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Presents
Tony Award Winner
SUTTON FOSTER

In Concert – One Night Only!
Friday, October 15, 2010
8:00 p.m.
Walters State Community College
SUTTON FOSTER recently starred on Broadway as Princess Fiona in Shrek: The Musical, for which she was honored with Tony and Drama Desk nominations, and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Prior to that, Sutton was Inga in the new Mel Brooks musical,
Young Frankenstein, Janet Van De Graff in
The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, LA Ovation Award) and Jo March in
Little Women: The Musical (2005 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations). She is the recipient of the 2002 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Astaire Awards for her performance as Millie Dillmount in
Thoroughly Modern Millie, a role she created in the 2000 La Jolla Playhouse premiere. Other Broadway credits include
Les Miserables, Annie, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and
Grease!. Regional productions include
What the World Needs Now (Old Globe),
Dorian (Goodspeed), The Three Musketeers (San Jose Musical Theater), Nellie Forbush in
South Pacific and Sally in Me and My Girl (both at Pittsburgh CLO). She has toured nationally in
The Will Rogers Follies, Les Miserables, and
Grease!. She has appeared as Svetlana in
Chess in Concert and as the “I’m the Greatest Star” Fanny Brice in
Funny Girl in Concert, both Actors Fund of America benefits. On television, Sutton recently guest starred “Law & Order: SVU.” Other appearances include the Disney Channel’s “Johnny and the Sprites,” and several episodes of the HBO series “The Flight of the Conchords.” Sutton has performed in concert at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, with the Philly Pops, and the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and Joe’s Pub. Recordings include
The Maury Yeston Songbook (PS Classics),
Jule Styne in Hollywood, and the original cast recordings of
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Little Women,
The Drowsy Chaperone, Young Frankenstein and
Shrek. Her debut solo CD, Wish (Ghostlight Records), was recently released to critical acclaim and is now available in stores. Visit her website:
suttonfoster.com.
Liz Callaway coaches a singer on a song for the stage. Encore is pleased to host Ms. Foster in our third year of bringing Broadway artists to the Lakeway Area. Encore’s Masterworks Series was formed in 2008 to bring professionals from the industry to our area so our performers and students can work one-on-one with the artists and learn more about show business and what it takes to perform on Broadway and professional theatre. The artists lead a masterclass that consists of Encore performers performing and receiving feedback.

Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, and David Loud hold a question and answer session with Encore performers. Each artist also gives a one-night only concert that is open to the public. Our audiences and patrons get the chance to meet each artist.
In 2008, we were pleased to host Liz Callaway and Musical Director Alex Rybeck.
In 2009, husband and wife duo Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley were our special guests, along with Musical Director David Loud.

Jason Danieley works with student Matthew Mimbs on a musical number.
As a Season Subscription Holder, you may go ahead and purchase your tickets for Sutton Foster with your purchase of a season subscription. Subscribers also receive a discount on the event.

Liz Callaway and Alex Rybeck talk to students and answer
questions
about performing in the theatre.
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