- Twice won Broadway's Tony Award as Best Choreographer with collaborator Tommy Tune: in 1980 for "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine;" and in 1983 for "My One and Only." The two collaborators were also nominated together for the latter show as Best Director (Musical).
- In later years, Thommie worked as a real estate agent in Manhattan, where he lived.
- Helped set the record straight about the gestation of the show as a co-author, with Baayork Lee (a fellow original cast member) and the journalist Robert Viagas, of a book about the musical called "On the Line: The Creation of 'A Chorus Line,' " published by William Morrow in 1990.
- "A Chorus Line" was his last Broadway appearance as a performer. He left the company after two years and embarked upon a career as a record promoter while also beginning to choreograph.
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