JGJ retuning to Bway
JGJ retuning to Bway
AntionaK
Swing Joined: 7/4/13
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#2JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 7:30amI actually find it strange that most of the SA cast haven't been on Bway since the show.
#2JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 8:08am
Of the original SA cast, JGJ may have done the most post-SA with big roles in both Jerusalem and American Idiot.
Plus now he is on HBO's The Newsroom, and he's quite fantastic on it.
#3JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 9:07amIt's silly but every time a new shows announces its cast I scour the list in the hopes of seeing one of their names. And Maddie, I think Krysta Rodriguez has done the most since then - A Chorus Line, Addams Family, In the Heights, First Date. And of course Jennifer Damiano did Next to Normal. Funny how they were both swings and have now become Broadway names.
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#4JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 9:44amAnyone else find it annoying to have to click on the link to find out what or who JGJ is?
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#5JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:00amI mean Ivy Lynn will never be as big a name as Jenn Damiano or Jessie Mueller...
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:16am
There's a link? John Gallagher, Jr.
Gerard Canonico and Brian.....whathisname were also both in AI.
Canonico (Bare, too), Gideon Glick (Also of Spiderman), Matt Doyle (That has also appeared in Birdie and currently in BOM) are also all connected to a new work directed by Michael Meyer this summer. (Alice Lee, too)
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#7JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:23amDramamama, by link I meant the post.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#8JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:28am
Gallagher, Jr. also wrote a play (SLAINTE) that was part of this summer's Readings Festival at Powerhouse a few weeks ago.
http://powerhouse.vassar.edu/season/index.html
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#9JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:30am
I think Jonnie Groff has had the most visable, varied career of the SA Gang and is the only one with the balls to show his balls.
But Lea is probably the richest.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#10JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:33am
I suppose if you didn't know who JGJ was, there the interest on whether he's returning isn't a big deal.
Most visable? Doubtful, other than his guest starring on Glee, I don't think he's done much to garner name/face recognition. (I don't think thats bad, because it truly seems that kid truly thinks about the vehicle, not stardom.)
However, I think I'd be hard pressed to say whether I thought Gallagher or Groff had the strongest future possibilities.
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#11JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:38amGlinda, I forgot Krysta and Jennifer! Krysta was even the Gypsy robe recipient for SA.
#12JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:39am
JGL (John Gallagher, Jr) has done 2 Broadway shows since SA (Spring Awakening, for those who don't want to do a google search) closed on Bwy (Broadway). AI (American Idiot) and JLRM (Jerusalem), which x'd (closed) >2 yrs ago now he's on tv. Give him a chance 2 find a nu sho. geeez.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#13JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:43am
Thanks for not being annoying. 
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Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#14JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 10:57amI love him on The Newsroom, so the absence it created is not as bothersome to me.
#15JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 11:07am
Yes, PLEASE stop with the initials. This isn't All That Chat.
If you can spell it out in your post, you certainly can in the subject line.
"What- and quit show business?" - the guy shoveling elephant shit at the circus.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#17JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 11:45am
Oooooooooohhhhhhh. Gotcha. Took a minute. (Obviously.)
(He certainly has self confidence with the whole nudity thang. Good for him. And us.)
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#18JGJ retuning to Bway
Posted: 7/4/13 at 11:53am
As much as I'd love to see John Gallagher Jr (see no initials!)back on stage, he's fantastic in The Newsroom which more than makes up for those appearances in Jonah Hex and Whatever Works!
The career success rate for previous Spring Awakening cast members actually seems to be quite high, the majority have gone on to do really well (Skylar Astin as well, who seems to be building quite the career). And not just in the US but the UK cast are doing really well too, particularly Iwan Rheon who's landed a pivital role in Game of Thrones. And wasn't the girl who plays Scarlett in Nashville Wendla in the Australian production?
