Sutton Who?

[tz0o]

Sutton Who?#0

Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:23pm

Ok, here's the thing. I am absolutely frustrated right now, simply because on this message board the name "Sutton Foster" constantly pops up, and I haven't the slightest idea who she is. Could anybody provide some insight, and perhaps a link to her singing one of her songs?

You insult me, I ignore you. That's how the system works around here.

[All_For_Laura]

re: Sutton Who?#1

Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:30pm

Star or Thoroughly Modern Millie, Little Women, and now the current Drowsey Chaperone, the multi talented actress is amazing. Go onto youtube and you can find her singing a lot.

...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...

[colleen_lee]

re: Sutton Who?#2

Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:31pm

She won the '02 Tony Award for her performance as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie.

She recently played Jo March in the Broadway run of the Little Women musical and is currently tearing it up in The Drowsy Chaperone.

ETA: and all_for_laura beat me to it.

"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. " --Sueleen Gay

Updated On: 4/25/06 at 05:31 PM

[ThePinballWizard]

re: Sutton Who?#3

Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:31pm

Try using Google.

She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Thoroughly Modern Millie.

She played Jo March in the Little Women Musical on Broadway.

And she is currently in the Drowsy Chaperone.

She is the sister to Hunter Foster who is married to Jen Cody.

"Isn't it strange that we spend most of our time learning to do what they put people in asylums for." - Jane Fonda on Acting

[tz0o]

re: Sutton Who?#4

Posted: 4/25/06 at 5:35pm

Oops! Almost forgot that Google existed for a minute. Thanks!

Update: Wow! I just listened to her renditon of "On My Own" and am about to listen to "Gimme Gimme". She has a gorgeous voice, easily my third favorite Eponine. Now, to see how she does in "Thouroughly Modern Millie".

You insult me, I ignore you. That's how the system works around here.

Updated On: 4/25/06 at 05:35 PM

[C is for Company]

re: Sutton Who?#5

Posted: 4/25/06 at 6:14pm

Aww, guys don't forget about her stirring performance in The Scarlet Pimpernel!

"Give in pretty dear, in a year you will be pretty duuuuuust!"

[BroadwayGirl107]

re: Sutton Who?#6

Posted: 4/25/06 at 6:16pm

Wow, Chris, you know THAT? You're really becoming a Sutton fan now. I'm proud of you.

[C is for Company]

re: Sutton Who?#7

Posted: 4/25/06 at 6:18pm

Lol, I downloaded the song around last fall cause I love loud company numbers and totally knew I recognized the voice and IBDB'd it and saw she was in the ensemble. Her line is utterly laughable, but its so funny cause look where she went from there.

[ILoveMyDictionary]

re: Sutton Who?#8

Posted: 4/25/06 at 6:56pm

Oh wow I didn't know she was Hunter Fosters sister. I saw him in the Producers. That's one talented family.

[WickedGeek28]

re: Sutton Who?#9

Posted: 4/25/06 at 9:05pm

That it is!

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

[JudasIscariot]

re: Sutton Who?#10

Posted: 4/25/06 at 10:04pm

Wow, I had no idea she sang that in The Scarlet Pimpernel. I've been listening to the song for a few months and I never noticed until you pointed it out. Good ear.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: Sutton Who?#11

Posted: 4/25/06 at 10:09pm

Not only is she Hunter's sister, she's engaged to Christian Borle! She was also Sandy in the Grease revival for awhile, as well as in Annie on Broadway...

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[Katecab99]

re: Sutton Who?#12

Posted: 4/25/06 at 10:11pm

um, yeah, she's the most fabulous thing ever.

[Overthemoon6]

re: Sutton Who?#13

Posted: 4/25/06 at 10:21pm

One of my favorite Broadway performers.

She is my favorite version of "On My Own".

And then, do you know Monseiur Marius, I believe I was a little in love with you.
♥♥♥

[emilybeth227]

re: Sutton Who?#14

Posted: 4/26/06 at 12:14am

I heart her. Her voice is the best thing since sliced bread. ((Sigh))

[C is for Company]

re: Sutton Who?#15

Posted: 4/26/06 at 12:53am

Can we just give her a special Tony this year for her unrelenting perfection onstage annually? Shes just perfect: looks, voice, talent, everything. Plus shes so sweet and her family kicks ass. Hunter, Jen, Christian and her would make a sick quartet.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

re: Sutton Who?#16

Posted: 4/26/06 at 1:03am

There needs to be an original and amazing musical for Sutton, Hunter, Jen, and Christian to all be in together!

WOULD WE ALL NOT GO SEE IT AND CRY!!!?

[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.

[allofmylife]

re: Sutton Who?#17

Posted: 4/26/06 at 2:45am

Don't forget to add in the amazing 42nd Street-style backstage story that, while in previews for the world premiere in Seattle, the lead in "Millie" had to be replaced, literally, by a girl in the chorus and they picked Sutton (or something like that, it was all the buzz back then). All I can think of is that line in "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom" -- "You have chosen......... wisely...."

Saw her in Millie. The best performance by a woman on Broadway in decades. She's the real deal.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699

[millie_dillmount]

re: Sutton Who?#18

Posted: 4/26/06 at 4:15am

My screen name says it...well kind of...Sutton is one of my favorite Broadway actresses.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[suddenlyseymour]

re: Sutton Who?#19

Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:21am

I love Sutton =) She's so cool

[ashley0139]

re: Sutton Who?#20

Posted: 4/26/06 at 6:58am

Can we just give her a special Tony this year for her unrelenting perfection onstage annually?

Yes, we can. Oh wait- I don't think I have the power to do that. Oh well. Sutton is the most amazing, solid performer. When she's onstage, you can't take your eyes off her. True star quality.

"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

[allofmylife]

re: Sutton Who?#21

Posted: 4/27/06 at 1:45am

Just go to Youtube.com. Type in "Sutton Foster Gimme Gimme" and watch her at work. Amazing. It's like watching one of the great classical pianists or violinists at the very top of their game. This woman is in complete control of her instrument. And what a sound.....

http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: Sutton Who?#22

Posted: 4/27/06 at 1:51am

She also kicks ass singing "If I Don't Have You" from GREASE (she was Sandy for 3 weeks in the recent revival).

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

Updated On: 4/27/06 at 01:51 AM

[BluCat500]

re: Sutton Who?#23

Posted: 4/30/06 at 12:17pm

Fun interview w/ sutton in Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/ny-ffthe4718344apr30,0,5747836.story

So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.~Office Space

[mikem]

re: Sutton Who?#24

Posted: 4/30/06 at 1:32pm

Given that Sutton is a "Broadway Baby," I'm a little surprised that she is apparently skipping the stage door on a regular basis (especially since it sounds like almost everyone else in the cast is doing it). I hope that she starts to go after the show opens.

"What was the name of that cheese that I like?" "you can't run away forever...but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start" "well I hope and I pray, that maybe someday, you'll walk in the room with my heart"