The most shocking thing about Jonathan Groff's Out interview is that he quit Diet Coke because he thinks five or six a day is a lot.
He also talks about coming out so early in his career:
"When I came out, people said it may have a negative effect on my career, and that's definitely something I thought about before I did it. But I don't hold that belief. I just go to my auditions and plug away as I normally would. At the end of my career, I can look back and ask, 'Well, did it, or didn't it?' But at the moment, I just have to move forward and hope that people will follow my actions."
Spoken like a true leader. And like a person with a spine.
On my way to work, I stumbled into the Broadway Flea Market—I forget about it every year, then always enjoy it so much when I find myself at it.
This year, I arrived with $3 in my pocket, which is deadly considering the tables sagging with fun ephemera, autographs, old magazines, mementos and other junque. Making my way through, I spotted a silver-looking box that was engraved "Jane MAME Angie 1966-1968" and immediately regretted not having money. The dates matched up to the original Broadway production of Mame. I went to get some, came back...and it was gone. So annoyed. But then I just got it in my head that it wasn't gone and dug around a bit and sure enough it had been buried under a bunch of worthless VHS cassettes. It was mine for $5. Not sure, but it seems like a gift to an original cast member, and it says "Reed & Barton The World's Finest Silverplate" on the bottom. Angela Lansbury could be the "Angie"—she did the show from 1966 to 1968. A Jane Connell was also in the show. Intriguing.
My candid snaps of Groff & Quinto from the past couple of years
SPOTTED: Zachary Quinto and Jonathan Groff are attending tonight's performance of John Gabriel Borkman starring Alan Rickman and Fiona Shaw at BAM in Brooklyn together.
And I'm just asking without attacking because who knows the reasons why, but...why was Sean Hayes not at Broadway Bares? Just seems like he'd be a great fit as at least a special guest. His co-star, Kristin Chenoweth, even bothered to perform (despite being playfully teased for being too thin by Jackie Hoffman).
And what about the leads from the gayest show on Broadway at the moment, La Cage aux Folles—Douglas Hodge and Kelsey Grammer? Nick Adams showed up. Nudity isn't required, just a desire to fight AIDS.
UPDATE: Looks like Sean Hayes was there. Aw, Sean, you shoulda gotten up onstage! Same goes for Zachary Quinto...in a jockstrap:
Out's all about its latest "Hot List." I would hate to be under someone as cold as Kelis (what year is this?), but I'd be happy to be on top of or under Jonathan Groff, the insanely talented and cute (and convincingly straight, when need be) actor who's currently on Glee. He's in at #3 (pictured above).
Same goes for Theo Alexander, a hot new addition to True Blood who'll be playing gay on the vampire series, which definitely doesn't suck (pictured below):
Entertainment Weekly (May 21, 2010) takes on that insipid Newsweek article on gays playing straight quite handily. Like me, Mark Harris takes special exception to the writer's gross objection to the performance of Jonathan Groff on Glee. I would argue Groff is pretty perfect in his role. His real-life sexuality is hardly universally known, and he's convincing as a straight theater queen.
Harris's money-quote:
"For all its uptight grousing about who's 'queeny' and who isn't, the real ugliness of this argument is its suggestion that that very act of coming out is a kind of self-sabotage for which you need to atone by making sure you never again do anything that will remind anyone you're gay. On second late, don't bother—if you've come out, it's already too late."
