After completing the first season of the ballet-centric series Bunheads on ABC Family, two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster can now add “TV star” and “role model” to her overflowing resume. Foster, whose Broadway credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes, Young Frankenstein and The Drowsy Chaperone, made her TV debut this summer as Michelle Simms, a former Vegas showgirl who moves to Paradise, California, to teach at her mother-in-law's ballet studio. Currently on hiatus, Foster recently discovered the good news that Bunheads will return for a second season, with filming to resume in October. Broadway.com chatted with Foster about her new life as a TV star in Los Angeles, and whether she’ll ever return to the Great White Way.
Congratulations on Bunheads getting picked up for a second season!
Thank you! I found out from a text via Stacey Oristano, who plays Truly. My heart was pounding, and I think I cried a little, I was so excited and relieved. I love the show, and I just wanted to do more of it, so I’m thrilled that we’ve been given the opportunity to keep going.
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