#p: jonathan groff

[jesterlesbian]

JONATHAN GROFF wins his first Tony Award for Lead Actor in a Musical as Franklin Shepard in the revival of Merrily We Roll Along

[seeinganewlight]

FUCK YEAH JONATHAN GROFF YOU GET THAT TONY AWARD

[pinkmoonmp3]

ncuti gatwa & jonathan groff via instagram

[dumbbitchawards]

Genuinely the only thing that bothered me abt the new ep is the constant references to bridgerton. I get that it's a popular show or whatever but pride and prejudice is one of the most famous and influential books of all time. They're literally doing a P&P story with the doctor and rogue and we're still pretending this is a thing invented by some netflix show???? Some book series from the 2000s??? Girl. You couldn't even get matthew macfadyen

[notabitunfortunately]

the dynamic duo (i have more pics i just can't find them lmao- i think i have all the boys, we'll see)

[jgroffdaily]

In the war to woo your way into Tony Awards, nobody is fighting harder, training better, or winning more battles than the trio over at Merrily We Roll Along. Assassins of adorability Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez appeared together on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on May 20 to perform a stripped-down version of “Old Friends” from Merrily and, dear God, are they good at this. The three actors donned color-matched outfits to sing the song sans choreography, though they still fully acted.

That is, except for the moment that Groff appears to break and smile at Mendez, which is, damn it, adorable. Then, during a section of the song where the three are fighting, Mendez throws in a giggle-worthy “We are on The Late Show!” Finally, at the very end, the three of them cluster together, hugging around the mic. They might as well have played a montage of the boys in Mendez’s wedding, and how they sent video messages to each other, and that time Groff kept saying he “gets wet,” and suddenly you simply must vote for them all to win Tony Awards. Another charm battle won in the midst of a charm war.

By Jason P Frank in Vulture

[jonquilandlace]

Well I can't stop thinking about if Apple's Spirited was actually done on Broadway with Broadway actors so have a fancast

Disclaimer: This is literally just actors I like and know are currently active. There is very little thought put into this beside "ooo I love this voice and think it would fit the role p well." Feel free to dispute and brainstorm further in the reblogs/tags, but like there is genuinely 4% thought put into this, lmao.

Present (Will Farrell) - Jonathan Groff

The heart and soul of the show. Requires strong acting, strong vocals, and a stunning sense of humor. Honestly maybe this is just me being a simp but like I fully think he would have a gotdamn blast dressed up in Scrooge makeup for the 1800s scene and no one can convince me otherwise.

Clint Briggs (Ryan Reynolds) - Jeremy Jordan

This is it, the entire reason I made this fan cast. Just. Imagine Jeremy Jordan singing Bringin' Back Christmas. The same energy as Ready As I'll Ever Be, and also as The World Will Know from Newsies??? Like, that's barely anything, and he's perfect.

Kimberly (Octavia Spencer) - Khaila Anyé Wilcoxon

Yeah okay I did sadly feel like I needed to slightly de-age Kimberly to match the younger form of Present; my original casting was NaTasha Yvette Williams and she would still slay this so hard, but like. Consistency, ya know? And besides, Khaila is STUNNING, fr; her performance as Catherine of Aragon is a testament to her skills alone, but if you want proof of her ability to sing gently as well as to Belt Like All Hell as she does in Six, then I will just direct you kindly to her role as one of the Fates in Hadestown; girl SLAYS! (Alternate pick: Renée Elise Goldsberry, because I can just HEAR her sing these songs.)

Jacob Marley (Patrick Page) - Patrick Page

I mean. Come on. Even if he hadn't played this role already, he originated Hades in Hadestown. No one can top this guy.

Past (Sunita Mani) - Solea Pfeiffer

Hadestown haunts the cast again, but like, come on. She's so good, no one can tell me no.

Yet-to-Come (Tracy Morgan) - Michael James Scott

IDK something about his energy as Genie just translates really well to this role to me. (Alternatively, the Beetlejuice energy of Alex Brightman would give a REALLY fun twist to it, especially if the director decided to lean into YTC as a comic relief character, but the energy is just off enough I wanna stick to the source material for now.)

Wren (Marlow Barkley) - Isabella Esler

Okay to be completely honest am I pretty much just pulling a random Lydia Deets out of a hat since they're like the only consistent kid actresses I can find? Maybe, lmao. That said, having heard her sing, she's GOOD fam! I think she could pull Wren really well!

