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" I think the first Broadway show that I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' and that was in 5th or 6th grade. Our school would take bus trips up to see shows, and so it was on one of their bus trips that I got to see 'Beauty and the Beast.' "

Jonathan Groff

Beast

Bus

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Music

Passion

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Gay

Programming

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Broadway

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Looking

Weekend