Hunter Foster
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Hunter Foster is a Broadway actor, singer, and playwright.
Foster was born on June 25, 1969 in Statesboro, Georgia. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Michigan in 1992, after which he moved to New York City.
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 Critic 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.
Most recently, Foster 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.
Foster wrote the libretto for an off-Broadway 2002 musical based on the motion picture Summer of '42. He presently is writing an adaptation of the film Bonnie and Clyde with Urinetown co-star, Rick Crom.
He is the brother of actress Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie) and husband of actress and occasional co-star Jennifer Cody (Urinetown).
A half-hour in-depth interview with Foster, during which he discusses his early career, the launch of Urinetown, upcoming projects, and more is available at Volume 9 of Broadway Bullet.
[edit] Stage credits
- Cats - Rum Tum Tugger - 1992 US National Tour
- Grease - Roger - 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)
- Little Shop of Horrors - Seymour - 2003
- The Producers - Leo Bloom - 2004
- Mister Roberts - Ensign Pulver - 2005
- Modern Orthodox - Ben - 2005
