Hunter Foster

Hunter Foster Biography

Hunter Foster (born June 25, 1969) is an American musical theatre actor/singer, librettist and playwright.

Biography

Early life

Foster was born in Lumberton, North Carolina, but raised in Augusta, Georgia and Troy, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Michigan in 1992. After graduation he moved to New York City.

Career

After touring in several shows and playing on Broadway, he was cast in his breakthrough role, that of "Bobby Strong" in Urinetown, for which he received nominations for an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Lucille Lortel Award. In 2003, Foster starred as "Seymour" in the Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, for which he received his first Tony Award nomination.

Foster also appeared as Leo Bloom in The Producers on Broadway, Ensign Pulver in Mister Roberts at the Kennedy Center, and Ben in Modern Orthodox off-Broadway. He also starred as Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia.

Foster wrote the libretto for an off-Broadway 2002 musical based on the motion picture Summer of '42. He is writing an adaptation of the film Bonnie and Clyde with Urinetown co-star, Rick Crom. Foster was one of the writers for Rosie O'Donnell's 2008 NBC series Rosie Live, which was cancelled after the first episode.

Foster played the role of music producer Sam Phillips in the musical Million Dollar Quartet, at the Nederlander Theatre, which opened on April 10, 2010. Foster then portrayed Richard Hoover in the musical Little Miss Sunshine, at the La Jolla Playhouse, until March 27, 2011. He recently appeared on the ABC Family show Bunheads

Personal life

He is the brother of actress Sutton Foster. He and his wife, actress and occasional co-star Jennifer Cody, live in Teaneck, New Jersey and New York City.

Stage credits

Cats - Rum Tum Tugger - 1992 US National Tour
Grease - Roger u/s Danny - 1994
King David - Jonathan - 1997
Children of Eden - Abel, Ham - 1997
Les Misérables - Joly - 1998
Footloose - Bickle - 1998
Martin Guerre - Victor, Martin - 1999
Urinetown - Bobby Strong - 2001 (originated role)
Earth Girls Are Easy - Mac - 2002
Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour - 2003
The Producers - Leo Bloom - 2004
Mister Roberts - Ensign Pulver - 2005
Modern Orthodox - Ben - 2005
The Producers - Leo Bloom - 2007
Frankenstein - A New Musical (Off Broadway) - Victor Frankenstein - 2007
Kiss of the Spider Woman - (Signature Theatre) - Luis Alberto Molina - 2008
Million Dollar Quartet - Sam Phillips - 2010
Hands on a Hardbody - Benny Perkins - 2012 (originated role)
Ordinary Days - Jason - 2013 (originated role)

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