Jennifer Laura Thompson

Jennifer Laura Thompson (born December 5, 1969) During her run as Glinda, she performed opposite Idina Menzel and Shoshana Bean as Elphaba. She departed the company on May 29, 2005. She was replaced by Megan Hilty, who had served as her standby. Thompson would later return to the theatre on October 27, 2008, to take part in a one-off performance titled "The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken", a presentation of rough scenes and songs cut from early drafts of Wicked.

Off-Broadway, Thompson played the lead role of Charlotte in the Michael John LaChiusa musical, Little Fish at the Second Stage Theatre. She also appeared in A Doll's Life at the York Theatre, Good News at the Westchester Broadway Theatre (as Connie), Pardon My English, Strike up the Band!, and most recently, Of Thee I Sing for City Center Encores!, and Tip-Toes at Carnegie Hall. She played Julie Jordan in the first national tour of Carousel, and appeared in national tours for Jesus Christ Superstar (as Mary) and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Regionally, she has played roles such as Laura in The Glass Menagerie, Corie in Barefoot in the Park and Luisa in The Fantasticks. She has also made a guest appearance on television's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

She also starred in the Encores! production of On the Town which ran from November 19 to 23, 2008.

Thompson starred as Diana in the Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor, which officially opened April 4, 2010, at the Music Box Theatre.

On December 17, 2010, it was announced that she would be featured in the premiere of the musical version of the film Little Miss Sunshine at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California. The musical ran at La Jolla from February 15 through March 27, 2011, with Thompson in the role of Sheryl Hoover. She did not play in the Off-Broadway production (which ran in November to December 2013).

Thompson starred as Eileen Evergreen in the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, which opened on Broadway in spring 2012 at the Imperial Theatre.

Thompson has also starred in the role of Cynthia Murphy in the Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen at the Music Box Theatre from December 4, 2016, to August 4, 2019.

Personal life Thompson has a husband, John Kain, and a son, Thomas. She attended and graduated from Birmingham Groves High School in 1987. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre in 1991.

Theatre credits YearProductionRoleNotes 1992 Jesus Christ Superstar Mary Magdalene Concert/Tour 1994 A Doll's Life Lady of the Evening/Jailed Woman/Helga/Brigit Off-Broadway 1995 Good News Constance Lane Regional 1996–1997 Carousel Heavenly Friend/Jenny Peters/Understudy: Julie Jordan National Tour 1998 Strike Up the Band Ensemble Encores! Footloose Ariel Moore Broadway 2001 Urinetown Hope Cladwell Off-Broadway Broadway 2003 Little Fish Charlotte Off-Broadway 2004Wicked Glinda (Replacement) Broadway Pardon My English Frieda Bauer Encores! 2006 Of Thee I Sing Mary Turner Encores! Little Fish Ensemble Concert 2008 On the Town Claire de Loone Encores! 2009 Judas & Me The Virgin Mary Off-Broadway 2010 Lend Me a Tenor Diana Broadway 2011 Little Miss Sunshine Sheryl La Jolla Playhouse Company Jenny Concert Kiki Baby Marina Off-Broadway 2012 Nice Work If You Can Get It Eileen Evergreen Broadway 2015 Lady, Be Good! Josephine Vanderwater Encores! Dear Evan Hansen Cynthia Murphy Arena Stage 2016–2019 Off-Broadway Broadway 2019 Into the Wild Performer Playwrights Horizons 2022 Parade Sally Slaton New York City Center

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