Jonathan Groff Joins Amazon’s étoile as Guest Star, Teeing Up Spring Awakening Reunion (Exclusive)
A Spring Awakening reunion is taking shape on the Parisian set of Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s upcoming Amazon series étoile.
TVLine has learned exclusively that newly-minted Tony winner Jonathan Groff is set to guest-star in the first season of the Palladinos’ ballet-themed dramedy, which boasts a cast that includes Groff’s Spring Awakening co-star Gideon Glick. Details on Groff’s character are scarce, but we can confirm that he will share the screen with Glick.
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Groff and Glick were part of the original Broadway cast of Spring Awakening, which opened at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre in December 2006 and ran until January 2009. The musical went on to win eight Tony awards. More recently, Glick filled in for Groff as Seymour in 2019’s Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors.
News of Groff’s étoile gig comes as the series is winding down production on its eight-episode first season, production of which has been split between Paris and New York. (The show has already been renewed for a second season.)
étoile follows the dancers and artistic staff of two world-renowned ballet companies as they embark on an ambitious gambit to save their storied institutions by swapping their most talented stars. (FYI: étoile, pronounced ā?tw?l, is defined as a principal dancer in a ballet company.)
The ensemble also includes Luke Kirby who, like Glick, previously worked with the Palladinos on their Emmy-winning Amazon smash The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Groff, whose TV credits include Mindhunter and Glee, will next be seen playing Bobby Darin in the new Broadway musical Just in Time, which opens in Spring 2025.
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