Jonathan Groff Alternate for Little Shop — Page 6

Robbie2 said: "Why see it w/ Glick when you got Groff..."



Cause Groff is totally not right for this role.

Sure, gay guys are gonna drool to see him, but that doesn't make him a suitable Seymour.

ren598 said: "BJR said: "Well, now there's not much choice. The run outside of Glick is sold out or pretty near."

Stopped by the box office yesterday to get tickets to another show with Glick and the lady at the box office said there's literally two tickets left in the entire run for Groff shows. I suspect the Glick shows will sell out as well given the limited run."

I went to the box office today, and they said they were sold out of Groff tickets. Officially. I grabbed some Gideon tickets just to be safe, but there was still a nice selection of those left for anyone hoping. But I'd grab them sooner rather than later.

SweetLips22 said: "I'm a Groff geek but it's fairly easy to disguise handsome with a brown colours, a cardigan, glasses, a change of hairstyle and the way he will act, mannerisms etc. He will look total nerd until he does the naked scene."

Agreed, it is very much the mannerisms and the clothes that make Seymour the character he is. Looking up footage of Gyllenhaal, he actually does a lot with the character, even as Gyllenhaal is considerably attractive and very on par with Groff. Unless Groff makes some very odd choices, I don't think he will be a bad Seymour.

VintageSnarker said: "Speaking of the box office, is it open for Little Shop advance sales with DateMe playing now?"

They are, as DateMe is in the Downstairs theater and Little Shop is in the Upstairs theater.

SweetLips22, You never know who you may meet. I saw Deathtrap in London with Jonathan. I stage doored with three British girls and myself. I was more interested in meeting Estelle Parsons. When he came out, I asked if I could take a picture. He insisted that I be in the picture with him. Then HE put his arm around me. But I knew he belonged to you.Also, not that I ever went on it. But Pornhub is a site for free straight and gay porn.

Updated On: 8/22/19 at 10:16 PM

CindersGolightly said: "BenjaminNicholas2 said: "Sure, gay guys are gonna drool to see him, but that doesn't make him a suitable Seymour."

That's maybe even the biggest reason why he's miscast. Gideon is cute as hell, don't get me wrong, but he's not a conventional choice for a typical leading man - which is what's so special about Seymour. Seymour is written for the fat, nerdy, balding, big featured, big voiced men who can give a leading performance but never get the chance to.

Seymour is not a Clark Kent,take off his glasses and he's gorgeous type of character. Casting Jonathan as Seymour is sorta like casting him in "Significant Other" - it really, reallydoesn't work. But it's not going to stop a gaggle of horny gays from choosing him if the alternative was someone like, say, Grey Henson, Larry Owens, or Gideon Glick. (Just to give a few varied options on who fits into the Seymour type worlds better than Jonathan, whoI love, ever could.)

Anyway, yay Gideon!!!"

Seymour was written for a 1960 film in which an actor is playing a character. Jonathan Haze looked pretty good when he wasn’t playing Seymour.