Broadway Favorite Sutton Foster chats with NY1 about the seventh and final season of "Younger" premiering on Paramount+ and her eventual return to Broadway in the anticipated production of "The Music Man," alongside Hugh Jackman. Here is an edited portion of their interview:
NY1: Congratulations on the seventh season of “Younger,” what has the show meant to you?
Sutton Foster: Oh, that's so intense. It's meant so much to me, because it marks like a really amazing time in my life. So much has happened in the last seven years. Like Liza, like my character, I felt like I was reinventing myself too. Like, I was in like a new chapter of my life. So in many ways we're on this parallel journey. I met my husband, I adopted my daughter. I feel like I'm living a more authentic, like Sutton is like living a more authentic life. It was like, I grew up I finally grew up. I finally started “adulating."
NY1: Amazing. Sutton, what I love about the show is that there are a lot of easter eggs when it comes to the Broadway community, nods to Broadway, especially in this season. Just give us a little hint of something.
SF: There's a very meta-moment. And they put it in the script and I was like really? Are we really gonna do this? And they do. But it's very cool. My character, Liza ends up dancing to a song that Sutton Foster…
NY1: I love it.
SF: It's so cool. It's a great moment.
NY1: Hint hint "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
SF: Yeah
NY1: Obviously, you made big news when it was announced that you were coming back to Broadway with Hugh Jackman and obviously that got put on hold. What are you looking forward to the most when you finally get to take to the stage at the Winter Garden Theatre with "The Music Man"?
SF: Oh my gosh. Well, you know what, honestly, like I'm more excited... Yes, I cannot wait to be back on stage, but I also cannot wait to be an audience member. Like, I cannot wait to go see theater. But I'm also like so excited to be able to stand on... immediately, I jumped to like tech rehearsal. I don't know why I'm thinking about that. Usually tech is like the most like mind-numbing, frustrating time, because you're just standing on stage for a long time. But there's something about the magic of putting on, putting a show together and like creating it and being with your cast. And then that first preview when people are in the audience. I'll never take for granted being on stage again, just being able to have that shared experience with a room full of people. And create magic on stage. I can't wait. I just can't wait.
NY1: I love that New York City is a character in this show and it's been seen, throughout the seasons. Just talk about that element that this really is a Valentine, "Younger" is Valentine to New York City.
SF: It really is. It's been so cool for me. I've lived in New York for 20 years and during "Younger," I have seen places of New York that I didn't even know existed. I've been like all over. New York is the most beautiful backdrop. It's a character of the show. And it's also like at a time right now where I feel like New York has had a hard year. And so it's really awesome to watch "Younger" because it's New York at its best. I love this city, so it is wonderful to be able to highlight it. And I think "Younger" does such a beautiful job with that.
The final season of “Younger” is available to stream on Paramount+.