribute to a beloved national icon for her birthday, NBC celebrates Carol Burnett’s illustrious career with a star-studded event featuring an A-list lineup of musical performances and special guests who come together to share their love for one of the most cherished comediennes in television history.

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Meredith Willson: America's Music Man

2023

Follow the career of the musician, conductor, composer and Iowa's champion on Broadway. He performed under Sousa & Toscanini. He scored films for the likes of Chaplin & wrote popular songs performed by Sinatra & The Beatles. And when the River City boys band marched on Broadway, Meredith Willson caught the whole world’s ear.

7.9

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Anything Goes

2021

When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love... proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, a comical disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. This hilarious musical romp across the Atlantic, directed by the multi-award-winning Broadway director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, features Cole Porter’s joyful score, including "I Get A Kick Out of You," "You’re the Top" and the show-stopping "Anything Goes."

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Bring Me to Light

2021

Sutton Foster takes over City Center—filling it with her indomitable spirit for a concert with her friends that celebrates their connections to the historic theater and reflects on the challenges facing all of us. Bring Me to Light reunites Foster with fellow Encores! cast members Raúl Esparza and Joaquina Kalukango, City Center alum Kelli O’Hara, and Wren Rivera—Foster’s student at Ball University. Together, they enliven City Center with the hope of what lies ahead through performances of music theater favorites from Anyone Can Whistle, Camelot, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Violet, The Wild Party, and more. Accompanied by Music Director Michael Rafter (piano) and Matt Hinkley (guitar), Bring Me to Light is directed by Leigh Silverman, with Jeanine Tesori serving as Creative Producer.

6.0

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One Night Only: The Best of Broadway

2020

Tina Fey is set to host One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, an unforgettable night of music celebrating the incredible and resilient Broadway community and featuring songs from the Great Bright Way’s top productions. The two-hour special is set to air Thursday, December 10, at 8 pm ET/PT on NBC and benefits Broadway Cares. Several of Broadway’s best shows will take over the streets of New York City with special performances from the casts of Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations, Chicago, Diana: The Musical, Jagged Little Pill, Jersey Boys, Mean Girls, Rent and an appearance by the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The night will also showcase special sneak peaks at Broadway shows coming in 2021.

10.0

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In Concert at The Hollywood Bowl: Musicals and the Movies

2020

Dive into the love affair between Hollywood and Broadway in this episode celebrating classic songs from Broadway musicals and classic cinema. Enjoy selections from Leonard Bernstein’s love letter to New York City, "On the Town," performed by Sutton Foster and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

7.8

Solar Opposites

2020

A family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth.

Stars in the House

2020

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.

5.5

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Treehouse

2019

Celebu-chef Peter Rake escapes a scandal for a weekend at his family’s isolated vacation home, but there are debts to repay and Peter has to learn the lesson that a woman’s place is anywhere that she chooses to be… if he survives.

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A Merry Little Christmas with Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville

2018

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was recorded over three nights in December 2017 in front of a live combined audience. Hosted by Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville.