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" I'd always done musicals, and so living in the world of straight plays and working with off-Broadway actors and living in that community was a completely life-changing experience. "

Jonathan Groff

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World

Living

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Jonathan Groff

Back

Broadway

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Jonathan Groff

Looking

Weekend

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