NewsPHOTO CALL: Jonathan Groff Sings Sondheim, Britney Spears, "Amish Paradise" and More at Get Back Benefit ConcertTony Award nominee Jonathan Groff performed a one-night-only benefit concert for the 52nd Street Project Nov. 24 in New York City.
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Matthew Blank
December 02, 2013
Titled Get Back, the Spring Awakening and "Glee" star took the stage at 7 PM for the concert at the Five Angels Theater that drew inspiration from his childhood. Musical direction is by Mary-Mitchell Campbell.
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Jonathan Groff Sings Sondheim, Britney Spears, "Amish Paradise" and More at Get Back Benefit Concert
Jonathan Groff Sings Sondheim, Britney Spears, "Amish Paradise" and More at Get Back Benefit Concert
Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff performed a one-night-only benefit concert for the 52nd Street Project Nov. 24 in New York City. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Jonathan Groff & Board Co-Chair Cathy Dantchik
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Board Co-Chair Louis Friedmand and family with Jonathan Groff
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Imani Lewis and Jonathan Groff
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Imani Lewis and Jonathan Groff
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Groff shares some home video
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Groff performs "Get Back"
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Groff chose Tom Schall from the audience and gave him a chance to dress up
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Laura Osnes came by to sing “In My Own Little Corner”
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Groff used a snake puppet to stand in for Cinderella’s fox buddy
According to the 52nd Street Project, "Revisit that time of wild imagination, dress-up, sibling rivalry and humiliating home videos – you know, childhood… It's an evening of songs and reminiscences about the Broadway/TV/film star's 'let's put on a show in the barn' past."
Groff, who received a Tony nomination for his performance as radical teenager Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening, was also seen on Broadway in In My Life. He most recently appeared on the New York stage in The Submission and played the character of Jesse St. James on "Glee." His upcoming screen appearances include the HBO series "Looking" and the film of Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart. He will also be part of the 2014 American Songbook Series at the Allen Room.
