Jonathan Groff thought coming out would make fame 'impossible.' Here's why he did anyway
The Broadway veteran thinks that "everyone that was closeted at some point" can relate to his latest role in Merrily We Roll Along.
May 14, 2024
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spring awakening
Spring Awakening's Jonathan Groff & Lea Michele on Their Chosen Family
The best friends chat with The Advocate about the smash musical's anniversary concert and documentary, and how its themes are still critical 15 years later.
May 11, 2022
Out Star Ali Stroker Makes History as 1st in Wheelchair to Win a Tony
The actress who came out as bisexual during The Glee Project won for her role as Ado Annie in Oklahoma.
June 10, 2019
'King & I' Classic Gets Beautiful Gay Love Story Reimagining
The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein song "We Kiss in a Shadow" holds new meaning when sung by a male couple.
March 25, 2019
Katrina Lenk's 'Something Good' Is Not Your Mother's 'Sound of Music'
The Tony winner for The Band's Visit first landed on the collective radar of queer women playing a lesbian in Indecent.
May 12, 2020
A Hairy Mess
The poignancy of the iconic musical Hair is lost after decades of removal from the turbulent 1960s.
August 8, 2008
Gay Actor Jonathan Groff Praised for Straight Role on Netflix's 'Mindhunter'
Groff successfully segues from a young gay man coming of age on HBO's Looking to a straight FBI agent chasing serial killers on Netflix's Mindhunter.
October 15, 2017
Adam Shankman's L.A. 'Hair' Gets Smokin' Star
Weeds alum Hunter Parrish will headline this summer's Hollywood Bowl staging of Hair, which will be helmed by out filmmaker Adam Shankman.
June 5, 2014
Ambiguously Gay Duo
Life partners Neil Bartram and Brian Hill bring bromance to Broadway with their new musical, The Story of My Life.
February 11, 2009
'A Strange Loop,' Billy Porter, and More Make the Tonys Gay
From Ariana DeBose's opening number to A Strange Loop's Best Musical win, it was a decidedly queer-inclusive night.
June 13, 2022