Owen (Joe Tippett) - Justin Collette

Okay, so once again, he happens to be a Beetlejuice star, but the vibe check here really comes from his role in School of Rock! It's the same sort of offbeat-person-with-a-heart-of-gold vibe as Owen has in the movie, and like with him also playing the Beetlejuice to Isabella's Lydia, I think they'd do great as dad and daughter on stage. Alternatively, Will Burton (who played Adam in the same cast) would also be a great pick, but gives off some more panicky vibes that I don't feel are as great of a match to Owen.

Carrie (Andrea Anders) - Michaela Diamond

If you've seen her video on her favorite song from NYT, you Know the vibes.

Anyway that's my brainrot for the year thank you and enjoy—

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Daniel Radcliffe wins a Tony Award for featured actor in a musical - and makes Jonathan Groff cry! https://www.instagram.com/p/C8TWsG1tL6G/

[d-criss-news]

Rebecca Crandall: Happy 2024 from the CranMikes! Our 2023 was really special, and we're hoping for the same kind of happiness and connection... though with less busy-ness. 2023 by the numbers:

1 brewery wedding (ours!) 20 concerts, including P!nk, BlackPink, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, Pixies, Willie Nelson, Doja Cat 26 shows, including Six, Wicked, Merrily We Roll Along, and 4 musicals featuring Alice - Honk Jr., Seussical Jr., Curtains, and Elf Jr. 4 Glee stars spotted - Alex Newell (Unique) in Shucked, Darren Criss (Blane) in our family Thanksgiving pic (he photobombed us!) and then at his holiday concert, Matthew Morrison (Will) in the audience of Elf at ACT, Jonathan Groff (Jesse) in Merrily We Roll Along 16 trips, including Fiji, London and Edinburgh, NYC (twice), Arizona, and Disney World (twice)

[seeinganewlight]

"musical theatre is still saving my soul" 😭😭😭😭😭

[pinkmoonmp3]

jonathan groff via instagram

[hexalt]

[ID: The first six images are all in the same format. They show bright red text in all caps, centered in the image, on a white background, and with a red border on the edges of the image. They read:

A guide to:

Blockout 2024

A introduction to digital mobilization

#blockout2024 is an individual movement dedicated to the deplatforming of celebrities

"Why celebrities?"

In an increasingly digital world, we need to reflect on the media we are expected to engage with.

Questioning, rejecting, and mobilizing against massive displays of luxury is a call to invest our attention for the betterment of humanity, not to support a system that doesn't support us.

"Are you cancelling celebrities?"

No. This is not a movement to attack or shame celebrities (though I'm judging). It's a reminder of the individual choice we have as consumers in who we support. In a world designed for the success of the 1%, reclaiming individual attention is important.

Celebrities owe nothing to us, therefore we owe nothing to them.

Reconsider who you choose to contribute to the platform of

This is an important example of digital mobilization, an emerging area of study in which technology is looked at as a toolkit for the widespread and effective mobilization of a cause.

Continue reclaiming individual power!

Images 7 and 8 show a list labelled "Celebrities that attended the Met Gala 2024". Below the title the tag #blockout2024 is added. The list in the images is arranged in columns. List read:

Alia Bhatt, Amanda Seyfried, Ambika Mod, Andrew Scott, Ariana Grande, Ashley Graham, Awkwafina, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Baz Lurhmann, Ben Simmons, Brie Larson, Bruna Marquezine, Camila Cabello, Camila Mendes, Cara Delevingne, Cardi B, Catherine Martin, Charlie Hunnam, Chase Stokes, Chris Hemsworth, Christian Cowan, Colman Domingo, Corey Gamble, Cynthia Erivo, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Debicki, Elle Fanning, Emily Ratajkowski, Emma Chamberlain, Emma Mackey, FKA Twigs, Gabrielle Union, Gigi Hadid, Gracie Abrams, Greta Gerwig, Greta Lee, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Jackman, Irina Shayk, Jack Harlow, Jaden Smith, Jamie Dornan, Jazz Charton, Jennie Kim, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Biel, Jonathan Bailey, Jonathan Groff, Josh O'Connor, Jude Law, Kaia Gerber, Keeley Hawes, Keith Urban, Keke Palmer, Kelsea Ballerini, Kendall Jenner, Kerry Washington, Kieran Culkin, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Kylie Minogue, La La Anthony, Lana Del Rey, Lea Michele, Lil Nas X, Lily Gladstone Lily, James Luca, Guadagnino Madelyn, Cline Matt, Damon, Matthew Mactadyen, Meg Ryan, Michelle Yeoh, Mike Faist, Mindy Kaling, Naomi Watts, Nicholas Galitzine, Nicki Minaj, Pamela Anderson, Nicole Kidman, Omar Apollo, Penelope Cruz, Phoebe Tonkin, Rachel Sennott, Phoebe Dynevor, Rachel Zegler, Rauw Alejandro, Rebecca Ferguson, Rihanna, Riley Keough, Rita Ora, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Smith, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sebastian Stan, Serena Williams, Shakira, Sienna Miller, Steven Yeun, Stray Kids, Sydney Sweeney, Taika Waititi, Taraji P. Henson, Taylor Russell, Teyana Taylor, Troye Sivan, Tyla, Uma Thurman Usher, Willow Smith, Zendaya, Zoe Saldaña

