Stephanie J. Block Set to Replace Sutton Foster in Anything Goes

Stephanie J. Block will return to the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Anything Goes as Reno Sweeney. Block begins her run March 15, replacing current star Sutton Foster, who departs the production March 11 to film the new ABC Family series Bunheads. Block previously stepped in for Foster in November 2011 while she filmed the series' pilot episode.

Block's Broadway credits include 9 to 5, Wicked, The Boy From Oz and The Pirate Queen. She has also appeared off-Broadway in By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. 

Directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall and featuring a score by Cole Porter, Anything Goes opened on April 7, 2011 at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and earned three Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical. The production currently also stars Joel Grey as Moonface Martin, Colin Donnell as Billy Crocker, Erin Mackie as Hope Harcourt, Julie Halston as Evangeline Harcourt, John McMartin as Elisha J. Whitney and Jessica Stone as Erma. Grey is scheduled to depart the production on April 29. No replacement has been named at this time.