Lea Thompson
Lea Thompson#0
Posted: 9/10/04 at 11:38pmI was just looking at a Cabaret website and saw a picture of Lea. Just wondering, has anyone seen her in Cabaret and how was her performance? I've seen her in various movies, including the Back to the Future ones.
re: Lea Thompson#1
Posted: 9/10/04 at 11:41pmi saw her as sally and she was great. wonderful voice and a great actress.
re: Lea Thompson#2
Posted: 9/11/04 at 12:02amI also saw her. Since they didn't pass out Playbills until the end and I was sitting pretty far back, I didn't know who was playing Sally until after the show was over. She was wonderful. I wonder why she hasn't come back to Bway?
re: Lea Thompson#3
Posted: 9/11/04 at 1:58amcabaret seemed like one of those shows where they just casted anyone with a big name..kinda like grease, and chicago...but lea still could of done a good job i didnt get to see her in it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
re: Lea Thompson#4
Posted: 9/11/04 at 2:06am
Cabaret should never have been one of those shows to submit to mostly lead stunt casting, but whatever. In a slight defense, it's not like the names were huge...more like an 80s flashback.
And yes, I did see Lea. She was my first, and though I don't remember a lot thanks to being drunk off my ass for the first time, I remember crying my eyes out during her Cabaret. She was good!
re: Lea Thompson#5
Posted: 9/11/04 at 8:47amHow come they didn't pass out playbills until the end?
re: Lea Thompson#6
Posted: 9/11/04 at 9:26am
The "official" reason was becasue the artistic director didn't want the Playbills to distract the audience members. He wanted it to have the feel of a real cabaret.
I also think its because they were trying to push souvenier programs.
re: Lea Thompson#7
Posted: 9/11/04 at 10:50amI still think of Howard the Duck when I hear her name and cringe.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Lea Thompson#8
Posted: 9/11/04 at 10:52amEw--never saw Howard the Duck--the commercials scared me enough *shudder shudder* I think of her from Back to the Future--yay!!! I <3 those movies!
re: Lea Thompson#9
Posted: 9/11/04 at 7:12pmInteresting that she was so good - I wouldn't have suspected it. So did anyone see Jennifer Jason Leigh as Sally?
re: Lea Thompson#10
Posted: 9/14/04 at 4:06pm
LOLOL- I own Howard the Duck on video. I think it's the WORST movie EVER made. It's entirely unwatchable but hilarious.
Each time I think of the many bad movies she's done (Casual Sex, anyone?) I remind myself of Some Kind of Wonderful.
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