END LIST READ

The ninth and tenth images are another list, this time of celebrities usernames. I will be separating the @ sign from the usernames with a / sign. List read:

Blockout2024

CelebrityBlockout #BlockList

@/The Rock @/Oprah @/ArianaGrande @/ KimKardasian @/Kloe Kardasian @/ KendalJenner @/kourtneykardasian @/Kaitlyn Jenner @/KrisJenner @/Vogue @/ENews @/ Kevin Hart @/SelenaGomez @/SamSmith @/ dailymail @/markhamill@/AmySchumer@/

LanaDelRay @/GalGadot @/Jojo Siwa @/ ChrisOlsen @/HaleyBaylee@/MTV@/TMZ@/

DojaCat @/ChrisHemsworth @/Netflix @/Jlo @/

lizzo @/justinbieber @/meghantrainor @/ haileybieber@/rihanna@/taylorswift @/beyonce @/tombrady

END LIST READ

The next image is a screenshot of a spreadsheet showing celebrity names in the first column and their instagram links in the second column. The celebrities visible are Kim Kardashian, Gal Gadot, Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Lee Curtis, Liev Schreiber, Amy Schumer, Michael Douglas, Sharon Osbourne, Debra Messing, Noah Schnapp, Ryan Murphy, Zachary Levi, George Lopez, Mark Hamill, and Howie Mandel.]

The original tweet I got this from says via 2024Blockout. I couldn't find the @ on Twitter so it's likely a TikTok account.

The goal is to block any major celebrity who hasn't spoken up about Gaza in order to cut off their means of making money off of us. If their videos and ads don't appear on our TLs and FYPs, that means no revenue for them. There's some videos going around explaining this campaign in depth better which I'll post later on, but I'm liking the idea and blocking whoever I can on Twitter and IG since I don't have TikTok.

Here's a blocklist I saw going around:

[rg060295]

This list includes a list of 5 anthologies coming out between now, and the end of the year! I am based in the UK and therefore all dates and relevant links I have found reflect this!

In These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology

Published by Titian Books on September 12th 

Look I have not really enjoyed any dark academia I have read, nor have read from any of these authors so this is a risky choice. However, this is the season for dark academia and I am intrigued. This collection of 12 stories includes well known authors of the genre (sub genre?) Olivie Blake & M.L. Rio as well as David Bell, Susie Yang, Layne Fargo, J.T. Ellison, James Tate Hill, Kelly Andrew, Phoebe Qynne, Kate Weinberg, Helen Grant & Tori Bovalino. 

Goodreads // Storygraph // Amazon //

Peach Pit 

Published by Dzanc Books on September 12th 

A collection of 16 stories about and following unlikeable, unhinged and monstrous women. Which basically sums up some of my favourite types of short story collections. With story description makes it sound similar to other collections such as Out There with a bit of Cursed Bunny. Edited by Molly Llewllyn and Kristel Buckly featuring stories from; Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, Megan Giddings, Sarah Rose Etter, Chaya Bhuvaneswar, Alicia Elliott, Chana Porter, Alice Ash, Maisy Card, Vanessa Chan, Chantal V. Johnson, Amada Leduc, Alison Rumfitt, Yah Yah Scholfield & Aliya Whitely.

Goodreads // Storygraph // Amazon //

Mermaids Never Drown 

Published by Titian Press (UK) / Feiwel & Friends (US) on September 26th 

From the team behind Vampires Never Get Old (which you may know about from the Story ‘First Kill’ which became a Netflix show) comes a second Young Adult collection exploring mermaids. Edited again by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker and featuring many well known and beloved YA authors such as Darcie Little Badger, Kalynn Bayron, Preeti Chhibber, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Julie C. Dao, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Adriana Herrera, June Hur, Katherine Locke, Kerri Maniscalco, Julie Murphy, Gretchen Schreiber, and Julian Winters. I am particularly excited to see Darcie Little Badger who I have loved both their long work (Elatose) and their short fiction (in Love Beyond Body Space and Time) and also I am intrigued by June Hur who I have only read Historical mystery work from so this will be a different spin.

