Lea Katherine Thompson (born May 31, 1961) is an American actress and
directorA film director, or filmmaker is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Some also consider a film producer to be a filmmaker....
. She is best known for her 1990s
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
situation comedyA situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms...
Caroline in the CityCaroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
and her portrayal of
Marty McFlyMartin Seamus "Marty" McFly is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Michael J. Fox in the three films and voiced by David Kaufman in the animated series.-Biography:...
's mother in the
Back to the Future trilogyBack to the Future is a comedic science fiction film series written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, directed by Zemeckis, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The plot follows the adventures of high school student Marty McFly and scientist Dr...
.
Early life
Thompson was born in
Rochester, MinnesotaRochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, it is perhaps best known as the home of Mayo Clinic and is also home to the largest IBM facility under one roof in the world...
, the daughter of Barbara, a singer and musician, and Cliff Thompson. She studied
balletBallet is a formalized type of performance dance, which originated in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form...
as a girl and would practice three to four hours every day. She was dancing professionally by the age of 14. She won
scholarshipA scholarship is an award of access to an institution, or a financial aid award for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
s to several
balletBallet is a formalized type of performance dance, which originated in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form...
schools, including the
American Ballet TheatreAmerican Ballet Theatre, based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today...
, the
San Francisco BalletThe San Francisco Ballet is a ballet company, founded in 1933 as part of San Francisco Opera Ballet. The company is currently based in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, California, under the direction of Helgi Tomasson. SFB is the first professional ballet company in the United States...
and the
Pennsylvania BalletThe Pennsylvania Ballet is a ballet company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in 1963 by Barbara Weisberger. The company became a regionally important institution, and performed in New York for the first time in 1968. The Ballet has since appeared on the PBS show Dance in America. ...
. Thompson danced in more than 45 ballets with the American Ballet Theatre. She also danced with the Pennsylvania Ballet, the
Minnesota Dance TheatreThe Minnesota Dance Theatre dance company and school in Minneapolis, Minnesota was founded by Loyce Houlton in 1962 as the Contemporary Dance Theatre. Lise Houlton succeeded her mother as artistic director in 1995. Each holiday season MDT presents the ballet Loyce Houlton's Nutcracker Fantasy...
and the Ballet Repertory.
Thompson was told by ballet legend and then ABT artistic director
Mikhail BaryshnikovMikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada...
that she was "a beautiful dancer, but too stocky." Due to this (as well as some small nagging past injuries), she decided to give up dancing in favor of an acting career. She moved to New York at age 20 and performed in a number of
Burger KingBurger King , often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The first restaurant was opened in Miami, Florida in 1954 by James McLamore and David Edgerton, and has since used several...
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in the 1980s along with
Elisabeth ShueElisabeth Judson Shue is an American film actress.-Early life:Shue was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Her mother, Anne Harms , was a bank executive who was the vice president of the private division of the Chemical Banking Corporation...
, her eventual co-star in
Back to the Future Part IIBack to the Future Part II is a 1989 film and a sequel to the 1985 film Back to the Future. Like the previous film, it was directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale...
and
Back to the Future Part IIIBack to the Future Part III is a 1990 film and the third and final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. The film is a science fiction western, using the time travel premise of the series to take Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown back to the Old West of 1885.-Plot:The story continues from...
.
Career
Thompson's first significant film roles came in 1983, with
Jaws 3-DJaws 3-D is an 1983 horror–thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid...
and
All the Right Moves For the OneRepublic song, see All the Right Moves All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham...
. That was followed by
Red DawnRed Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed and co-written by John Milius and written by Kevin Reynolds. The film is set in an alternate timeline during the mid-1980s, and deals with an invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union and its Central American allies. However, the onset of World...
(1984) and
The Wild LifeThe Wild Life is a 1984 comedy-drama film, written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Art Linson. The film is only available on VHS and Laserdisc in pan and scan with stereo analog tracks...
