Jonathan Groff Didn’t Want to Spend 7 Years as a “Singing Teenager” on ‘Glee’

The Tony nominee and star of Broadway’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ takes a walk down memory lane, reminiscing about falling in love with Sondheim, his first days as an actor in New York, and why he turned down a starring role on Ryan Murphy’s musical series.

“It’s been almost two years now with the same group of actors all working together on Merrily,” says Groff on Little Gold Men this week . “We’ve all just completely fallen in love with each other. There’s a deep bond with the company.” In conversation with VF’s Richard Lawson, Groff talks Merrily as well as his childhood in rural Pennsylvania and his Tony-nominated performance as Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening.

I'm wondering where you see the relevance in what it says about creativity clashing against commerce. You've had a flourishing career in television, in movies, and also theater, obviously. Did anything about Merrily really ring true with your experience in showbiz? Everything. Everything about it feels relatable.

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