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Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson

SUTTON FOSTER — on being a showgirl at 17 and mothering herself

Dinner’s on Me with Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Sony Music

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7753 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Broadway powerhouse and “Younger” star Sutton Foster joins the show. Over a Parisian style omelet and nicoise salad, she tells me about starting her career with a lie, overcoming on-stage anxiety and growing up with an agoraphobic mother. This episode was recorded at Simonette at the Palihotel in Culver City, CA Want next week’s episode now? Subscribe to Dinner’s on Me PLUS. As a subscriber, not only do you get access to new episodes one week early, but you’ll also be able to listen completely ad-free! Just click “Try Free” at the top of the Dinner’s on Me show page on Apple Podcasts to start your free trial today. A Sony Music Entertainment & A Kid Named Beckett production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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forward slash express. Hello, I'm Simon Mayo. And I'm Mark Kermode. And on this week's take,

0:34.4

we have reviews of the new Jason Statham film, A Working Man, Nova Kane, he feels

0:39.7

no pain, and The End with our special guest.

0:43.0

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0:48.5

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0:52.1

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0:55.6

Hi, it's Jesse. Today on the show, we have one of the brightest Broadway stars of our

1:01.6

generation, from Thoroughly Modern Millie to Anything Goes, from the drowsy chaperone to

1:07.8

Once Upon a Mattress, from Sweeney Todd to young Frankic, okay, honestly,

1:12.6

I could do this all day. It's Broadway and television star and author Sutton Foster.

1:19.7

I've always been a leaper. And my dad, when I was a kid, said I would leap into the pool,

1:24.9

but I didn't know how to swim. So I would just, like, jump in and I'd be drowning.

1:29.2

This is Dinner's On Me, and I'm your host, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

1:35.5

I remember the exact moment I met Sutton Foster.

1:39.4

Now, she wasn't Sutton Foster the Broadway icon yet.

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