October 16, 2019

Sutton Foster Headlines Princeton Pops Event

On Friday, November 8 at 8 p.m., actress Sutton Foster stars in An Evening with Sutton Foster, headlining the first show of Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and McCarter Theatre Center’s new Princeton Pops series collaboration.

Tony Award-winning singer, actor, and dancer Sutton Foster will perform personal song favorites and Broadway classics including “Anything Goes,” “C’est Magnifique,” “Down with Love,” “I Get a Kick out of You,” “Sunshine on My Shoulders,” and “Singing in the Rain,” accompanied by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra under the baton of John Devlin. Devlin is the former PSO assistant conductor, and is now music director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra. The performance takes place in McCarter’s Matthews Theatre.

Foster can currently be seen starring as the lead of Darren Star’s TV Land series, Younger. Broadway credits include Violet, Anything Goes (Tony Award), Shrek, Young Frankenstein, The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award), Les Misérables, Annie, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Grease. Off-Broadway, she’s performed in Sweet Charity (The Pershing Square Signature Center), The Wild Party (City Center Encores!), Trust (Second Stage), and Anyone Can Whistle (City Center Encores!). Foster’s album titles include Take Me to the World, Wish, and An Evening with Sutton Foster: Live at the Café Carlyle. On television, she’s appeared in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, Bunheads, Elementary, Psych, Royal Pains, Law & Order: SVU, Flight of the Conchords, and Sesame Street. She holds an honorary doctorate from Ball State University, where she also teaches.

Tickets start at $25. Visit mccarter.org or princetonsymphony.org.