Sutton Foster News

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is September 12, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Bernadette Peters, Sutton Foster, and Leslie Odom Jr. – will take center stage at the inaugural FetchPet Gala. Learn more about the Gala and see how to purchase tickets!

Two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will perform in concert at the Muriel Kauffman Theatre on Thursday, September 11, 2026, joined on stage by performers from Music Theatre Kansas City/

Producers have announced full casting for Beetlejuice the Musical’s third Broadway engagement, set to begin performances October 8, 2025, at the Palace Theatre (160 W. 47th Street) for a limited 13-week run through January 3, 2026.

The Appell Center for the Performing Arts will soon present the Strand Theatre’s Centennial Celebration: An Evening with Sutton Foster & Kelli O’Hara with the York Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Lawrence Golan. This one-night-only celebration concert will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM in downtown York’s historic Strand Theatre.

From September 2nd-14th, the national tour of Disney’s BEAUTY & THE BEAST will be gracing the stage of the Durham Performing Arts Center. Taking on the role of MRS. POTTS is actress Kathy Voytko. Read our interview with Kathy!

Micaela Diamond is hoping that a recent Sam Pinkleton-directed reading of Thoroughly Modern Millie she took part in comes to fruition. The Tony nominee revealed that she had taken part in a reading, also featuring Anna Zavelson and Hannah Solow.

The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts in Stillwater, Oklahoma has announced its 2025–2026 season, featuring an array of world-class performers, international ensembles, and Broadway productions.

This fall marks the 70th anniversary of Café Carlyle. Tucked inside The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, the legendary cabaret supper club has been a home for timeless performances. See the lineup here!

Kevin Irving will begin his new role with the York Symphony Orchestra. With experience in the arts sector and a passion for music, Irving is poised to elevate the YSO to new heights.

Violinist Sarah Fazendin will lead the Broadway North American tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music as concertmaster. Set to launch September 9, 2025 at The Kennedy Center, this national Broadway tour will continue into 2026.

Disney has revealed the official teaser trailer for the upcoming original series “Vampirina: Teenage Vampire”. The first two episodes of the music-driven series will premiere on Disney Channel on Friday, Sept. 12. Check out the first-look now!

Shrek 5, the previously announced installment in the hit DreamWorks franchise, has shifted its release date a full six months, moving from December 23, 2026, to June 30, 2027.

The word legend is tossed around quite a bit when talking about performers. Sometimes it’s true but many times it isn’t. This past Friday evening at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center two true modern day legends of musical theatre took the stage to pay homage to two all-time legends of entertainment.

John Proctor is the Villain, Gypsy's Audra McDonald, Betty Boop, and more were honored during the Las Culturistas 2025 Culture Awards last night. The award show celebrates culture’s most iconic and consequential moments of the year.

Recasting a star who is above the title of a musical is a tricky endeavor. That balance of someone who artistically fulfills the role and someone who can sell enough tickets to be worthy of the above-the-title placement is a complex one, and it seems to becoming a more and more common trend recently for shows, particularly star-driven revivals, to not do a second casting, even if they are financially successful.

Lea Salonga, Jeremy Jordan and more are a part of the Broadway series at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts during the venue's 50th anniversary season. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!

Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, LITTLE WOMEN, SHREK THE MUSICAL, ANYTHING GOES, THE MUSIC MAN) and Kelli O’Hara (THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, SOUTH PACIFIC, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, THE KING and I) stunned with the Utah Symphony at the Deer Valley Music Festival in Park City on Saturday, July 26.

Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (“Anything Goes,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie”) and Kelli O’Hara (“The King and I”) – each acclaimed as a Broadway performer and song-and-dance artist of the first order – are also known for solo concert appearances.

What did our critic think of PICKNIC POPS: “PATRIOTIC POPS” at Grand Rapids Symphony? The Grand Rapids Symphony is reviving its most iconic and popular summer tradition. The Family Fare Picnic Pops has moved to Secchia Meadows at Millennium Park, and a unique concerts for every music lover!  Picnic Pops debuted at Cannonsburg Ski Area in 1995 and quickly became a family-friendly West Michigan summer favorite. The series was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and since then, the Symphony has been working to bring Picnic Pops back to the community.