{"id":117322,"date":"2024-12-03T09:10:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/03\/hear-jonathan-groff-sing-for-the-first-time-as-bobby-darin-billboard-exclusive-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T09:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T14:10:55","slug":"hear-jonathan-groff-sing-for-the-first-time-as-bobby-darin-billboard-exclusive-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/03\/hear-jonathan-groff-sing-for-the-first-time-as-bobby-darin-billboard-exclusive-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Jonathan Groff Sing For The First Time As Bobby Darin: Billboard\u00a0Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJonathan Groff has endeared himself to huge audiences playing some of the most beloved (and different) roles in modern musical theater: breaking hearts as the original Melchior in <em>Spring Awakening<\/em>; cracking up as King George in <em>Hamilton<\/em>; and most recently turning in his most complex performance yet as Franklin Shepard in Stephen Sondheim\u2019s <em>Merrily We Roll Along<\/em>, for which he won his first Tony award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNow, Groff is adding to that diverse resume of roles with perhaps the most unexpected of all. In the new musical <em>Just in Time<\/em>, he\u2019ll play Bobby Darin, the iconic crooner known for his renditions of songs like \u201cBeyond the Sea,\u201d \u201cDream Lover\u201d and \u201cMack the Knife.\u201d Developed and directed by Alex Timbers, the show features Groff anchoring a cast of 16 in one of Broadway\u2019s most unique and intimate theaters, the Circle in the Square. Previews begin March 28, 2025 in advance of an April 23 opening \u2014 but you can hear Groff singing as Darin for the first time here, as <em>Billboard<\/em> premieres his recordings of \u201cBeyond the Sea,\u201d \u201cDream Lover\u201d and \u201cJust in Time.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='Jonathan Groff Sings \"Beyond The Sea\" by Bobby Darin | JUST IN TIME on Broadway' width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GJYp6w-friM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAs Groff tells <em>Billboard<\/em>, his preparation process for the role began seven years ago, when he was researching the singer while putting together a concert of his music for the 92nd St. Y in New York. \u201cWe\u2019ve been developing this musical about his life ever since then,\u201d Groff says. \u201cBobby Darin was the consummate performer. And he was way ahead of his time. He had this chameleon ability to jump styles and genres way before it became popular for pop artists to do that. Having this opportunity to play him, I get to push myself to places I\u2019ve never gone before as a singer or performer. My heart races just thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='Jonathan Groff Sings \"Dream Lover\" by Bobby Darin | JUST IN TIME on Broadway' width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i5Yk4AYYq-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTimbers \u2014 who won a Tony for his direction of <em>Moulin Rouge! The Musical<\/em> and has brought his vision to shows ranging from <em>Here Lies Love<\/em> to <em>The Pee-wee Herman Show<\/em> \u2014 calls Darin \u201ca singular talent whose music lives on today,\u201d but notes that \u201cwhat was so memorable to the people who knew him was his connection with an audience.\u201d  With <em>Just in Time<\/em>, \u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can to try to transform our Broadway theater to evoke a 1960s club,\u201d he tells <em>Billboard<\/em>, \u201cand allow our audience to experience what it was like to be in a room, up close, with one of that generation\u2019s most electric performers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='Jonathan Groff Sings \"Just In Time\" by Bobby Darin | JUST IN TIME on Broadway' width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oE3YGsivUn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Just in Time<\/em> features a book by Tony-winner Warren Leight (<em>Side Man<\/em>) and Isaac Oliver (<em>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel<\/em>); music supervision and arrangements by Andrew Resnick (<em>Parade<\/em>); choreography by Shannon Lewis; and is based on an original concept by Ted Chapin. Along with Groff, the cast includes Joe Barba<strong>r<\/strong>a<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>A Bronx Tale The Musical<\/em>), Tony-winner\u00a0Michele Pawk\u00a0(<em>Wicked<\/em>),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Lance Roberts<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>The Music Man<\/em>),\u00a0Caesar Samayoa\u00a0(<em>Come From Away<\/em>),\u00a0Christine Cornish<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Kiss Me, Kate<\/em>), Julia Grondin\u00a0(<em>Funny Girl<\/em>),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Valeria Yamin<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Moulin Rouge!<\/em>),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>John Treacy Egan<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>My Fair Lady<\/em>),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Tari Kelly<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Mr. Saturday Night<\/em>),<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Matthew Guy Magnusson, Khori Michelle Petinaud\u00a0(<em>Lempicka<\/em>), and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Larkin Reilly<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Bad Cinderella<\/em>).<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/hear-jonathan-groff-sing-three-new-songs-bobby-darin-billboard-exclusive-1235842531\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Groff has endeared himself to huge audiences playing some of the most beloved (and different) roles in modern musical theater: breaking hearts as the original Melchior in Spring Awakening; cracking up as King George in Hamilton; and most recently turning in his most complex performance yet as Franklin Shepard in Stephen Sondheim\u2019s Merrily We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}