Does Sutton Foster have a good attendance record?

[broadway guy]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 4:24pm

Has she ever missed a performance? Just wondering

[IAMmyownMUSICAL]

Posted: 4/18/13 at 9:11pm

Yes

[Caring Soul]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 1:00am

What is this - grade school?

[Leadingplayer]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 1:38am

I thinks so. I've never read complaints about her missing shows.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 2:49am

Of course she's missed performances. She was out the night I went to see Anything Goes for starters.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 8:28am

I know she was out when I saw Anything Goes because she had laryngitis.

[ArtMan]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 8:32am

She was out when I saw Young Frankenstein.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:00am

I saw THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE about 6 times during her run in the show and she was always in (adding more to the role each time). She was in when I saw YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, SHREK: The Musical, ANYTHING GOES and on every episode I've watched of ABC FAMILY's BUNHEADS.

[John Adams]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:03am

>> "...and on every episode I've watched of ABC FAMILY's BUNHEADS."

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 9:32am

I guess let's put it this way. While she's not known as that "I never miss a show unless I'm dead" type of actor, she never gained the reputation of a Laura Benanti or Donna Murphy (both of whom, to be fair, had some pretty major unreported/undiagnosed medical issues around their big string of absences that earned them those reputations, and both of whom, I believe, have had much better attendance records in their more recent productions).

[Doe A Deer]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 10:03am

Went to see her in Millie -She was out-went to see her in Drowsy -she was out. I wont go to see her again.

[mridley2]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 10:20am

She was out of AG for 1 week or so while she filmed the pilot of Bunheads. Though I suspect you're asking more about unplanned abscences vs brief hiatus.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 4/19/13 at 12:35pm

I thought she was out of Anything Goes for more than a week for Bunheads.

I've seen her in Millie, Shrek, Anything Goes and Young Frankenstein, and she was in every time.

She certainly doesn't have a bad attendance record and only seems to miss a show for a good reason.

[theatergeek3]

Posted: 4/20/13 at 1:27pm

She left for a a month or two for Buheads in AG & was replaced by Stephanie J Blocke.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/20/13 at 2:45pm

I've seen her in Shrek and Anything Goes. I was worried I would miss her in Anything Goes because I had tickets the Wednesday night after she had a back spasm the previous weekend and missed a couple shows, but she was on

[veronicamae]

Posted: 4/20/13 at 6:15pm

I feel like I remember reading she was out of Shrek very very frequently toward the end of her run. But that's just remembering potential hearsay. So.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 4/20/13 at 9:25pm

She has impeccable attendance. She was having back spasms during Anything Goes and still going on. She is old school in terms of performing. She had a lot of scheduled time off during Anything Goes.

Also, it is better to seen an original cast closer to opening. Once they have been running a few months, they start taking time off and in terms of Young Frankenstein after the first few weeks it was a crap shoot getting the entire cast on at once.

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 11:16am

When I saw Young Frankenstein (2x), Shrek, & Anything Goes, she was always in. I've never heard of her being out often if she wasn't legitimately sick, injured, or if it was a planned hiatus.

[#1Elphie]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 2:13pm

She was out of Little Women when I saw it.

[mikem]

Posted: 4/21/13 at 3:09pm

broadway guy, I'm curious why this came up. Foster's attendance record seems pretty "normal" -- neither particularly good nor particularly bad. And she hasn't been in a show for a couple of years. What made you think about this?