Good Things Come in Small Dressing Rooms for Tenor Star Jennifer Laura Thompson

Jennifer Laura Thompson puts a special comic spin on leading lady roles, from her Tony-nominated turn as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown and confused heroine Charlotte in Little Fish to “popular” witch Glinda in Wicked and the fizzy, funny performance she’s currently giving as an ambitious opera diva in the Broadway revival of Lend Me a Tenor. Thompson’s dressing room at the Music Box Theatre is, as she cheerfully put it, “so tiny, it feels like a cell—but it’s mine!” Broadway.com recently squeezed in to take a look at Thompson’s favorite things.

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“My first favorite thing is my new Feather Lite super-light adhesive bra. I don’t know what’s for, but I like it!”


“I love this beautiful purse, which goes with the most beautiful dress I’ve ever worn in my life [by costume designer Martin Pakledinaz].”


"I need a lot of under-eye concealer, because of my favorite person in the world." [see item #4]


“Here’s a photo of my son, Tommy. He’s my favorite person in the world.”


“I also need a lot of Skyy vodka. That’s pretty significant. It’s in every dressing room here!”