(1984). Her most famous role was that of
Lorraine Baines McFlyLorraine Baines McFly is a fictional character, a lead character in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actress Lea Thompson. She did not appear in the animated series, though was mentioned.-Family:...
in the
Back to the FutureBack to the Future is a 1985 science fiction adventure film directed by Robert Zemeckis, co-written by Bob Gale and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, as well as Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson and Thomas F. Wilson...
trilogy, the first of the three films being released in 1985. Thompson's character is the mother of
Marty McFlyMartin Seamus "Marty" McFly is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Michael J. Fox in the three films and voiced by David Kaufman in the animated series.-Biography:...
, played by
Michael J. FoxMichael J. Fox is a Canadian actor, author and voice-over artist. His roles have included Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy ; Alex P...
.
In 1986, Thompson starred in
SpaceCampSpaceCamp is a 1986 movie based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The film stars Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix and Tate Donovan. Its screenplay was written by Clifford Green and Casey T. Mitchell. The movie...
and
Howard the DuckHoward the Duck is an American comedy science fiction film, directed by Willard Huyck and produced by George Lucas. Loosely based on the comic book of the same name, the film focuses on Howard, an alien from a planet inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks, is transported to Earth, where he meets...
. For the latter film, she sang several songs on the soundtrack, in character, as musician Beverley Switzer, who was the lead vocalist for a band called "Cherry Bomb." The recordings appeared on both the soundtrack album and on singles. Rounding out film appearances in the late 1980s, Thompson starred in
Some Kind of Wonderful,
Casual Sex?Casual Sex? is a 1988 comedy film about two female friends who go to a holiday resort in search of the perfect man. The film was directed by Geneviève Robert, and stars Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson, Andrew Dice Clay, and Jerry Levine.- Plot :...
,
Going Undercover and
The Wizard of Loneliness. She also had a prominent role in the 1989 TV movie
Nightbreaker, for which she was nominated for a
CableACE AwardThe CableACE Award was an award that was given from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in American cable television programming...
. In the early 1990s, Thompson starred in
Dennis the MenaceDennis the Menace is a 1993 live-action American family film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name....
(1993),
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) and
The Little Rascals (1994). She also appeared in several TV movies throughout the 90s, such as
The Substitute Wife (1994),
The Unspoken Truth (1995) and
The Right To Remain SilentThe Right To Remain Silent is a play by Mark Fauser and Brent Briscoe that was adapted for a television movie in 1996 starring Robert Loggia and Lea Thompson.-Synopsis:...
(1996).
Thompson found moderate critical and popular success as the star of the
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California...
sitcomA situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms...
Caroline in the CityCaroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
, from 1995-1999. In 1996, Thompson received a People's Choice Award for "Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series."
After a break from acting, Thompson went on to star in several
BroadwayBroadway Theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, is the theatre associated with the 40 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City...
plays. She later appeared in a TV series called
For The People, which only lasted one season. Then came a TV movie,
Stealing Christmas (2003), starring
Tony DanzaTony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which Danza was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...
and
Betty WhiteBetty Marion White is an American actress, comedian and former television host with a career spanning over sixty-five years...
. Thompson also appeared in several episodes of the dramedy series
EdEd is an NBC television program produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated that aired from 2000 to 2004.The hour-long comedy-drama starred Tom Cavanagh as Edward Jeremy Stevens, the protagonist, Julie Bowen as his love interest Carol Phyllis Vessey, Josh Randall as his friend Dr...
and in a guest role for one episode in 2004 on NBC's
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural TV series about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department...
; she played a woman whose embryos were stolen.
In 2005, Thompson began a series of made-for-TV movies for the
Hallmark ChannelThe Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. They specialize in re-broadcasting classic syndicated series and television movies that are appropriate for the whole family...
, in which she plays "
Jane DoeJane Doe is the name of a series of two-hour TV movies appearing regularly on the Hallmark Channel. In it, Lea Thompson stars as Kathy Davis, a soccer mom, who is secretly Jane Doe, an agent for the Central Security Agency. Episodes focus on her efforts to keep her lives separate while solving...
," an ex-secret agent turned housewife, who helps the government solve mysteries. Thompson directed two films from the
Jane Doe series -
Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall and
Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder. She is currently attached to direct the feature film
The Swingin' Sounds of Jack Amsterdam, which is set to be released in 2010.