Goodreads // Storygraph // Amazon //

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror 

Published by Random House on October 3rd 

An anthology I surprisingly only found out about when putting together this list. Out There Screaming is a collection of stories edited by writer and director Jordan Peele. It is an anthology of ‘all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation. Alongside an introduction from Jordan Peele it also features stories by Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N.K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L.D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull. 

Goodreads // Storygraph // Amazon // Libro.fm //

The Book of Witches 

Published by HarperVoyager on August 1st (US) and October 26th (UK)

Edited by Jonathan Strahan the editor from The Book of Dragons and featuring art from artist Alyssa Winans throughout This is large collection focusing around witches featuring 29 stories and poems from well known contemporary SFF authors; Linda Addison, C.L. Clark, P Djeli Clark, Indrapramit Das, Amal El Mohtar, Andrea Hairston, Millie Ho, Saad Hossain, Kathleen Jennings, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Khaw, Fonda Lee, Darcie Little Badger, Ken Liu, Usman T. Malik, Maureen F. McHugh, Premee Mohamed, Garth Nix, Tobi Ogundiran, Tochi Onyebuchi, Miyuki Jane Pinckard, Kelly Robson, Angela Slatter, Andrea Stewart, Emily Teng, Sheree Renée Thomas, Tade Thompson, and E. Lily Yu. This is a must pick up for me for two reasons, I enjoyed reading The Book of Dragons last year, and found some new favourite short stories, and two it includes some of my favourite authors. So even if I only enjoy their stories this would be a win for me!

Goodreads // Storygraph // Amazon // Libro.fm //

[jgroffdaily]

An exultant and effervescent Red Bucket Follies returned after a four-year, pandemic-induced hiatus to celebrate six weeks of enthusiastic and dedicated fundraising. The star-studded variety show, performed December 4 and 5, 2023, honored 46 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies that participated in fall fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Red Bucket Follies raised a remarkable $4,553,203. The total was announced at the conclusion of Tuesday’s performance by Jonathan Groff, Rachel Bay Jones, and Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young.

This year’s top overall fundraising award went to Merrily We Roll Along, which raised an astounding $631,932. Surprising the standing-room-only audience to accept the award was one of Groff’s co-stars, Daniel Radcliffe, who for six weeks energetically led nightly auctions from the stage offering one-of-a-kind show props and other signed treasures.

Broadway Musical Top Fundraiser

Merrily We Roll Along $631,932

1st Runner-up Sweeney Todd $291,902

2nd Runner-up Some Like It Hot $186,437

3rd Runner-up Gutenberg! The Musical! $170,418

4th Runner-up Funny Girl $166,178

Broadway Play Top Fundraiser

Purlie Victorious $87,781

1st Runner-up The Shark is Broken $56,647

Off-Broadway (Play or Musical) Top Fundraiser

Little Shop of Horrors $52,727

1st Runner-up Here We Are $41,478

[therecklessdesire]

Be proud

Eu queria escrever sobre isso já faz um tempo porque me sinto no dever de falar um pouco sobre como é ser gay na nossa realidade atual junto a minha experiência a partir de tudo que já vivi desde que finalmente me assumi. Acho que chegou a hora.

Olha, vou ser sincero, eu cresci MUITO LONGE do universo que vivo hoje e a transição do mundo na qual eu fui criado para o que vivo hoje é, enfatizando a distância, bem mais receptivo daquele que pessoas como Marsha P. Johnson, Silvetty Montilla, Kaká Di Polly, Miss Biá e varias outras cresceram (e devemos agradecer a elas e várias outras pessoas que apanharam e morreram para que pudéssemos caminhar hoje).

Desde criança eu sempre fui colocado na caixinha heteronormativa que toda criança é colocada, porém minha mãe sempre foi era muito ligada a questões como “você é menino, não pode brincar de boneca”, “menino não usa rosa” e por ai vai, alguns preconceitos bem machistas que, por sorte e insistência, consegui ir desconstruindo nela aos poucos.

Não vou mentir, eu também tinha vários preconceitos internalizados por causa da minha criação e descontruir isso foi um custo, porém ninguém nasce com a mente aberta, não é mesmo? E ainda estou em processo de desconstrução de vários estigmas que cresci, mas mesmo que a caminhada seja longa, ela vale a pena.

Tendo em vista que sou um homem cis, branco e gay, tenho plena ciência dos meus privilégios e do “índice de aceitação social”, por assim dizer, que possuo. Fico pensando no quão sortudo e privilegiado eu sou por ter pais que me apoiam e me dão total suporte quando necessário, mas o pior é de tudo é pensar que isso não deveria ser questão de sorte e sim um requisito quando o assunto é família e aceitação.

