Jonathan Groff to return to Broadway in solo play next year

Jonathan Groff will return to Broadway next February.

The Tony Award-winner, currently on stage at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, will begin on 10 February in Jessica Dickey’s solo play The Amish Project at the Broadhurst Theatre.

The Amish Project is an examination of a school shooting that occurred in a one-room schoolhouse in Lancaster, PA, in 2006, which left 10 Amish girls under the age of 13 dead. Groff grew up in a Mennonite family in Lancaster, minutes from where the shooting occurred.

Dickey’s play was first produced at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2008. It has since been seen around the world.

Sarna Lapine will direct The Amish Project at the Broadhurst Theatre; further details will be announced at a later date.

Listen to our interview with Groff and his As You Like It co-star Fisayo Akinade for free here: