Jennifer Laura Thompson

You Might Know Her From

Let’s hear it for the girl! We are back for another summer episode and we dive into the nitty gritty of life on the Great White Way with Tony nominated actress and singer, Jennifer Laura Thompson. You might know her from the original Broadway productions of Footloose, Wicked, Urinetown, Lend Me a Tenor, Nice Work if You Can Get It, and Dear Evan Hansen. We cover our deep and abiding love of Urinetown as well as the stress of stepping into the bubble as the first replacement Glinda in Wicked. Plus, playing a killer on Law and Order: SVU, reading your reviews, being bound and gagged at the Tonys, and the possibility of playing Little Edie in a revival of Grey Gardens. S-T-A-U-N-C-H!

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Discussed this week:

Claim to Fame tv show on ABC

Frankie Jonas

Kevin Jonas’ other reality show as a contractor?

Whoopi’s relative yes she’s on the show

JoJo Siwa is an icon

We are sad about the loss of Olivia Newton-John

Starred as Hope Cladwell in original Broadway cast of Urinetown the musical.

Cast included John Cullum, Nancy Opel, Jeff McCarthy, and Hunter Foster

Was a replacement Julie Jordan in national tour of Carousel

The Henry Miller Theatre (now the Stephen Sondheim) had sound effects making it sound run down

All That Chat very much still around

Cast performed "Run Freedom Run" at the Tonys and JLT was bound and gagged for the entire number

NYC is due for a Urinetown revival and JLT wants to play Penelope Pennywise this time around

Broadway debut was in Footloose (1998)

Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero" was JLT's big number

Today Show was a nightmare (here she is performing with the cast)

Played Connor's mom in the Pasek and Paul musical juggernaut, Dear Evan Hansen for 2.5 years on Broadway

Dee Hoty played JLT's mom in Footloose

The much maligned film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen was not something she watched

First replacement Glinda in Wicked on Broadway. JLT 5'7" and had to fit in Kristin Chenoweth's (4'11") bubble

Idina Menzel fell through the stage while performing with JLT

Shoshana Bean (first Broadway replacement Elphaba) currently in Mr Saturday Night on Broadway

Attacks Emily Deschanel in her ep of Law and Order: SVU (Season 3, ep 17 “Surveillance”)

Meloni was most method

Performed with cast of Dear Evan Hansen for the Macys Day Parade

Ben Platt talked less on show days than Idina Menzel

Starred in revival of Lend Me a Tenor on Broadway with Tony Shalhoub Anthony LaPaglia

Was in the NY Philharmonic Philharmonic production of Company production of Company as Jenny, the character who gets stoned

JLT is halfway to EGOT: Grammy for cast recording of DEH and a Emmy for performance on The Today Show

Wants to win a Tony for Edie in Grey Gardens or Pennywise in Urinetown

Performed "For Good" on set of The View with Idina

Little Fish the musical

Trailer of Bernadette Peters and Debra Monk in Mozart in the Jungle

Got very into Couples Therapy (Showtime)

We love Orna Guralnik. Found out she’s Israeli and won’t discuss her sexuality