Jennifer Laura Thompson IS the new G(a)linda

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 6/11/04 at 2:21am

Jennifer Laura Thompson will take over the role of Glinda from Kristin in WICKED!!!! Jennifer is Tony-nominated for her performance in Urinetown and she will start on 20th July!
Will Jennifer be gd in this new role? Because Kristin's Glinda seems to be perfect!

[Musetta1957]

Posted: 6/11/04 at 2:31am

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http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=195934

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/12/04 at 11:35am

Jennifer Laura Thompson is FAB. I look forward to the chance to see her.

[ShineOn]

Posted: 6/12/04 at 12:42pm

J-La can sing circles around Kristin. I *have* to see Wicked now. Now if ONLY Stephanie Block would take over for Idina... that right there would be IDEAL casting.

Those two together could make me actually WANT to see Wicked.

[MusicPos2]

Posted: 6/12/04 at 3:48pm

You haven't really heard Kristin sing unless you've heard her in WICKED. The stuff I saw from CHARLIE BROWN, I really didn't like her, but she shows so much depth and such range...

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/12/04 at 4:38pm

Cheno has one of those MAD jaw dropping ranges.. both pichwise and stylistically. LOL

[jgph]

Posted: 6/12/04 at 5:02pm

didnt she understudy elphie in its out of town tryout?
went on once i think

apparently she was fab...would love to see her take over

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 6/12/04 at 5:03pm

No, Dtephanie Block was the Elphaba understudy out of town. She left to do Boy From Oz. She DID go on as Elpbie once.

[Amneris]

Posted: 6/12/04 at 6:34pm

ya dont say?

Posted: 6/12/04 at 6:41pm

Who is she?

[MusicPos2]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 12:18am

Why would she do that?! I know Idina never misses, but BOY FROM OZ?!

[ShineOn]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 2:25am

...because it got her a Tony Nom and got her face out there... she got to go to Broadway in a leading role, as opposed to Idina's understudy...? I think she's a smart cookie. Now she needs to REPLACE Idina and all will be right in the world.

[Jon]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 10:28am

Stephanie Block did not get a Tony nom - Isabel Keating and Beth Fowler did

[Dawg]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 11:57am

Despite the fact she should have gotten a Tony nom-she was one of the egregiously-overlooked this year along with Ann Harada...makes dawg sad...

[ShineOn]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 2:06pm

Right... I know it didn't get her a Tony nom... in fact I was quite pissed about that. I mistyped that last night... it should have said she "SHOULD have recieved a Tony nom".

Stephanie and Ann should have had noms over Jennifer and Karen, by a looooong shot. Ridiculous, I's tell ya.

[wickedfan330]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 3:50pm

jennifer laura thompson sux!

[wickedfan330]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:14pm

only the good lord knows how SHE of all people landed this role! carol channing would make a more convincing galinda...laura bell bundy shouldve taken it over...shes good for the part

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:15pm

How is a person to respond to such an entirely unreasonable, unexplained and overall moronic post?

[wickedfan330]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:17pm

thats great...have u seen kc in the role!? jlt is like a polar opposite..just an opinion..jeez

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:19pm

It wasn't an opinion at all. You didn't back up your STATEMENT with anything of your own so how can it be an opinion.

[wickedfan330]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:25pm

what is your problem!? relax!

[Pink]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:29pm

Jennifer Laura Thompson is extremely talented and you can't base an opinion on something you haven't seen yet. And why would we want someone who is EXACTLY like Kristin playing Glinda? JLT will make it her own instead of someone like LBB who plays Kristin playing Glinda.

[wickedfan330]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:29pm

w/e u say....

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:30pm

My problem is that you come on here and make completely baseless statements about an actress who hasn't even gone on in the role yet. Don't tell me to relax because I've sat through dozens of your kind of poster and I don't need another one! I speak for a lot of people on this board when I tell you to grow up!

[wickedfan330]

Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:33pm

this is a message board on broadwayworld.com, not a world wide issue...all i said was w/e u say..i personally dont like jlt...u seriously need to relax