ANNENBERG THEATER OPENING NIGHT
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11/17/12 6 p.m.
Annenberg Theater Opening Night
Palm Springs Art MuseumAnnenberg Theater Council Presents:
Tenth Annual Opening Night Benefit Concert
An Evening with Sutton Foster
American actress, singer, and dancer, Sutton Foster, has received two Tony® Awards for best actress in a musical; one for her role as “Millie Dillmount” in Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002), and the other for her role of “Reno Sweeney” in Anything Goes (2011).
Foster was born in Georgia and raised in Michigan. At age fifteen, she was a contestant on the television show Star Search. She left high school to join the national tour of The Will Rogers Follies directed by Tommy Tune. She later attended Carnegie Mellon University for one year, but left to pursue a theatrical career full time.
Her first Broadway role was as an understudy for the part of Sandy Dumbrowski in Grease (1996). She then appeared in The Scarlet Pimpernel and as “Star to Be” in Annie in 1997. Foster's next Broadway role was as an understudy in the role of Eponine in Les Misérables (2000).
Foster originated roles in the Broadway productions of Little Women (2005), The Drowsy Chaperone (2006), Young Frankenstein (2007), and Shrek, the Musical (2008); garnering Tony® nominations for best actress in a musical for all but Young Frankenstein.
As a solo artist, Foster has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, and Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, among others.
In June of this year Sutton debuted in the popular ABC Family drama series Bunheads where she plays an aging Las Vegas showgirl who is unexpectedly put in charge of a class of young ballet students. (The name of the show is derived from the traditional way a female dancer wears her hair).
Hear her perform by clicking on any of these links:
Blow Gabriel Blow (from the 4/14/11 episode of the David Letterman Show)
Down with Love (from the August 31 episode of the Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson)
Maybe This Time from the ABC series Bunheads
Anything Goes at the 2011 Tony® Awards ceremony
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Wells Fargo is the Presenting Sponsor
Ticket Prices: Show and reception - $265 Annenberg Theater Council members - $295 general public; $95 performance only
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The Palm Springs Art Museum has two locations in the Coachella Valley: The flagship building is located in downtown Palm Springs and features compelling art exhibitions and a vast permanent collection, all on view in 150,000 square feet, architecturally significant building. The Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert is an 8,400 square foot, Silver LEED-certified building named The Galen that presents changing exhibitions and collections. It is surrounded by the four-acre Faye Sarkowsky Sculpture Garden that features more than 10 significant sculpture works. Both museum locations are open to the public with free admission every Thursday evening from 4-8 p.m. and the Palm Springs facility offers free admission and programming the second Sunday of each month.