Thompson was a featured singer on
Celebrity DuetsCelebrity Duets is a U.S. reality television show of the progressive game-show type, which combined celebrities of different backgrounds with professional singers in a weekly elimination competition....
and the second contestant eliminated in 2006.
In April 2007, another TV movie,
A Life InterruptedA Life Interrupted is a 2007 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Stefan Pleszczynski and starring Lea Thompson....
, premiered on
Lifetime TelevisionLifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles...
. It concerns a rape survivor, who overcomes her debilitating fear by working to get funding to get the terrible backlog of rape kits processed, so that other women will not have to suffer for years as she did.
Thompson guest-starred on the show
Head CaseHead Case is a comedy television show starring Alexandra Wentworth as, Dr. Elizabeth Goode, a Los Angeles psychologist who treats celebrities, though she has issues of her own...
in January 2008. She appeared in the TV movie
Final Approach, which debuted in the U.S. on May 24, 2008. Her recent film credits include
Exit SpeedExit Speed is an action film by Sabbatical Pictures. The film was directed by Scott Ziehl, and stars Desmond Harrington, Julie Mond, Lea Thompson, Alice Greczyn, David Rees Snell and Fred Ward. This 90 minute action film was shown in Cannes in 2008. The film was made in the Dallas, Texas area,...
and
Spy SchoolSpy School is a 2008 American children's movie, released outside the USA as Doubting Thomas.- Plot :Thomas miller, a twelve year old school kid that has a penchant for telling lies finds out that the president's daughter is going to get kidnapped...
. She recently starred in the
television movieA television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
The Christmas Clause, which received good reviews and ratings. She is also starring in the new films
Splinterheads and
Prettyface. She just filmed the movie I Was a 7th Grade Dragon Slayer. She is set to star in the potential television series
A Town Called MaliceA Town Called Malice is a forthcoming American television series. It will star Lea Thompson and by directed by Howard Deutch.The comedy drama is in development at production/management company Elevate Entertainment. Elevate will shop the series to TV outlets...
.
Personal life
Thompson has been married to film director
Howard DeutchHoward Deutch is an American Film director. His most recent theatrical release was My Best Friend's Girl, starring Jason Biggs, Kate Hudson, Dane Cook, and Alec Baldwin...
since 1989, whom she first met on the set of
Some Kind of Wonderful. Thompson had previously been engaged to
Dennis QuaidDennis William Quaid is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after appearing in several successful films.-Early life:...
, her
Jaws 3-DJaws 3-D is an 1983 horror–thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid...
co-star.
Thompson and Deutch have two daughters, Madeline (born 1991) and Zoey (born 1995), with whom she sang on stage in the
Bye Bye BirdieBye Bye Birdie is a stage musical with a book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse.Originally titled Let's Go Steady, the satire on American society is set in 1958. The story was inspired by the phenomenon of popular singer Elvis Presley and his draft notice into...
production for the 16th annual Alzheimer's Association "A Night at
Sardi'sSardi's is a restaurant in New York City's theater district at 234 West 44th Street in Manhattan. Known for the hundreds of caricatures of show-business celebrities that adorn its walls, Sardi's opened at its current location on March 5,1927....
" in March 2008. Thompson has stated that her career break to raise her children has helped with her subsequent portrayal of
soccer momThe phrase soccer mom broadly refers to a middle-class suburban woman who spends a significant amount of her time transporting her school-age children to their sporting events or other activities. Indices of American magazines and newspapers show relatively little usage of the term until a 1995...
Kathy Davis/Jane Doe.
Thompson has a brother Andrew, who made a successful career with the Colorado Ballet. They both took ballet classes in their youth and he even helped her pay for classes. Her sister Colleen is a writer.
Film
- Jaws 3-D
Jaws 3-D is an 1983 horror–thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid...
(1983) - Kelly Ann Bukowski
- All the Right Moves
For the OneRepublic song, see All the Right Moves All the Right Moves is a 1983 drama film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham...
(1983) - Lisa Litski
- Red Dawn
Red Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed and co-written by John Milius and written by Kevin Reynolds. The film is set in an alternate timeline during the mid-1980s, and deals with an invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union and its Central American allies. However, the onset of World...
