Sutton Foster

On stage 15 productions, 37 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on3 works

Anything Goes (2011 Revival)
Shrek the Musical
The Music Man (2022 Revival)

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In the literature8 passages

• Sutton Foster in Thoroughly Modern Millie In the 1997 revival of Annie , she had four small roles: a dog catcher, a maid, a radio singer, and a Star-to-Be. That last one turned out to be the most accurate, for in five years, Sutton Foster would play the title role in Thoroughly Modern Millie and thoroughly become a star.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• But during rehearsals, Dilly fell ill. Her understudy, Sutton Foster, stepped into rehearsals just so that the cast could continue working.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• What Foster brought to the show convinced the creators that Sutton Foster would have to be their new leading lady. Lyricist Dick Scanlan and composer Jeanine Tesori were so inspired that they were moved to write “Gimme, Gimme” an eleven-o’clock number to show case Foster’s abilities. The former understudy came through there, too.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Cast: Sutton Foster, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Harriet Harris, Marc Kudisch, Gavin Creel, Angela Christian, Ken Leung, Francis Jue, Anne L. Nathanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Millie Dillmount (Sutton Foster) arrives in New York from Kansas (“Not for the Life of Me”). Her plan is to work for a rich man and eventually to marry him. She checks into the Hotel Priscilla; here she meets Miss Dorothy with whom she becomes very friendly (“How the Other Half Lives”). The owner of the hotel, Ms. Meers (Harriet Harris),…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• The production originated at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California. Sutton Foster stepped into the role of Millie just a week before previews began at La Jolla.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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