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Currently filming Trust the Man with Daniel Radcliffe until the end of July

August 2026 - Rehearsals begin for As You Like It

26 September to 7 November 2026 - Playing Rosalind in As You Like It at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom (press night 6 October)

October 2026 - New Frozen short to be released

Date TBA - Octet and Trust the Man to be released

24 November 2027 - Frozen 3 released

Date TBA - Frozen 4

Does Jonathan Groff know his Shakespeare from his Sondheim?

(Spoiler: 100%, yes he does)

Bernadette Peters Has a Passion for That Cynthia Erivo Rumor

Bethy Squires

Folks, you heard it here first. Or at least this is the first time you’re hearing it from Bernadette Peters. Since last week, rumors have been swirling that Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Groff would be starring in a new Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion. On the 2026 Tony Awards red carpet, Peters seemingly confirmed those rumors. “Well I heard — Did you hear? — that Cynthia Erivo is going to be coming back in Passion,” she told New York. “It was announced somewhere, that’s how I know.” She then added that Erivo’s co-star in this new production would be Groff. Vulture has reached out to reps for Erivo and Groff to see if anyone wants to announce some stuff somewhere.

Passion is based on Ettore Scola’s 1981 film Passione d’Amore, itself inspired by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti’s 1869 novel Fosca. Set during the unification of Italy, it’s about a soldier who falls in love with the titular Fosca, the epileptic cousin of his commanding officer. The show opened on Broadway in 1994, with Jere Shea as Giorgio and Donna Murphy as Fosca. Per the rumor, this new version would be done by current revival “It” boy Jamie Lloyd. But he’s got to get Evita over here first.

Edit in an update to the Vulture article:

However, his [Groff’s] rep has told Vulture this not accurate from his side. Erivo’s reps have yet to respond.

Jonathan Groff Wanted a Sofa He Could Canoodle on in His Manhattan Apartment

The Tony Award–winning actor teamed up with AD100 designer Leyden Lewis for his tailor-made Greenwich Village apartment

By Ingrid Abramovitch

Photography by Kelly Marshall

June 5, 2026

Last weekend, actor Jonathan Groff was enjoying a morning at home in his newly decorated Greenwich Village apartment, offering a virtual tour of the objects he treasures most. Nearly every piece carries a personal story. “The coffee table is from Florence, where I came out when I was 23,” he says. “I love its colors.”

From the obvious joy he takes in his environment, it is hard to believe that for most of his life, Groff lived like a squatter. “My friends would joke that it was ‘serial killer living’,” says Groff, who earlier this spring ended a Tony-award-winning turn as the 1950s chart-topper Bobby Darin in Just in Time, and who was recently named to the TIME100 list of the most influential people of 2026. “All I had was a mattress on the floor and stacks of books. I could live that way and be totally content.”

But in 2022, the actor bought his current apartment and discovered that designing a home could be as creative as stepping into a role, an epiphany sparked by meeting—through an acquaintance of his best friend, actor Lea Michele—the Brooklyn-based AD100 designer Leyden Lewis. The connection was immediate. “From the minute I met Leyden, I knew he was the right person,” Groff says of the designer, who specializes in highly personal spaces for creative clients like the artist Malene Barnett. “He had a kind of openness about him—a collaborative spirit.”

Lewis remembers their initial encounter differently. “The first thing he did was grab and hug me,” he says with a laugh. “When someone pulls you in that way, you think, ‘If I get this job, I am going to give him love’.”

The designer began not with paint chips but by listening to his client. Lewis compared decorating to acting—you are creating a stage for the real-life character you want to express. Groff realized that he wanted a home that reflected both his extroverted and his more introspective sides. The living room, with its sunny wall of windows, was designed for conversation and entertaining, while the moody bedroom in the back, painted chocolate brown, was conceived as a refuge from the demands of public life.

For Broadway actress Krysta Rodriguez, there are all sorts of emotions come Tony Awards time.

The actress, 41, who will begin a stint as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway later this month, fondly recalls her first Tony’s moment: Performing with the original cast of Spring Awakening back in 2007.

“After we had won Best Musical, we were left on stage for a few minutes and Jonathan Groff came up behind me, grabbed my hand, and said, ‘Just look out and take this in,’” she recalled exclusively to Us Weekly.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony and Grammy-winning actor Jonathan Groff has inked a deal to join Daniel Radcliffe in Trust the Man, a Vietnam War thriller that was announced last February ahead of EFM.

The project, written and to be directed by Will Graham, reunites the duo following their work together in the multiple Tony Award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, which broke house records at The Hudson Theatre several different times throughout its run.

Shooting in New Jersey this summer, Trust the Man follows an ambitious Army Intelligence officer who’s assigned to investigate a decorated soldier with a mysterious past during the Vietnam War. As surveillance and interrogation deepen, the line between loyalty and obsession blurs, leading both men into a dangerous and uncontrollable connection.

No word yet on the role to be played by Groff. Lucas Hedges had previously been set to star opposite Radcliffe but fell off due to scheduling issues.

Producers on Trust the Man include Graham, Tonia Davis and Max Linsky for Invitation Media; Luke Rodgers; and Alex Scott. Jeffrey Soros and Hailey Wierengo are exec producing, with Jess Hackel co-producing. UTA is repping domestic rights, with Neon International handling international.

Both Groff and Radcliffe are coming off of individual recent successes on Broadway. Earlier this spring, Groff completed his Tony-nominated run as Bobby Darin in the jukebox musical Just in Time, which he also produced. Meanwhile, Radcliffe just completed his Tony-nominated run in the one-man show Every Brilliant Thing. Both shows have fully recouped, with Just in Time becoming the first new musical out of the 2024-2025 season to do so.

Currently in production on Lin Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of the musical Octet, Groff will soon make his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Rosalind in an all-male production of As You Like It, directed by Daniel Evans. He is represented by CAA.

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Jonathan’s involvement in the project was first mentioned at WWD last week following an interview with Kata Mara. The article stated:

Mara and her family recently moved back to New York, in time for her to start shooting her next film, “Trust the Man.” The film, which will shoot locally in New Jersey, co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff. She also stars in Werner Herzog’s next film alongside sister Rooney Mara. “ It’s been quite a crazy year of press and things coming out, and it’s nice to just sort of take a breath with the family and the kids,” she added.

@thedrewbarrymoreshow @leamichele on her friendship with Jonathan Groff 💛

Jonathan is rumoured to be in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Passion’, which would star Cynthia Erivo. The rumoured director is either Jamie Lloyd or Maria Friedman.

Update from Ed Fernandez, EPAC’s Artistic Director:

Jonathan at the ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ matinee on Saturday, posted by @ibonnieo on Instagram. Daniel Radcliffe’s last performance in the role is on Sunday. Jonathan was apparently at the show with Lea Michele and a few others.