Jonathan Groff on Bobby Darin, Divas, and His Leather Era
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.2 • 724 Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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This week, the larger-than-life Jonathan Groff discusses starring in Just In Time, the cabaret-style musical based on the life and music of Bobby Darin. Initially a passion project for the Tony Award-winning actor, Jonathan names Bobby as an inspiration and one of the ultimate divas (complimentary), alongside Barbra Streisand and Lady Gaga. Plus, Jonathan considers entering his leather era, inspired by another idol, Beyoncé.
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| 0:27.2 | This is The Run Through. I'm Chloe Mel, and I am here with Vogue's Features Editor Marley Marius. |
| 0:28.5 | So good to be here. |
| 0:37.3 | And we had the loveliest interview with the one and only Jonathan Groff, who honestly I was deeply charmed by. |
| 0:39.4 | He is charm on two legs. |
| 0:40.3 | Oh my God. |
| 0:41.7 | That's who he is. |
| 0:44.8 | He came in, he said to Marley, oh, we've met before. |
| 0:45.7 | It was very like what... He hugged absolutely everyone. |
| 0:46.9 | He hugged everyone in the studio, including Jake or engineer. |
| 0:50.5 | He was wearing a little Tom Brown knit and looked great. |
| 0:59.0 | Indeed. And it was just a total, a total dream. And he is currently playing the other heartthrob, Bobby Darren, in the Broadway musical Just in Time. |
| 1:06.0 | And he was nominated for Tony for his performance. |
| 1:10.0 | And he won a Tony last year for his performance in Merley We Roll Along and got a Grammy for Hamilton in 2016. |
| 1:18.1 | When did you meet Jonathan? |
| 1:20.1 | I met him when I wrote about the production of Merrily Roll Along. |
| 1:25.4 | First, I spoke to him and Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay |
| 1:27.9 | Mendez on the phone when it premiered off Broadway. But then once we shot them for the magazine, |
| 1:36.0 | Norman Gene Roy and Max Ortega worked on like a really lovely shoot of the three of them. |
| 1:40.8 | I went to the shoot, which was in like Long Island City, and it was like such a grim day, |
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