Pra você ter ideia, a primeira vez que eu realmente tive contato com conteúdo LGBT foi aos 15 anos, quando Sense8 estreou na Netflix. Sim, meu primeiro contato com esse tipo de conteúdo foi com Sense8. Era uma época que eu ainda estava me descobrindo e depois disso passei a procurar mais séries e livros com essa temática, ai descobri Queer as Folk (na qual nunca terminei por preguiça) que me abriu a um novo mundo... Depois disso foi só ladeira abaixo e atualmente sou o fã número um do Jonathan Groff por causa de Looking.

Se compararmos a geração dos anos 90 com a dos anos 2000, vulgo a minha, o número de conteúdo LGBT na mídia era quase nulo e, querendo ou não, quando aparecia era representado por estereótipos ofensivos. Acho que crescer com a acessibilidade de séries, filmes e livros do universo LGBT suavizou minha queda no vale, pois eu me via representado ali, diferente do pessoal das gerações passadas que não tinham nem 1% do que a gente tem hoje.

AVISO DE GATILHO

A partir de agora vou falar um pouco sobre a minha experiência dentro da comunidade e, querendo ou não, de algumas coisas traumáticas que passei para que sirva de alerta. O conteúdo é sensível, então caso você se sinta desconfortável, peço que pare de ler aqui.

Olha, se eu contar que no mesmo dia que finalmente beijei um menino pela primeira vez sofri uma tentativa de abuso em praça pública, você acreditaria? Pois é. Era pra ser uma data mágica pra mim, mas se tornou um pesadelo que, querendo ou não, me assombra até hoje. Eu tinha 16 anos na época e era carnaval, eu estava ficando com esse menino e, logo em seguida, um casal de canadenses abordou a gente pra conversar. Tudo bem, eu falo inglês e entrei na conversa, até porque já estava alcoolizado também, e quando me dei conta estávamos apenas nós três conversando, já que o menino que eu estava ficando se juntou ao nosso grupo de amigos que estavam um pouco afastado. Eu só me dei conta que estava quando um deles tentou usar a força contra mim para me beijar me empurrando contra uma grade de proteção (aquelas de evento). Nesse momento eu só sabia falar “stop, please” e eu repeti isso umas três vezes até que minha amiga viu o que estava acontecendo e foi separar eles de mim. Nesse momento o cara que estava tentando me agarrar me jogou com força contra a grade e eu caí com ela, me machucando completamente. Sabe o pior de tudo? Eu não podia contar pra minha mãe tudo que tinha acontecido, até porque não era assumido na época. Passei os dois últimos dias do carnaval daquele ano assistindo Grey’s Anatomy e me segurando pra não chorar.

Uma coisa que martela muito a minha cabeça atualmente é o fato de outros caras mais velhos acharem que tem toda a liberdade de invadir o espaço pessoal dos outros, apenas por serem mais novos. Isso não é normal, assédio não é normal. ENTENDAM ISSO DE UMA VEZ POR TODAS!

Outra coisa que me assusta o abismo que existe dentro do mundo gay em relação ao famigerado padrão, então eu afirmo que esse universo continua vivendo uma segregação dentro de vários âmbitos, priorizando sempre o famigerado padrão, e isso é algo completamente controverso com a palavra de amor que a comunidade sempre pregou.

Aplicativos de pegação como Grindr, Hornet e afins são apenas plataformas de objetificação. Digo isso por experiência própria porque eles servem apenas para diminuir sua autoestima e resumir seu corpo a um objeto sexual. Se você é menor de 18 anos, por favor não entre nesse tipo de aplicativo, pois é um favor que estará fazendo a si mesmo.

ENCERRO AQUI A ÁREA DE GATILHOS

Esse texto gigantesco foi algo que eu precisava compartilhar, pois querendo ou não tudo que eu vivi me fez ser quem eu sou hoje e, tive momentos ótimos sendo eu mesmo e conheci pessoas maravilhosas desde que pisei no vale, então majoritariamente eu consigo dizer que os momentos bons superam os ruins e espero de coração que todos que estão adentrando nesse universo fiquem alerta e não se submetam a coisas que realmente não valem a pena. Seja você mesmo, ame livremente, evolua como pessoa todos os dias e esteja sempre de cabeça erguida para honrar aqueles que lutaram para que hoje pudéssemos ter essa liberdade.

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Jonathan Groff gives the most emotional acceptance speech of the night as he accepts the Tony Award for leading actor in a musical!!! https://www.instagram.com/p/C8TXdqcNj1B/