HAMILTON's Jonathan Groff to Receive LGBTQ Point Horizon Award

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jonathan Groff, who will soon make his return to Broadway in the new musical HAMILTON, will be honored by the Point Foundation, the nation's largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit.

On April 13th, the LOOKING star will receive the Point HORIZON Award at the annual Point Honors Gala, to be held at the New York Public Library. Transparent's Jeffrey Tambor is also set to receive an honor at the event co-chaired by Brunson Green, Herb Hamsher and Judith Light.

According to the report, The Point HORIZON Award recognizes "a young trailblazer who has taken a leadership role as an advocate of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community."

Groff said in a statement, "As a proud member of the ever-evolving LGBTQ community, I am so moved by how the Point Foundation truly brings us together as a community in order to reach back and help the youngest generation find pride and inspiration in being who they are. The Foundation helps these young LGBTQ scholars, at perhaps their most vulnerable age, realize that the thing that makes them different can be one of their greatest assets."

Added Jorge Valencia, Point Foundation executive director and CEO, "Jonathan Groff is a young star of great talent, ambition and vision - very much like our Point Scholars. He is a proud member of the LGBTQ community and uses his position to speak about both the challenges and opportunities young LGBTQ people face in society. As an actor and an advocate, Groff is an inspiration to the next generation of LGBTQ leaders."

Previous recipients of the HORIZON Award include Nigel Barker, Jane Krakowski, Andy Cohen, Kristen Chenoweth and Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta.

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