Eek! Elle, I have to hide under a rock! Blush! But thank you!
Now:
Hey! I'd never heard of Jonathan Groff, but he's going to be in Ang's new Woodstock movie!
But now I have to say--
Jonathan Groff is
really a White Boy worth talking about!
I loved him in
Spring Awakening as the brave, anguished, forthright Melchior Gabor, and, when he was to be in
Hair in Central Park this month (but leaving the production early, yesterday, on Sunday, August 17), I said to Meryl--that's
it, it's this weekend or not at all! And we
did it!
Funny--I sent some pictures to a friend in San Francisco, an exact contemporary (she went to see
Hair in San Francisco in 1970 at 16, just as I went to see it in New York, same year)--and she sent me back an email, and said:
My goodness me! It all comes rushing back! I just loved that "Frank Mills" tune. What songs stayed in your mind? And such hunky cast members! Back in the day, I believe, they were probably on the 'wan' side!Hilarious!
So here's the
real White Boy, 'smooth as milk' (and hunky!)
Jonathan Groff! (The extremely young and extremely talented three principals of
Spring Awakening, Jonathan, his
real live Lady Love,
Lea Michele, and my "cousin"--Hah! Joke!--
John Gallagher, Jr., the Emmy winner, have now all left the show for even more amazing things--but it's still a terrific show, so try it if you can!)
But here's Mr. Groff!
From left:
John Gallagher, Jr.,
Lea Michele, and
Jonathan Groffand--
Hair!