Lea Michele and Tommy Dorfman stepped out to attend a celebration of Balmain‘s flagship store on Madison Avenue.
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Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff got pretty intimate during Broadway’s “Spring Awakening”, which premiered in New York City back in 2006.
The “Glee” actress revealed just how close they became as she spoke about their friendship during the upcoming HBO documentary “Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known”, which is set to air May 3, celebrating the show’s 15th anniversary.
The pair played teenage lovers Wendla and Melchior in the 19th-century coming-of-age story.
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“Jonathan and I became so close. We were so intertwined,” Michele shared, according to People.
Groff explained how he was figuring out his own sexuality at the time and took part in the play before coming out as gay in 2009.
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He shared, “We made out so hard in this play. We would have like sweat, and snot was coming out of my nostrils, and saliva, and tongues, and mouths.
“Lea and I were given this material where we had to fall in love,” the actor went on.
“But the first thing I felt was, ‘They’re going to know I’m gay. F**k. I never had sex with a girl, I’m in the closet. I’m just going to pretend that I know what I’m doing.’ I wanted the choreography to tell me what to do and give me the moves and allow me to express myself, and thank God for [director] Michael Mayer.”
Michele did whatever it took to teach Groff, telling the doc: “At one point, I literally showed him my whole vagina,” to which Groff replied, “I can confirm that.”
Michele added, “He was like, ‘I’ve never seen a woman’s vagina before. Would you show me?’ And I was
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NEW YORK -- While many of John Gallagher Jr.'s peers went to college, he didn't. His university became “Spring Awakening.”Gallagher spent much of what would have been his prime college years — from 20 to 23 — starring in the original, envelop-pushing Broadway show that musicalized teen angst.“It was an education," he said.
Spring Awakening came together for a one-night-only concert doubling as a pandemic-era benefit for The Actors Fund.Promoted as an “emotional, star-studded tribute to the groundbreaking musical,” footage recorded at the reunion factors into a new documentary from the same producers behind David Byrne’s American Utopia and that will also air on HBO and then stream on HBO Max starting next week.Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known relates the show’s underdog origins and path to Tony glory, universal themes of teenage repression and angst, and what a press release calls “the unconventional love story of breakout stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele.”Back in 2006, years before Glee, Groff and Michele played leading roles in the large but mostly unknown, mostly teenage cast, all coming together and betting on this new edgy and provocatively themed rock musical set in the 1890s.Other featured participants include John Gallagher Jr., Lauren Pritchard, Lilli Cooper, Skylar Astin, Gerard Canonico, Jennifer Damiano, Christine Estabrook, Gideon Glick, Robert Hager, Brain C. Johnson, Krysta Rodriguez, Stephen Spinella, Phoebe Strole, Jonathan B.
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Spring Awakening: Those You've Known, the Glee actor wore a floor-skimming mesh Jason Wu dress and matching black earrings., who was part of the original cast of the Tony Award-winning musical, is a major part of the new documentary, which also features a recording from the reunion concert in 2021 that benefited The Actors Fund. At the premiere, Michele—who has been wearing short hair lately—opted for length with wavy extensions pulled into a tight low pony by hairstylist . Makeup artist finished the look with a smokey eye and matte pink lip.The actor was photographed alongside her Spring Awakening co-star, Jonathan Groff at the event. According to Michele, their 15-year friendship is still going strong. The 35-year-old clips of the documentary in which she says that she and Groff only grew closer after they left the Broadway musical.
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