Program Book Insert - Opening Night, An Evening with Sutton Foster

An Evening with

Sutton Foster

Opening Night Friday, October 6, 2017

AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER Sutton Foster currently stars as Liza in the critically-acclaimed TV Land series, “Younger.”

Created by "Sex in the City's" Darren Star and styled by the iconic Pat Field, the series centers around a 40-year-old suburban single mother, Liza, who re-invents herself as a 26-year-old in order to get a job at a publishing company. Also starring Hilary Duff, Nico Tortorella, Miriam Shor and Debi Mazar, the series returned for its third season in September 2016.

Broadway.com's Audience Favorite Awards for her performance as a former Evangelist, now nightclub singer, aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London.

Square Signature Center in November 2016.

Sutton previously starred in the title role of Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley’s Tonynominated Broadway revival, Violet, earning Tony, Drama League, Drama Desk, Outer Critic Circle and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award nominations for her performance.

Sutton performed the role of Violet in the acclaimed concert performance at City Center Encores! Off-Center in July 2013. Sutton also recently appeared on stage as Queenie in New York City Center Encores! Off-Center’s production of The Wild Party in July 2015.

Her performance as Janet Van De Graaff in Casey Nicholaw’s The Drowsy Chaperone at the Marquis Theatre in 2006 earned her Tony Award, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics Circle, and Ovation Award nominations.

Previously, Sutton took on the role of Jo, the brassy, tomboy, and aspiring writer, in the 2005 Broadway production of Little Women, directed by Susan H. Schulman at the Virginia Theatre. For this role, she earned Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations. Among her other theater credits include: Les Miserables, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Annie and Grease. In addition, Foster made her Off-Broadway debut as Prudence in Paul Weitz's comedy, Trust which showed at Second Stage Theatre and starred Zach Braff, Bobby Cannavale, and Ari Graynor.

Under the direction of Michael Mayer, Sutton previously starred as Millie Dillmount, a young, modern woman from Kansas who travels to New York City intending to marry for money, in the 2002 Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Marquis Theatre.

Previously, Foster starred as Michelle Simms Originating the role, Sutton established herself in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s ABC Family series, as one of the greatest talents in the industry “Bunheads.” The series is about a former and earned a Tony Award for Best Leading ballerina turned Las Vegas showgirl who gets Actress in a Musical, as well as the Drama Desk, married on a whim and winds up teaching Outer Critics Circle, and the Fred and Adele alongside her new mother-in-law at her ballet Astaire Awards for her performance. school in a sleepy costal town. Sutton earned In addition to her Tony-winning performances, a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination Foster originated numerous notable roles, for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her most recently, Princess Fiona in Jeanine Tesori performance in the role. Sutton recently and David Lindsay-Abaire’s Shrek The Musical reunited with Amy Sherman-Palladino as at The Broadway Theatre. Starring opposite she had a guest starring role in the highly- Brian d'Arcy James, she won her second Outer anticipated Netflix revival, “Gilmore Girls: Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress A Year in the Life” which was released on in a Musical and was nominated for a Tony, November 25, 2016.

Drama League, and Drama Desk Awards. Foster Sutton is a two-time Tony winning actress, also originated the role of Inga, the yodeling singer and dancer who starred in the title role lab assistant to Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, in of the New Group’s 50th anniversary revival Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan’s parody of of Sweet Charity. Directed by Violet director the horror film genre, Young Frankenstein, at Leigh Silverman, the show ran at the Pershing Foxwoods Theatre.

Perhaps best-known for her role as Reno Sweeney in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Anything Goes at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, Foster earned a 2011 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, as well as the Drama Desk, Outer As a solo artist, Sutton has toured the country Critics Circle, the Fred and Adele Astaire, and with her hit solo concert which featured

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2017 songs from her debut solo CD “Wish” as well as her follow up CD, “An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle.” She has also graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Feinstein's, Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series and many others.

in Phil Alden Robinson’s The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. Featuring an all-star cast including Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Robin Williams, Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones, the film tells the story of a physician who accidentally tells an obnoxious patient that he has a brain aneurism and only ninety minutes to live. As the patient races around the city, trying to right his wrongs, the doctor attempts to find him as he tries to find what he must do in the final moments of his life. Sutton also appeared as Kerry in James Roday’s Halloween American comedy horror film Gravy.

Foster was first seen on television on “Star Search” at the young age 15, and has more recently appeared in HBO’s comedy series “Flight of the Conchords,” USA Network’s “Royal Pains,” “Law & Order: SUV” and “Elementary.”

She has also made guest appearances on the well-known children series Disney’s “Johnny and the Sprites,” and PBS’s “Sesame Street.”

Sutton Foster currently splits her time between In 2014, Sutton made her feature film debut New York City and Los Angeles.

Mayo Performing Arts Center 19th Annual

a roaring twenties soirée

Honoring

Starlight Award

Friday, November 17, 2017 at 6:30 pm The Park Savoy Estate • Florham Park, NJ

The Starlight Ball is MPAC’s largest fundraising event, and features an evening of cocktails, dinner, silent and live auction, dancing and entertainment.

This year we are proud to honor Private Advisor Group with The Starlight Award.

To purchase tickets and sponsorships, please call 973-539-0345 ext. 6526 or visit mayoarts.org.

AN EVENING WITH SUTTON FOSTER

Performing Arts Company Carley Bachrach Topher Bashant Julianna Belles Sara Brazofsky Joshua Cohen Sungchin Eraso Victoria Fanning Abby Fletcher Gabby Guitierrez Vanessa Hartkopf

Abigail Harvey Hope Keil Sarah Lepre Matthew Lintern Michael Luciano Jenna Manderioli Bailey McGuinn Carigan McGuinn Taylor Olsen Catie O'Neill

Lauren Onufryk Kristen Onufryk Chelsea Sakdalan Maria Schneider Anna Skelton Maya Slaughter Emma Spies Nicole Streger Juliette Trumbull

Pre-Show Performers on the Plaza MPAC Plaza: Lauren Marsh

Starlight Lounge: Joseph Regan

Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and in 2016 was named "Outstanding Historic Theatre" by the League of Historic American Theatres.

Mayo Performing Arts Center gratefully acknowledges the following for their generous donations to our Opening Night

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