Showing posts with label Hair. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Broadway Thanksgiving Day Parade lineup...

This Thanksgiving means turkey, family and of course BROADWAY! Who can miss the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? The parade always starts with some great acts lip-syncing their way into the hearts of America, and this year will be no different! The Broadway casts of Shrek, Billy Elliot, HAIR, and Bye, Bye Birdie (more aptly called Why, Why Birdie) will be on hand to sing-along to their cast albums in Herald Square tomorrow morning.

The cheese factor for these mock-performances is always so high that you can't help but laugh along with (or at) the performers! Here is the cast of Little Mermaid performing at last year's parade. The performance has too many Britney-Spears-Singing moments to count. This year we can all be thankful for more of these moments to cheer our day...

Friday, November 6, 2009

Groff to join cast of "Glee"...

Jonathan Groff will be reuniting with his "Spring Awakening" co-star Lea Michelle by guest-starring on the Fox hit, "Glee". He will be playing one of Lea's love interests on the show and has signed on for 5 or 6 episodes. Although the writing on the show is mediocre at best, millions of people tune in every week to hear the largely Broadway-alum cast sing popular songs including "Don't Stop Believin" and "Put a Ring on It". Groff will certainly add to the vocal power on the show, having starred in "Spring Awakening" (Tony nomination) and "Hair" in Central Park.
Jonathan Groff as Claude in "Hair"

In other Groff news, he has been spotted with a new love interest: Gavin Creel. Strange because Creel took over Groff's role as Claude in "Hair" after he decided not to transfer to Broadway with the show, but to pursue his film and TV career instead (he recently starred in Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock"). It seems that Groff has found a good way to stay connected to the Broadway show though! The two are keeping their relationship out of the public eye, and have used the time together to swap "I played Claude in "Hair" stories."
Gavin Creel as Claude in "Hair"

WEZ Sez: Jonathan Groff in "Glee" - Mixed Bag (***) - Love him / Hate the show

What do you think? Excited by the new addition to "Glee"? Like the show? Hate the show? Leave Comments below...