Jonathan Groff Sets March 2025 Broadway Return with JUST IN TIME- Page 5

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 11:34am

Telecharge says Jonathan Groff will be out January 13-18. Matt Magnusson's debut in the role?

[theatrejunkie007]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 11:40am

Fordham2015 said: "Telecharge says Jonathan Groff will be out January 13-18. Matt Magnusson's debut in the role?"

Either that, or JG is gonna have a well-deserved vacation then come back. I'm as curious as anyone else who will replace him!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 11:48am

theatrejunkie007 said: "Wow - tickets now on sale thru Feb. 22 now and tickets are flying already, especially for the table seating!"

Groff is probably leaving then. Have to wonder if they're looking to get a replacement to keep the show running.

[theatrejunkie007]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 11:50am

Just my gut feeling - but I bet they're going to find an unexpectedly awesome replacement for Groff and everyone will go, "wow........why didn't I think of that one?"

[WldKingdomHM]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 12:08pm

Sweaty told us …we know we know …

[ACL2006]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 1:15pm

FYI, according to Telecharge, Groff is out Jan. 13-18.

[Springtime]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 5:12pm

The show moves to a five performance week in February (Thursday to Sunday). 

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 6:39pm

Can it make money with only 5 shows a week when some of the seats in the theatre have already been removed for the set? Fascinating.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 7:45pm

Springtime said: "The show moves to a five performance week in February (Thursday to Sunday)."

which makes no sense unless Groff requested that for the extension. hopefully the rest of the cast still gets paid for a full week. or just let the understudy do one or two performances to get a full schedule.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 10/8/25 at 10:19pm

ACL2006 said: "Springtime said: "The show moves to a five performance week in February (Thursday to Sunday)."

which makes no sense unless Groff requested that for the extension. hopefully the rest of the cast still gets paid for a full week. or just let the understudy do one or two performances to get a full schedule."

No way is Equity agreeing to a concession of a pay CUT during a very contentious contract negotiation. The cast (and everyone else in the building) will need to be paid for 8 shows, so I’m sure something will happen for those 3 shows. Maybe they’ll be a ““preview period” for Groff’s replacement? 

[KevinKlawitter]

Posted: 11/20/25 at 9:04am

Groffs final performance set for Sunday, March 29; Replacement tba

[pathman2]

Posted: 11/20/25 at 11:50am

The February schedule now has more performances. There's at least 6 performances each week.

[darquegk]

Posted: 11/20/25 at 1:30pm

I’m curious how the replacement will work, since isn’t part of the show ABOUT Groff, as himself, doing a Darin biopic/tribute act? It’s meta in a way that will have to be reconfigured if he’s replaced.

[SteveSanders]

Posted: 11/20/25 at 1:38pm

darquegk said: "I’m curious how the replacement will work, since isn’t part of the show ABOUT Groff, as himself, doing a Darin biopic/tribute act? It’s meta in a way that will have to be reconfigured if he’s replaced."

Not really.  The show opens with Groff as Groff for a bit and then transitions to Groff becoming Darin.

Here's how the role transitions from the NYT review:

"Making the smart choice to introduce Groff as himself, not as Darin, the show immediately breaks out of the jukebox box, liberating its songs from service as literal illustrations....

“Beyond the Sea” soon leads us back to Darin’s contentious childhood in East Harlem. There, Groff drops his own persona and enters that of the sickly boy born Walden Robert Cassotto in 1936, indulged by the maternal Polly (Michele Pawk) and fretted over by the sisterly Nina (Emily Bergl).

 

 

[Springtime]

Posted: 11/20/25 at 5:00pm

Screenwriter Isaac Oliver will write a revised bio for each person in the role. Understudy Matthew Magnusson hasn’t gone on yet.

[two ladies tickets]

Posted: 11/20/25 at 6:29pm

I have a friend that works for one of the producers. They're looking for a big name replacement and aren't having much success. They have asked Michael Bublé and Justin Timberlake and both declined. 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/20/25 at 8:00pm

"The February schedule now has more performances. There's at least 6 performances each week."

• week of Feb. 3 has 7 performances
• week of Feb. 10 has 7 performances
• week of Feb. 17 has 8 performances
• weeks of Feb. 24, March 3, March 10 has 6 performances
• Groff's final two weeks has 8 performances.

Springtime said: "Screenwriter Isaac Oliver will write a revised bio for each person in the role. Understudy Matthew Magnusson hasn’t gone on yet."

Guessing Matt will go on during Groff's vacation in January?