What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#1What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:05amShe had a pretty solid stint going for a while, "Urinetown," Encores' "Of Thee I Sing," "Little Fish," and "Wicked." But, I haven't heard anything since then. Is she working on something, on hiatus, or what?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/29/04
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#2re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:26amThat's right, I had forgotten she had a kid.
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#3re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:26am
I enjoyed her in Urinetown and Little Fish, but I found her quite lackluster in Wicked. She looked bored when I saw her.
Updated On: 3/1/07 at 11:26 AM
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#4re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:50amIt's wicked. the only ones at wicked who AREN'T bored are the nutjob fans in the audience with badly painted green faces and pointy hats who cry when elphaba dies and think that elphaba is a rock star and the show is actually good. all of these things, however, we know to be false.
#5re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:57am
Ok wait...back up. People actually paint their faces green when they go to see wicked? Jesus it's reached CATS level. One of the scariest things I ever saw was when I was working the bar during a Tour of cats and I saw not only kids but people old enough (and fat enough) to know better, wearing spandex cat costumes and full blown makeup and wigs.
I'm scared.
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#6re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 11:58am
I actually was not fond of JLT in Wicked either. Thought she was fabulous in Urinetown though.
I think she'd be a riot in Spamalot as Lady of the Lake.
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#7re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 12:43pmSee, I really liked her as Glinda...but that was just me.
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actor
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/06
#8re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 12:50pm
She was my absolute favorite Glinda. I don't know WHY you were bored.
And yes, she is being a mommy
#9re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 12:54pmI didn't see her as Glinda, but I did see her several times in URINETOWN, both off and on Broadway. Early in the run she was fabulous, but her later performances were marked with a distinct feeling of boredom: she mumbled or raced through her lines and in some instances visibly dropped character before she was even off the stage.
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#10re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 12:57pm
I loved her as Glinda.
She was my first Glinda. :-]
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husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#11re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 1:06pmShe was my second, I saw Cheno, and Cheno spent a lot of time trying to upstage Idina. And, truth be told, had it not been for JLT, I would have left "Wicked" the second time I saw it.
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Smartful Dodger
Featured Actor Joined: 3/23/05
#12re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 1:28pmI agree with HuskCharmer and Actor. The only reason I went to see WICKED at all was because of Thompson. She was amazing in URINETOWN, so that was enough to get me to the Gershwin.
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skingdom
Broadway Star Joined: 6/29/03
#15re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 2:00pm
Her "baby Daddy" is her husband.
She does smaler, shorter things now, while still focusing on motherhood. She did a reading of Grey Gardens at PH, Of Thee I Sing! at Encores and the Little Fish concert at Joe's Pub. She's extremely talented, and I hope she returns to the theatre full-time someday.
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-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#16re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 4:00pmJLT was pretty freakin' funny as Glinda. I thought she added a lot to the role.
#17re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 4:02pm
I saw her as Glinda, and I thought she gave a fantastic performance. I love her on the Urinetown recording as well.
I hope she is able to get back into theatre soon.
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ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#18re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 5:59pm
Thompson's performance as Glinda has become the basis for the character in the USA, rather than Chenoweth's. Chenoweth was good in the role, but really rather forgettable. I didn't see Thompson's performance, but from what I've heard/read in interviews, she reimagined the character.
The situation is similar to when Michael Ball stepped in as Fosco in London. Crawford's performance was scrapped from memory, basically, and all other Foscos based their performance in some way on Ball's.
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#19re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 6:23pmI am sure that she will return soon enough, but I think her family is the number one thing on her list right now.
jess20882
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/06
#20re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 6:32pm
I loved her as Glinda and can't wait to see what her next theatre roll might be, if she does indeed return to the stage.
I also was lucky enough to catch her in a guest role on an episode of Law and Order:SVU this past weekend. Her role was chilling - much different than her Glinda persona 
#21re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 7:13pmI'd love to see her replace Ebersole. Not saying I don't like Christine, just when she leaves.
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Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#22re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 7:16pmShe actually performed the role of Act I Little Edie, not Ebersole's.
skingdom
Broadway Star Joined: 6/29/03
#23re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 7:17pm
THANKSTOPHANTOM...I really find that hard to believe.
Chenoweth was forgettable? Come again.
Skingdom out.
#24re: What happened to Jennifer Laura Thompson?
Posted: 3/1/07 at 7:19pm
She actually performed the role of Act I Little Edie, not Ebersole's.
What YankeeFan said. I think she's too old to play Little Edie and not old enough to play the dual role. There was a thread on this last year, I believe.
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Updated On: 3/1/07 at 07:19 PM
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