On the day before Groff ’s first performance at the Public, the cast held a coronation ceremony onstage.
On the day before Groff ’s first performance at the Public, the cast held a coronation ceremony onstage. It was Brian’s idea—a generous gesture from one well-liked actor to another, both silly and heartfelt. (A garter was involved.) That likability, Tommy says, is the key to both actors’ ability to bring the role to life. “How much more interesting is it to have a king who’s going to do the most horrible things, and is The Other, and yet we love him?” When Groff was in Spring Awakening, he won Broadway.com’s Audience Choice award—three of them, actually.
