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re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway?

Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:45 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to: re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - charles1055 03:34 pm EDT 05/08/15

For me, Groff seemed out of place in the ensemble in the sense that he sort of seemed like a kid playing dress up as a hippie, rather than an authentic character.

I felt the same about him in some of his other early performances and have been pleased to see him grow into himself, so to speak, on television.

Groff wasn't terrible, just...not right. Creel was a huge improvement for Broadway.

The only thing worthy of mention concerning the fact that both Groff and Creel are gay is that they were supposedly together at the time.

And, yes, I think it was the WOODSTOCK film that prevented Groff from transferring to Broadway in HAIR.


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re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway?

Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 05:28 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to: re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - JereNYC 03:45 pm EDT 05/08/15

"For me, Groff seemed out of place in the ensemble in the sense that he sort of seemed like a kid playing dress up as a hippie, rather than an authentic character."

Interesting comment. I imagine that at least some of the real-life hippies were just kids playing dress-up, rather than being "authentic," if you know what I mean.


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re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway?

Posted by: Charlie_Baker 08:45 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to: re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - Michael_Portantiere 05:28 pm EDT 05/08/15

That was precisely the quality that made Groff's performance work for me. He was good in the role IMO.


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re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway?

Posted by: Keattie 11:33 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to: re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - Charlie_Baker 08:45 pm EDT 05/08/15

I agree. He was VERY good in the role.


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