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Kauffman Center Presents
Local Performers Join Sutton Foster for Concert
MEDIA ALERT
Two-time Tony Award-winning actress, singer and dancer Sutton Foster will take to the Muriel
Kauffman Theatre stage this Thursday, Sept. 11, and she’ll have local talent joining her for a
portion of her concert. Performers from Music Theatre Kansas City (MTKC) will join her for select
numbers in the concert, including two youth performers, Sutton Hamm and Ivy Sollenberger, as
well as an adult ensemble.
MTKC artistic director Julie Danielson shares, “I am just one of the millions of theater kids out
there who have adored Sutton Foster for years! This project is so thrilling… not only do I get to
share the stage with a Broadway legend, but I have the privilege of sharing that opportunity with
all these singers who have trained and performed with me over the span of my career at MTKC.”
Foster was most recently seen in an acclaimed turn as Princess Winnifred in the Broadway
revival of Once Upon a Mattress at the Hudson Theatre. Foster also starred as Mrs. Lovett in the
Tony-winning revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street opposite Aaron Tveit.
In 2022, she played Marian Paroo in The Music Man on Broadway, earning her seventh Tony
nomination and the Drama League Distinguished Performance Award. In 2021, she reprised her
role as Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes in London, receiving an Olivier Award nomination.
Foster starred in TV Land’s Younger for seven seasons and has appeared in The Marvelous
Mrs. Maisel and Bunheads. Her Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern
Millie, Violet and more. She has released three solo albums and a memoir, Hooked: How
Crafting Saved My Life, and she holds an honorary doctorate from Ball State University, where
she also teaches.
WHEN & WHERE
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2026 at 7:30 p.m., Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kauffman Center for the
Performing Arts.
Tickets are available through the Kauffman Center Ticket Office at 816.994.7222 or online at
https://tickets.kauffmancenter.org/overview/suttonfoster.
ABOUT THE KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Opening in 2011, the Kauffman Center serves as a cultural cornerstone for extraordinary and
diverse music, opera, theater and dance performances for Kansas City and the region. Designed
by internationally recognized architect Moshe Safdie, the Kauffman Center has been honored as
one of the World’s 15 Most Beautiful Concert Halls, which attracts some of the world’s most
renowned performers and entertainers. The 285,000-square-foot Center includes two
performance halls: the 1,800-seat Muriel Kauffman Theatre that hosts dance performances,
operas, plays and musicals and the 1,600-seat Helzberg Hall, a venue for a wide range of
musical performances, from chamber music to full orchestral concerts, jazz and pop, lectures
and recitals.
The Kauffman Center is the performance home for three of the region’s leading performing arts
organizations – Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Kansas City Symphony. In
addition, the Kauffman Center Presents series brings in performing artists at the top of their
classes as well as Trailblazing Talks, a live speaker series. Since opening, the Kauffman Center
has offered over 3,100 performances and welcomed more than 4.5 million visitors.
By engaging the community and creating access to arts experiences, more than 415,000
students attended over 366 matinees offered by the Kauffman Center, its resident companies
and other arts organizations. More information about the Kauffman Center for the Performing
Arts can be found at kauffmancenter.org.
