Sutton Foster to Guest Star on Amazon Dark Comedy MAD DOGS

TV Line reports exclusively that Broadway vet Sutton Foster will appear in a guest starring role on Amazon's upcoming dark comedy series MAD DOGS.

Adapted from the British series of the same name, the show will center on "a group of underachieving fortysomething friends who gather in Belize to celebrate an early retirement. When wild events start to unfold, secrets are revealed - and someone dies." The show stars Billy Zane, Steve Zahn, Romany Malco, Michael Imperioli, and Ben Chaplin.

The YOUNGER star will take on the role of Gerda, described as "a stubborn and fierce Mennonite wife gone rogue." No word yet on how many episodes the character will appear in beyond the initial airing.

Production is currently underway for the series in Puerto Rico. It is scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime in 2016.

Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has performed in 10 Broadway shows and originated roles in the Broadway productions of The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Young Frankenstein, Shrek the Musical, and her Tony Award-winning performances in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie. She was first seen on television on "Star Search" at age 15, and has more recently appeared in "Bunheads" (TV Critics' Choice Award nomination for "Best Actress in a Comedy Series"), "Psych", "Flight of the Conchords", "Law and Order SVU", "Royal Pains", and "Sesame Street".

As a solo artist, Sutton has performed all over the country as well as internationally with her musical director Michael Rafter... featuring songs from her debut solo CD "Wish" as well as her follow up CD, "An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle." She has graced the stages ofCarnegie Hall, Feinstein's, Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, Joe's Pub and many others. In 2011 she received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Ball State University where she also is on faculty as a teacher and advisor to the Department of Theatre and Dance.

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