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

[@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 :)

[@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?

[@HeyItsSarah30]

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

[@joshuahsimpson]

The fact that Brian Darcy James is sitting behind her

[@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.

[@MegaMorphTronpages]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@EscuadronUnicornio-r8p]

She's such a legend

[@tynielsen]

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

[@MikeysGayToday]

Sutton really is a dream!!!

[@mirandahunt185]

borle looks so good

[@kelseyrogers8034]

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

[@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.

[@Moiz12338]

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

[@ProfessorStuDDS]

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

[@hellopaolo]

haha! yes!

[@YouzTube99]

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

[@leaholver9306]

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

[@lizzabbott]

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

[@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

[@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…

[@georgechlada4868]

Cristian😻

[@AbiS1018]

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

[@saschahoupt6177]

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

[@alicesierra8805]

SHE WAS SHOOK

[@charchar1300]

aww fetus christian

[@wubbalubbadubdub3762]

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

[@joshuahsimpson]

Also the opening comments

[@ArchieH-w7b]

OMG! That sweetheart is her boyfriend!

[@Robmars11]

I saw her in it

[@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?

[@therealameliabedelia7821]

This is a bit late but best performance categories are not broken up into original production/revival. If you originate the role in a revival, you're eligible. Now if you are a replacement performer in a show that is still running, then you are not eligible for a best performance award.

[@jlyfan]

Jerry

[@NickC1966]

Jerry got that right.

[@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

[@chiara.i]

FETUS CHRISTIAN AHHHHH

[@kindtshey5569]

Look like Judy garland

[@AbiS1018]

Shrek and Fiona sat near each other 🥲🥲

[@fourscorpio]

:)

[@elisabethnerolk2283]

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

[@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