All That Chat - re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway?

HOME ALL THAT CHAT ATC WEST COAST SHOPPIN' RUSH BOARD FAQS

LOGIN REGISTER SEARCH FLAT MODE

not logged in

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.

reply \|

Previous:	re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - MikeR 04:24 pm EDT 05/08/15
Next:	re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - Michael_Portantiere 05:28 pm EDT 05/08/15

Thread:	re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - Michael_Portantiere 05:28 pm EDT 05/08/15 (2) re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - Charlie_Baker 08:45 pm EDT 05/08/15 (1) re: Why didn't Jonathan Groff play HAIR on Broadway? - Keattie 11:33 pm EDT 05/08/15

All That Chat is intended for the discussion of theatre news and opinion
subject to the terms and conditions of the Terms of Service. (Please take all off-topic discussion to private email.)