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).
Jonathan received a Tony nomination for Merrily We Roll Along. Merrily received a total of seven nominations including for Daniel Radcliffe, Lindsay Mendez, Maria Friedman and Best Revival.
Karan Soni talking about working with Jonathan in an interview from SXSW at 2.55:
Interview: What is the attraction between your character and Jonathan Groff's character:
Karan: Well, you know, Jonathan is just a very attractive man. If he was here we would all come out. People just spontaneously come out to him. I have never seen more straight women attracted to a gay man in my life. I don't know how many people came up to him and was like, 'If you were straight', and he's like 'I know.' He would look at me like, 'I know. A lot of people are in love with me.'
In the movie what [my character] is attracted to that he is fully himself, he has been out longer, and all of his eccentricities and everything and he's not in the closet in any way. I think that's what my character sort of gravitates towards in the movie.
Which is kind of who Jonathan is in real life. He's very unabashedly himself, and it's very endearing. Because he's a freak, and we love it.
It'll be exciting news for fans, who are about to see the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby encounter space babies, meet The Beatles and battle Jinkx Monsoon's mysterious villain Maestro, as well as meet Jonathan Groff's enigmatic character in a regency-themed episode.
Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson have made no secret of the regency episode, titled Rogue, being one of their favourites from the upcoming season, with Gibson telling RadioTimes.com: "I think that regency themed episode is the moment for me!"
Gatwa added: "'60s and regency were our favourite filming and watching them as well," with Gibson reflecting: "We had so much fun."
As for what we can expect from the dynamic between the Doctor and Jonathan Groff's character episode 6, Gatwa laughed: "It's.... it's just a really chill vibe between the pair of them," – cue some side-eye from Gibson!
Yesterday, The Museum of Broadway welcomed the stars of Merrily We Roll Along, Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, following their announcement of the 2024 Awards nominations live from the Museum.
After the program, Daniel and Jonathan were able to catch exhibits featuring artifacts from their former Broadway credits currently on-view at the museum.
Daniel Radcliffe stopped to pose with his iconic suit from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, on display in The Museum of Broadway, while Jonathan Groff visited composer Duncan Sheik’s piano, used in the original Broadway production of Spring Awakening.
Recent photos: Jonathan, Rachel McAdams and Brian D’Arcy James at the Mary Jane opening party, more photos from Lindsay Mendez’s wedding from @mrpagoo, and photos from the Outer Critics Circle Award nominations. Mary Jane photos from Broadway World.
@katiemccartyofficial Such a fun night! Congrats to the cast and crew of @maryjanebway @mtc_nyc 🥂🎉👏🏼 #maryjanebroadway #nyc #theater #broadway @flynn_navin @natalieplivingston
Jonathan was the celebrant and Daniel Radcliffe the ring bearer at Lindsay Mendez’s wedding to J Alex Brinson today. Photos by @dyandraraye and @raywongnyc reposted by J on Instagram.
Jonathan talks about the joy of being in a successful revival of Merrily, about splitting his pants on stage and about how acting was therapy for him when he was still in the closet.