Sutton Foster Lands Leading Role in ABC Family Pilot Bunheads

Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster has nabbed the starring role in Bunheads, a forthcoming ABC Family pilot from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Foster will play Michelle, a Las Vegas showgirl who impulsively marries a man and moves to his sleepy coastal town, taking a role at her mother-in-law’s dance school. No other casting has been announced.

Foster is currently starring as Reno Sweeney in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes, for which she won the 2011 Best Actress Tony. She received her second Tony for Thoroughly Modern Millie and received Tony nominations for Little Women, Shrek and The Drowsy Chaperone. On TV, Foster has guest-starred on Flight of the Conchords and Law & Order: SVU.