Join us for “An Evening with Sutton Foster,” award-winning actor, singer, and dancer. With her spirited charm and enchanting voice, this two-time Tony Award winner, comes to Saint Mary’s College for a one-time, lively, and memorable Q & A.
An Evening with Sutton Foster
February 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Moreau Center for the Arts
O' Laughlin Auditorium
- 2002Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical – Thoroughly Modern Millie
- 2011Tony Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical – Anything Goes
- 2013Gracie Awards for Outstanding Female Actor in a Breakthrough Role – Bunheads
Insights on the artist
Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer, and dancer who originated roles in the Broadway productions of Violet, The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Young Frankenstein, Shrek The Musical, and her Tony Award-winning performances in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Her off-broadway credits include Sweet Charity, The Wild Party, Trust, and Anyone Can Whistle.
She was first seen on television on Star Search at age 15, and has more recently appeared in Bunheads, Psych, Johnny and the Sprites, Flight of the Conchords, Sesame Street, Law and Order SVU, Royal Pains, and Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. She’s currently seen in the TV Land comedy series Younger, alongside Hillary Duff, which premiered March 2015.
As a solo artist, Foster has toured the country with her hit solo concert, which featured songs from her debut solo CD Wish as well as her follow up CD, An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle. The star released her third solo album, Take Me to the World, through Ghostlight Deluxe in summer 2018. She has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, Joe’s Pub, and many others.
Part of the Margaret Hill Endowed Visiting Artist Series
Margaret “Peggy” Hill, the late Broadway producer and Saint Mary's College alumna graciously endowed the Margaret Hill Chair in Theatre. This generous gift allows us to bring theatre artists of national and international prominence to our campus each year. While each of these visits is unique, the visiting artist always offers a presentation to the general public and private guidance to our theatre students, in the form of master classes, tutorials, and Q & A luncheons.
Margaret “Peggy” Hill ’61 passed away on September 27, 2018 peacefully at her home in New York City.
Hill received her bachelor of arts from Saint Mary’s College in 1961. Upon graduation, she pursued a law degree at Fordham Law School and graduated summa cum laude in 1965. She went on to receive a master of laws degree from New York University Law School, and served as a law clerk for Kenneth B. Keating making her only the second woman to serve as a law clerk in New York's highest court.
Hill also had a distinguished career as a theatre producer. In 1994, the Broadway producer graciously endowed the Margaret Hill Chair in Theatre at Saint Mary’s College.
“Saint Mary’s is forever grateful to Peggy Hill for her gift to the College which allows us to, year after year, host artists who coach and instruct our students. The students receive advice about how to make their way in the professional theatre world. They also have the opportunity to ask the artists various questions about their technique, particular roles or scripts or shows, how to balance career and personal life, and how to take the first steps after college,” Katie Sullivan, professor of theatre added.
Professional success did not compete with her continued philanthropy. Hill co-founded Angela House, a transitional residence for young teenage mothers, served on a several boards in New York, and cherished her Irish heritage, by serving on the Executive Council of the Irish American Historical Society.
For her contributions to the arts, philanthropy, and to the College, Hill was awarded an Honorary Degree in 2004, the Alumnae Association Distinguished Alumna Award in 2001, and the Shannon Executive Scholar in 1995.
"Because of Saint Mary's, I have a real feeling of confidence, the most important thing a producer needs -- to be sure of your own vision." - Margaret “Peggy” Hill ’61