(1984) - Erica Mason
- The Wild Life
The Wild Life is a 1984 comedy-drama film, written by Cameron Crowe and directed by Art Linson. The film is only available on VHS and Laserdisc in pan and scan with stereo analog tracks...
(1984) - Anita
- Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction adventure film directed by Robert Zemeckis, co-written by Bob Gale and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, as well as Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson and Thomas F. Wilson...
(1985) - Lorraine Baines McFly
- SpaceCamp
SpaceCamp is a 1986 movie based on a book by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams and inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. The film stars Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Joaquin Phoenix and Tate Donovan. Its screenplay was written by Clifford Green and Casey T. Mitchell. The movie...
(1986) - Kathryn Fairly
- Howard the Duck
Howard the Duck is an American comedy science fiction film, directed by Willard Huyck and produced by George Lucas. Loosely based on the comic book of the same name, the film focuses on Howard, an alien from a planet inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks, is transported to Earth, where he meets...
(1986) - Beverly Switzler
- Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) - Amanda Jones
- Casual Sex?
Casual Sex? is a 1988 comedy film about two female friends who go to a holiday resort in search of the perfect man. The film was directed by Geneviève Robert, and stars Lea Thompson, Victoria Jackson, Andrew Dice Clay, and Jerry Levine.- Plot :...
(1988) - Stacey
- Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 film and a sequel to the 1985 film Back to the Future. Like the previous film, it was directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale...
(1989) - Lorraine Baines/McFly/Tannen
- Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part III is a 1990 film and the third and final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. The film is a science fiction western, using the time travel premise of the series to take Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett Brown back to the Old West of 1885.-Plot:The story continues from...
(1990) - Maggie McFly/Lorraine McFly
- Article 99
Article 99 is a 1992 American film written by Ron Cutler and directed by Howard Deutch. It was produced by Orion Pictures and starred Kiefer Sutherland, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, John C. McGinley, Rutanya Alda and Lea Thompson...
(1992) - Dr. Robin Van Dorn
- Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace is a 1993 live-action American family film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name....
(1993) - Alice Mitchell
- The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) - Laura Jackson
- The Little Rascals (1994) - Ms. Roberts
- The Unknown Cyclist (1998) - Melissa Cavatelli
- Fish Don't Blink (2002) - Clara
- Haunted Lighthouse (Short) (2003) - Peg Van Legge
- Come Away Home (2005) - Carol
- 10 Tricks (2006) - Grace
- California Dreaming
California Dreaming is a 2007 film written and directed by Linda Voorhees starring Lea Thompson, Dave Foley and Patricia Richardson...
(2007) - Ginger Gainor
- Senior Skip Day (2008) - Cathleen Harris
- Spy School
Spy School is a 2008 American children's movie, released outside the USA as Doubting Thomas.- Plot :Thomas miller, a twelve year old school kid that has a penchant for telling lies finds out that the president's daughter is going to get kidnapped...
(2008) - Claire Miller
- Exit Speed
Exit Speed is an action film by Sabbatical Pictures. The film was directed by Scott Ziehl, and stars Desmond Harrington, Julie Mond, Lea Thompson, Alice Greczyn, David Rees Snell and Fred Ward. This 90 minute action film was shown in Cannes in 2008. The film was made in the Dallas, Texas area,...
(2008) - Maudie McMinn
- The Check (short) (2009)- Darla
- Balancing the Books (2009) - Rebecca
- Splinterheads (2009) - Susan Frost
- Rock Slyde (2009) - Master Bartologist
- PrettyFace (2010) - Mary Penny
- I Was a 7th Grade Dragon Slayer (2010) - Laura
Television
- Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is a horror anthology American TV series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...
(TV series, one episode, 1989) "Only Sin Deep" - Sylvia Vane
- Montana (TV movie, 1990) - Peg Guthrie
- Stolen Babies (TV movie, 1993) - Annie Beales
- The Substitute Wife (TV movie, 1994) - Amy Hightower
- The Unspoken Truth (TV movie, 1995) - Brianne Hawkins
- Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which premiered on NBC on September 22, 1994. The series revolved around a group of friends in the area of Manhattan, New York City, who occasionally live together and share living expenses. The series was produced by...
