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Birth
Jonathan Groff was born on March 26, 1985. He was born and raised in Lancaster Pennsylvania, the second son of Julia Witmer and Jim Groff. -
Family
Groff's mother Julie Witmer is a physical education teacher who is also a methodist. Because of his mother’s belief, Jonathan was raised in the methodist faith. His father Jim Groff is a horse trainer and a Mennonite believer because of his grandfather J. Wade Groff, who was a Mennonite minister. Jonathan has one older brother, David, who is president and COO of WebstaurantStore. -
Honk!
The first Theater role Groff played was Honk! as Ugly in The Ephrata Performing Arts Center in 2002 while still in highschool that began his whole journey. -
Education
After graduating from Conestoga Valley High School in 2003, Groff planned to go at Carnegie Mellon University, but his plans were thrown off for a year when he was chosen to play Rolf in a nationwide tour of The Sound of Music. Groff made the decision to start his career in New York City following the tour, rather than going to college. -
Bat Boy: The Musical
Bat boy is an American horror rock musical written by Brian Flemming and Keythe Farley. This performance was inspired by a June 23, 1992, Weekly World News article on "Bat Boy," a half-boy, half-bat who was raised in a cave. Jonathan played the main role of bat boy in The Ephrata Performing Arts Center. -
Fame
"Fame" has lyrics by Jacques Levy, music by Steve Margoshes, and book by Jose Fernandez. Its a stage musical based on the musical film of the same name that came out in 1980. David De Silva created and developed it. It launched in 1988 in Miami, Florida. Jonathan played the a small role as Nick Piazza -
In my life
This act displayed the tale of a romance between a singer-songwriter with Tourette's syndrome and then a brain tumor and a journalist with obsessive compulsive disorder. Jonathan played rolled as Understudy, Swing, Dance Captain in the Atlantic Theater Company and Off-Broadway. -
Broadway debut "Spring awakening"
Jonathan Groff developed a love for performing at a young age and began acting in local theater productions. Groff's major success, which truly began his career in 2006 was when he played Melchior Gabor, the major character in the Broadway production of the rock musical Spring Awakening. -
Personal life
Jonathan Groff is apart of the LGBTQ community and came out in October of 2009. He admitted to dating someone while he filmed in Berlin and also dated Corey Baker from 2018 to 2020 but as far as i could research Groff is 38 and still happy single , hopefully. -
Singing In the Forest
This show is about a guy named Christopher that convinced he the reincarnation of a German resistance fighter was hanged by the Nazis for hiding Jews during The Holocaust. He played two roles which were Gray Korankyi and Walter Rieman. Christopher also believed his daughters fiancé, Ben and him were gay lovers during a past life. He rolled as Gray Korankyi and Walter Rieman -
DeathTrap
DeathTrap is an American play by Ira Levin from 1978 that calls itself a play inside a play and has a complex plot. It was chosen for four Tony Awards and now holds the record for being Broadway's longest-running comedy-thriller. Groff played the role as a Georgia politician named Clifford Anderson. -
Frozen
Jonathan Groff is best known for playing the voice as Kristoff. -
Hamilton
Hamilton is a biographical musical that is sung and rapped. This play explores the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, his participation in the American Revolution, and the political history of the early United States. Jonathan played the role as King George III of the United Kingdom. -
A New Brain
A New Brain discusses both the medicinal benefits of art and his own terrifying experience with an arteriovenous malformation. He played the role as Gordon Michael Schwinn in New York City Center and Lincoln Center -
Hair
In Hair, a group of politically engaged, long-haired hippies. With a bohemian lifestyle in New York City while resisting being drafted into the Vietnam War. Many of the songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement. The work is a reflection of the creators' perceptions of the late 1960s sexual revolution and hippie subculture. Jonathan played the role as Claude Hooper Bukowski. -
Little Shop of Horrors
This play is about a plant that feeds on human blood and flesh is raised by a careless floral shop employee. The 1960 low-budget black comedy The Little Shop of Horrors served as the inspiration for the musical. He rolled as Seymour Krelborn. -
Merrily We Roll Along
His most recent shows tells the changes in the lives and friendships of three friends over a 20-year period, with an extra focus on Franklin Shepard, a gifted musical composer who gives up his friendships and songwriting career to work as a Hollywood film producer throughout that time. In this show he played Franklin Shepard. -
Quote
A quote by Jonathan Groff is "Don't let the world define you".