Sutton Foster wins 2002 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

Sutton Foster wins the 2002 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie.

[@MentallyFive]

SITTING RIGHT BEHIND SUTTON IS BRIAN d'ARCY JAMES! LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT LATER IN LIFE HE'S BE THE SHREK TO HER FIONA!!! LITERALLY! i just got really excited over that!

[@BalletBecca]

Awwwww I love that! Too much cuteness.

[@Quinalamous]

sameeeee!!!!

[@OMGmynameisLILI]

ilr!! i got that too!

[@bcdside]

And d'Arcy James would go on to the Nick Bottom to her future ex-husband Christian Borle's Will Shakespeare in "Something Rotten."

[@missezramay]

Can't believe this was 14 years ago, Sutton pretty much looks the same. Baby Borle though

[@viennamusic9849]

Ezra May Baby Borle ^^ ❤

[@sageemiliana8407]

"I'm happy that the creative team took a risk in hiring me for this role..." Yeah so am I because i honestly think no one could have done this role like Sutton :)

[@joshuahsimpson]

The fact that Brian Darcy James is sitting behind her

[@keiradesbiens9223]

The funny thing is that she was 27 when she had that role and she's now playing a 26 year old in Younger. People say she doesn't look 26, but if you look at her here you see she hasn't changed much at all, if anything I think she dresses younger now than then (even outside the TV show).

[@auspicious93]

That's what I was just thinking!

[@susanpayer3472]

No. She’s playing a 40 something, PRETENDING to be 26. Have you even seen the show?

[@MegaMorphTronpages]

omg when her and Christian were a thing!!!!!!!!

[@HeyItsSarah30]

Aww Sutton baby 😭😭👌🏻💯 little did she know that she would be the goddess of broadway! Good for her!! 😅

[@tynielsen]

A true triple threat; sings, acts, and danced. She is such a legend. One of Broadway’s best.

[@VultureAndCheetah]

So... Sutton was married to Christian Borle, and behind them is Brian d’Arcy James. Sutton and Brian were together in Shrek The Musical and Christian and Brian were together in Something Rotten! :O Plus, baby Christian Borle is melting my heart.

[@bridgez04]

I KNEW IT I THOUGHT THAT WAS BRIAN

[@tejaswoman]

What an extra blessing for her to be able to receive the award straight from Jerry Orbach! Talk about the passing of the torch.

[@K.Bernice]

seriously. what a honor.

[@tomelifeisjustonebig]

Sutton Foster is amazing. I love her.

[@mirandahunt185]

borle looks so good

[@flamaque1994]

And one month later I was able to witness her greatness as Millie!!! What a treat!!

[@bridgez04]

Was it with christian as jimmy?

[@BalletBecca]

She is so adorable

[@Dathan]

I missed this one. The first time that I saw Sutton perform on the Tony's was The Drowsy Chaperone and I was amazed then. What a talent!

[@MikeysGayToday]

Sutton really is a dream!!!

[@kelseyrogers8034]

the fact that brian d’arcy james is sitting right behind her.. I LOVE THAT

[@Moiz12338]

Sutton's ex husband plays her love interest this season on YOUNGER!!!

[@monicacarranco8525]

The category in 2002 had some pretty strong contenders who were all indidually great in their roles

[@miss.phyllisreneefoster9547]

I remember this tony awards show god bless her.

[@georgechlada4868]

Cristian😻

[@leaholver9306]

Thank you so much for uploading!! I've been looking for this for forever!!

[@YouzTube99]

Another coincidence: Sutton and Vanessa were born on the same date (not day), March 18.

[@lizzabbott]

Love her ! I never heard of her til Bunheads tho !

[@ProfessorStuDDS]

Wait is that BDJ sitting behind her?? XD can you say "foreshadowing?"

[@hellopaolo]

haha! yes!

[@charlotted1321]

aww fetus christian

[@alicesierra8805]

SHE WAS SHOOK

[@NotExactlyRomeo]

How fitting that Jerry Orbach presented the award, seeing as how it was a literal 42nd Street moment of the understudy becoming a superstar…

[@yuiop608]

omg she is so young in this

[@MarynaSophia]

How old is she in this?

[@brunobalog]

maryna seufert She was 27.

[@MarynaSophia]

Ahhhh really she seems so young now wow

[@saschahoupt6177]

Jennifer Laura Thompson was a tony nominee? I just saw her in DEH back in July!

[@AbiS1018]

I can’t believe it’s been nearly 20 years since millie opened!

[@joshuahsimpson]

Also the opening comments

[@jlyfan]

Jerry

[@wubbalubbadubdub3762]

2:28 that looked that that wasn’t his hands and I’m dying

[@Robmars11]

I saw her in it

[@user-jf2rl5xj1b]

OMG! That sweetheart is her boyfriend!

[@katherinet7073]

Nbd but mr bodick is my current theater teacher

[@petermcgarry7985]

that's amazing

[@wwozanewmusical]

Why was Vanessa up for leading lady in a musical, into the woods was a revival not the original production, I knew the kids from it their little red and their jack, and met Vanessa twice, she's a awesome women and so nice and cool to talk with. But don't get why they put her in that listing when it was a revival of into the woods not the first staging of it?

[@susanpayer3472]

Doesn’t she look like Mary Tyler Moore when SHE was in the movie?

[@nathandiaz4847]

I've seen this way too many times 😂😂

[@bridgez04]

Its too wholesome

[@NickC1966]

Jerry got that right.

[@chiara.i]

FETUS CHRISTIAN AHHHHH

[@fourscorpio]

:)

[@kindtshey5569]

Look like Judy garland

[@elisabethnerolk2283]

SHe always looks UP and not right at someone or the crowd! has anybody ever realised that?

[@AbiS1018]

Shrek and Fiona sat near each other 🥲🥲

[@Glindaful]

is she still in a realtionship with christian?

[@bear-ln2jv]

No. They got divorced in 2009. She's now married to screenwriter Ted Griffith.

[@bridgez04]

Today they stay in contact and call eachother their best friend… ❤

[@gsche]

Gavin just got ignored, oh my god

[@inestorres4237]

gihasgirlballs did you see what she posted on her Instagram when he won the tony this year tho? it was sooo cute

[@gsche]

Inês Torres I did!! It was awesome that she was the one to present the award too! When she posted the “Jimmy oh Jimmy” picture I couldn’t stop smiling! Wish I could go back in time to see that musical again. (Here’s a fun idea: they should assemble a 20-years reunion concert - it’d be perfect because the 20th anniversary would be in 2022, and Millie is set in 1922)

[@CorinneMichelleMusic]

omg that is aco taco because christian ended up cheating on her with laura belle bundy...

[@inestorres4237]

Corinne Nugent is that really true??

[@Keith_Petersen_Actor]

@@inestorres4237 it actually is, yeag

[@chiara.i]

@@Keith_Petersen_Actor no it’s just a rumor so we don’t know if it’s true or not

[@jw79bull]

Vanessa Williams was robbed

[@kateoconnor30030]

Jay Bull yeah... no... that into the woods revival was lacking