This blog is dedicated to the amazing two-time Tony Award-nominated and Emmy-nominated actor and Grammy Award-winning singer Jonathan Groff. He is best known for originating the role of Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening, playing King George III in Hamilton, voicing Kristoff in Disney's Oscar-winning animated films Frozen and Frozen 2, and starring in the HBO series Looking and Netflix series Mindhunter. He most recently appeared in The Matrix Resurrections, And Just Like That, Life & Beth, Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known, Lost Ollie and Knock at the Cabin. He is currently appearing on Merrily We Roll Along on Broadway and will appear next in Doctor Who (2024), A Nice Indian Boy (date TBA), and Frozen 3 (date TBA).
A preview of the Frank DiLella interview, which will air on NY1 this weekend:
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@merrilyonbway revival at The Hudson Theatre has been captivating audiences night after night since October. Join On Stage host @fdilella as we chat with the stars Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe. Watch On Stage Saturdays and Sundays at 7:30PM and 10:30PM
According to Ncuti Gatwa, Jonathan Groff plays a character in Rogue, the sixth episode of the upcoming series, who brings out the vulnerable side the Doctor.
“Jonathan Groff brought something to the show that I don’t think we’ve seen in a long time, which will make sense when it’s released. But yeah, it definitely brings out a new side to the Doctor. It was really nice to see the Doctor vulnerable.”
Jonathan is referenced in an episode of ‘Night Court’ by Richard Kind’s character, a Broadway producer, in between references to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Stephen Sondheim. TikTok from @ufjfur03.
@fdilella This weekend on the show… sitting down with the #Broadway friends from @merrilyonbway - #DanielRadcliffe / @lindsaymendez / #JonathanGroff… stay tuned… 📺 🎭 🎶
Jonathan will appear in another 92NY event, this time alongside Merrily’s director, Maria Friedman. The event will take place at 8pm (ET) on Sunday 19 May 2024. Go to the 92NY website for more details and for in person and online tickets
“My favorite thing about the show is the two hours and 48 minutes that we're performing. That's my favorite time. This picture was right after a show, when my best friends from high school had come to the see it and they had just met Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe. They're always so happy to meet my people. I have no idea what we're talking about here, but working with them has just been so easy. They're so lovely to be with, and I'll be sad when we wrap this up, but I know that I'll have some true lifelong friends.”
Title: Daniel Radcliffe Shares How Jonathan Groff Screws with Him During Merrily We Roll Along
Part of Daniel’s interview on Seth Meyers, including Daniel talking about Jonathan’s messages on the typewriter, and the fun he has with Jonathan before Jonathan’s emotional breakdown on stage, including:
“Jonathan delights in screwing with me most of the show in a way that I find… I just adore him, but I don’t know how he does it, frankly. There’s a scene in the show, one of his most intense scenes, by the end of the scene he is on the floor, emotional, crying, like, it’s very, very intense.
Most actors before that scene would be quiet or taking a moment to like get into it, listen to some music, whatever. We are off stage together before it starts and he is quite literally tickling me, or just trying to… And I have a very specific entry point that I need to make and I’m like, ‘I need to hear this cue’, and he’s like…
But they are both like, him and Lindsay, they are truly, I want to find things to work with them on for the rest of my life. They are both just the absolute best.”
@bcefa Take the nightly magic of @merrilyonbway, throw in a celebration of a historic TV moment and you’ve got a special Friday night on Broadway.
Back on April 5, 1961, Barbra Streisand made her television debut on The Tonight Show, which was then broadcast from the Hudson Theatre. This year on April 5, the current stars at the Hudson - Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and @lindsaymendez - auctioned off a one-of-kind note created earlier in the week on @fallontonight by Groff and host @jimmyfallon! The signed treasure raised $3,000 for Broadway Cares. Thank you to Jimmy, Jonathan, Daniel, Lindsay and the entire company of Merrily for your show-stopping generosity, providing meals and medication for so many in need ❤️
Excerpt from the interview with Roshan Sethi and Karan Soni:
Let’s talk about some of the other members of your ensemble. Let’s start with [Jonathan] Groff.
Soni: Yes!
Sethi: We love Groff.
He’s a theater star, we know this, and the television world was introduced to him through Mindhunter, which is great. But people who have seen him perform know that this performance is the first one where the film community is being introduced to his natural persona.
Soni: That’s true.
Sethi: The people who recognize him are either musical gays or they’re straight men who watch Mindhunter.
[laughs]
Sethi: It’s jarring because he’ll walk through the streets of Vancouver, and it’ll go from one entirely different person to another. Recognizing him, you can’t believe the diversity of reactions he provokes or how widely watched Mindhunter is.
The fanbase is fervent on that show.
Sethi: I didn’t appreciate its fame. Yeah, he is very much playing a version of himself and he’s so good.
How did he get involved?
Sethi: He came to the movie just because we submitted the script to him. He watched 7 Days and said, “I know that Indian actor is straight, but maybe he could play gay. Have you asked him?” [All laugh] I’m like, “No. I mean, he’s gay. He’s gay with me. We’re gay.”
Soni: He was like, “Can we get him? You have me so you can get away with it…”
Sethi: He was weirdly very sure that Karan was straight because he brought it up in the context of “I know we shouldn’t be casting straight actors gay, but maybe we can make an exception for Karan.”
That’s the funniest thing ever.
Soni: That was his only note and we solved it very quickly.
Jonathan talking about the Mamma Mia movie and Amanda Seyfried’s performance at the recent 92Y talk with the Merrily cast. TikTok from @girlfromjerseycity.