(TV series, one episode, 1995) "The One with the Baby on the Bus" - Caroline Duffy
- The Right To Remain Silent
The Right To Remain Silent is a play by Mark Fauser and Brent Briscoe that was adapted for a television movie in 1996 starring Robert Loggia and Lea Thompson.-Synopsis:...
(TV movie, 1996) - Christine Paley
- A Will of Their Own (TV mini-series, 1998) - Amanda Steward
- Caroline in the City
Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...
(TV series, 97 episodes, 1995-99) - Caroline Duffy
- For The People (TV series, 2002-03) - Chief Dep. Dist. Atty. Camille Paris
- Stealing Christmas (TV movie, 2003) - Sarah Gibson
- Ed
Ed is an NBC television program produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated that aired from 2000 to 2004.The hour-long comedy-drama starred Tom Cavanagh as Edward Jeremy Stevens, the protagonist, Julie Bowen as his love interest Carol Phyllis Vessey, Josh Randall as his friend Dr...
(TV series, three episodes, 2004) - "Pressure Points," "Hidden Agendas," "Back in the Saddle" - Liz Stevens
- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, one episode, 2004) "Birthright" - Michelle Osborne
- Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (TV movie, 2005) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- Jane Doe: Now You See it, Now You Don't (TV movie, 2005) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (TV movie, 2005) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- Jane Doe: The Wrong Face (TV movie, 2005) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- Jane Doe: Yes, I Remember It Well (TV movie, 2006) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (TV movie, 2006) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (TV movie, 2007) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (TV movie, 2007) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- A Life Interrupted
A Life Interrupted is a 2007 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Stefan Pleszczynski and starring Lea Thompson....
(TV movie, 2007) - Debbie Smith
- Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (TV movie, 2008) - Cathy Davis/Jane Doe
- Final Approach (TV movie, 2008) - Alicia Bender
- The Christmas Clause (TV movie, 2008) - Sophie Kelly
- A Town Called Malice
A Town Called Malice is a forthcoming American television series. It will star Lea Thompson and by directed by Howard Deutch.The comedy drama is in development at production/management company Elevate Entertainment. Elevate will shop the series to TV outlets...
TelevisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
Series- Date Unknown
Theatre
- I Love My Wife
I Love My Wife is a musical with a book and lyrics by Michael Stewart and music by Cy Coleman, based on a play by Luis Rego.A satire of the sexual revolution of the 1970s, the musical takes place on Christmas Eve in suburban Trenton, New Jersey, where two married couples who have been close friends...
, Reprise Theatre
- Bus Stop
Bus Stop is a 1955 play by William Inge. The film of the same name is only loosely based upon it.-Characters:Bus Stop is a drama, with romantic and some comedic elements. It is set in a diner in rural Kansas, about 20 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri during a snowstorm from which bus...
, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, c. 1990
- Sally Bowles, Cabaret
Cabaret is a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
, Roundabout Theatre Company, Studio 54Studio 54 is a New York City Broadway theater and former discothèque located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan. The disco opened on April 26, 1977 and closed in March 1986 and briefly reopened in 1994 after a multi-million dollar renovation...
Theatre, New York City, 2000
- The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler which ran at the off-Broadway Westside Theatre after a limited run at HERE Arts Center in 1996. Ensler originally starred in the production; when she left the play it was recast with three celebrity monologists...
, Canon Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA, 2001
- They're Playing Our Song
They're Playing Our Song is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch.In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, but initially the match is not one made in heaven...
(musical; staged reading), L.A. Reprise!, Los Angeles, 2002
- Charlie Bacon's Family, John Drew Theater, East Hampton, NY; The Illusion
The Illusion is a play by Tony Kushner, adapted from Pierre Corneille's seventeenth-century comedy, L'Illusion Comique. It follows a contrite father, Pridamant, seeking news of his prodigal son from the sorcerer Alcandre. The magician conjures three episodes from the young man's life...
, Los Angeles *Theatre Center, Los Angeles; LongTime Coming, Powerhouse Theatre; and The Trip Back Down, Actors Repertory Theatre.
Directing
- The Swingin' Sounds of Jack Amsterdam (2010)
- Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder (2008) (TV)
- Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (2006) (TV)
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