Sutton Foster Explains Why She Decided to Return to Broadway After 8 Years

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Sutton Foster is back on Broadway right now in the musical The Music Man and she’s opening up about her decision to return to the stage for the first time in eight years.

The Tony-winning actress talked about her career during an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday (October 7) in New York City. Click inside to find out what Sutton Foster said… “There was something very exciting about doing a classic musical starring opposite Hugh Jackman, which was really, really exciting.

And when we were originally supposed to do it, which was like, three years ago, pree all of the COVID stuff,” Sutton said. “I’m a mom now, so I have a five-year-old daughter.

She just started kindergarten. She’s the best. And so I was really excited to come back to Broadway and to be a mom. And there was something very exciting about doing a show like this because I thought, ‘Oh, this is a show she could come see.’ So she’s seen it now, like, five times, and she has lots of thoughts.” Sutton was on the show to promote her new book, “Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life.” FYI: Sutton is wearing an Altuzarra dress, Mach and Mach shoes, an Effy right hand ring, and Ondyn jewelry.