The actress, 49, who is already a two-time. She then understudied the same role on broadway in 2000. Less than a year after wrapping her run on broadway with beloved comedy once upon a mattress, sutton foster is making her return to the stage once more. She received the best leading actress in a musical at the broadwayworld awards for anything goes. · sutton foster , a classic broadway triple threat beloved for her comedic skills and her big belt, will star this summer and fall in a broadway revival of “once upon a mattress. ” · sutton foster ’ s next broadway role has been announced the theater fave will play country music legend loretta lynn in the new screen-to-stage production of coal miners daughter. Lovett and sweeney todd, they were replaced by sutton foster and aaron tveit in february 2024. · sutton foster has won several prestigious awards for her performances in musical theater. In 1998, foster appeared in what the world needs now at the old globe theatre , before she began touring with les misérables as eponine thenardier. Originally starring josh groban and annaleigh ashford as mrs. [13] foster left les misérables to join the ensemble of thoroughly modern millie in its pre- broadway run at the la jolla playhouse. · sutton foster is taking her talents back to broadway ! · directed by thomas kail (hamilton), the latest broadway revival of sweeney todd opened on at the lunt-fontanne theatre. The younger star will be gracing the stage in a new musical exploring the life of late country legend loretta lynn.