‘Merrily We Roll Along’ stars Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff & Lindsay Mendez take Vanity Fair’s infamous lie detector test. Does Dan ever Google himself? Has he ever read fan fiction about himself? Would Lindsay consider Pedro Pascal a “daddy”? Does Jonathan know what Ariana DeBose meant by “the thing” Angela Bassett did?
Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez sat down with BuzzFeed and the cuuuutest puppies ever to celebrate the Broadway opening of their musical “Merrily We Roll Along.” They chatted about their favorite behind-the-scenes moments, their pre-show rituals, and so much more! Tune in to see all the cuteness (and a little bit of chaos too)! #MerrilyWeRollAlong #PuppyInterview #DanielRadcliffe
Jonathan Groff reflects on the heartwarming moment he came out to his brother
“I went to Italy when I was 23. It was the first time I had left the country or traveled by myself. It was June 2008, and I had just finished doing Spring Awakening on Broadway for two years. Over a week, I visited Assisi, Siena, and Florence before meeting my brother in Rome, following the Rick Steves guidebook to the letter. On my last day alone, I went to see David at the Accademia Gallery. When you turn the corner, there are rows of other unfinished sculptures by Michelangelo. These figures are so constricted, like they’re straining to be released from the marble and fighting for air. I ached just looking at them. But they lead up to this perfect, liberated form. I started crying and wondered, What is it about this naked man that makes me so emotional? Afterward, I sat in a piazza, journaling, thinking about how nobody here knew or cared about me, and I decided to come out to my brother—who is also named David—the next day. Only my roommate knew I was gay, because he was also my secret boyfriend. I took the train to Rome, and David and I spent the day as tourists. In the evening, we went to this restaurant called Saby’s near our hotel, the Locarno. We were getting pasta, we were getting wine, and I knew that if I didn’t tell him right then, I would never do it. My hands were shaking; my voice was hoarse from talking, because I hadn’t spoken to anyone in seven days. But David also seemed nervous. He said, ‘Jonathan, there’s something I need to talk to you about.’ He told me all about this girl that he was in love with, who is now his wife. It was like he was coming out to me, because we’d never talked about relationships or sex or love in our entire lives as brothers. He teed it up perfectly, and once he gave me all of the details, he said, ‘This is the first time I’ve ever felt this, and I’m wondering, What about you?’ And I shared everything with him. We just showed all of ourselves to each other. It never could have happened anywhere else.”CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER
Stephen Sondheim’s musical about the long, complicated friendships of a trio of creatives, which was savaged by critics when it first debuted in 1981, has been rethought and restaged in an acclaimed revival that is now back on Broadway. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with stars Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, and director Maria Friedman, about bringing a work by one of the greats of musical theater to new light.
