This means Groff is really leaving SA
This means Groff is really leaving SA
coolkid11776
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/06
#1This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:15pm
I'm happy and sad at this announcement
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=24980
On one hand I'm happy that he is going into another show but I thought that he was going to extend his run in SA past May 18th.
So I guess this means May18th IS HIS LAST SHOW EVER OF SA.
#2re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:17pmMayBe thiS means thEy Will extend RENt for aNoTHer YEAR!!!!!
--Aristotle
#3re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:19pmBut I will get to see him before he leaves, so YAY!
#4re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:21pmOh no, whatever shall Lea Michele do?!
#6re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:25pm
Haaa. Of course.
Maybe after that I'll go give it another shot.
#7re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:26pmCould it just be a bit of an extended vacation for him? Hair's a limited-run, after all.
#8re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:26pmI hear Groff is going back to waiting tables.
#9re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:26pmYeah, I don't see her staying on for much longer. Hasn't she been working on SA since she was like 13 years old or something?
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#10re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:28pmWhat does Rent have to do with this capn?
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
#11re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:43pm
I doubt it's an extended vacation. Once the TV Writer's Strike is over, he is signed on to star in a show on F/X called "Pretty Handsome." It's about a guy in a conservative neighborhood who wants to get a sex change. Groff is his son who (naturally) gets some girl pregnant.
I can't wait to see Groff on stage and later on TV!
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#12re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:46pm
Groff plays someone who gets a girl pregnant? Wow.
That said, when do tickets go on sale for his final performance? I'm utterly desperate to see his last show! I will do anything, and pay any amount of money, to be there!
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#13re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 3:51pm
oh man... it just hit me how soon it actually is that Groff and Lea are leaving.
Lea, I can handle, but Groff and Gallagher were pretty much the two best things about SA I feel. And I have gradually become okay with that Gallagher isn't there anymore, but not have Groff anymore either!! I get too darn attached to casts *sigh*. I'm sure that I will get over it with time- but seriously. It's going to be very hard on his last day.
(I don't think I would even WANT to see it live. That would be like.. just no. I don't even want to think about the emotiontastic mess that would be Those You've Known. And Left Behind too, for that matter)
#14re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 4:29pmJonathan is amazing in the role and so talented that he will be terrific in HAIR as well!
#15re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 4:37pmhe is amazing in SA..him lea and blake
WestVillage
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/05
#16re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 4:37pmWell, from someone on ATC who saw Groff in the concert version: "My only problem is with the casting of Groff. He was AWFUL and wrong for the role in the version that was done."
East Village
Leading Actor Joined: 9/23/07
#17re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 4:59pmThe only problem with his performance was the wig -- it was like an auburn shag...worst a long shag...remember that?
#18re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 4:59pmWell I guess that pretty much settles it then. I mean if someone from ATC said that, then it simply must be true!
WestVillage
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/05
#19re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 5:02pm
Just another opinion, that's all.
So funny that so many of you people refuse to accept opposing opinions and then make ridiculous comments like yours. One poster wrote that Groff will be wonderful in Hair, and plenty of people who saw the concert version just didn't think so.
Updated On: 2/7/08 at 05:02 PM
outovfashion07
Broadway Star Joined: 1/17/06
#20re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 5:44pmsnl89, please go seek out mental assistance if you seriosuly thinkg that JGJ and Groff were the best part of the show. It is people like you who will turn Spring Awakening into the next RENT and no one will see the bauty of the show any more but the crazies that surround it. Take a chill pill a realize that the show will still be amazing without the holy Groff.
#21re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 5:50pm
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, but as someone who actually saw it, I thought Groff was pretty fantastic. I mean, he was basically playing the same type as Melchior, so I'm not necessarily balling him a broadly talented actor, but he was really, really good.
The only bad thing about this timing-wise is that Karen Olivo, who was far and away the best thing in the show in the park, will probably stick with In the Heights.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#22re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 6:29pm
WHY? WHY? WHY? OH GOD WHY????
Why can't good shows run forever with the people who belong in those shows?? WHY????????????
Of course it would mean Idina would have to do ReNt and Wicked simultaneously, but so?
#23re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 6:34pmGroff's not leaving, he's going to play Melchior until he's 50. The guy in Hair is going to be a body double singing along to a recording.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#24re: This means Groff is really leaving SA
Posted: 2/7/08 at 7:27pm
When he leaves I hope they let Jesse Swenson take over.
hes astounding.
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