Thompson made her Broadway debut in 1998.
Dear Evan Hansen's Jennifer Laura Thompson received a Sardi's portrait on Tuesday, February 12.
Thompson, an original Dear Evan Hansen cast member, made her Broadway debut in Footloose in 1998. She is a Tony nominee for Urinetown, and has also been seen on Broadway in Wicked, Lend Me a Tenor, and Nice Work If You Can Get It.
With a Tony-winning score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a Tony-winning book by Steven Levenson, Dear Evan Hansen is described as follows: "A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he's always wanted: a chance to finally fit in."