Feb 10, 2026 · 1:22:42

Jonathan Groff on Good Hang with Amy Poehler

with JG Jonathan Groff

The Hang, in Short

Amy jokes about her terrible theater etiquette: wearing loud sweaters, making noise, and giving live thumbs up/down ratings during shows. When Gracie Lawrence calls in, she drops that she'll actually be in the audience for her new show All Out that night. Perfect timing. The episode celebrates Jonathan Groff before Amy's sit-down with him, and Gracie, fresh from playing Connie Francis opposite his Bobby Darin in Just in Time, has thoughts. She calls him "one of the greatest performers of all time," someone who makes people feel instantly comfortable even when playing bizarre weirdos. Her question for Jonathan: why is he never anxious? She's watched him lead a Broadway show, perform at the Tonys three times, do massive press, all without breaking a sweat. He's Yoda. Meanwhile she's a nervous wreck and he just goes "really? huh?" when she mentions it. Annoying but impressive.

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  1. 0:04

    Hello everyone. Welcome to another

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    episode of Good Hang. We are so excited

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    to talk to Jonathan Grath. Huge fan. And

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    what a delight. What a just so so

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    talented and funny and so fun to talk

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    to. And we're going to talk about a lot

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    of things today. We're going to talk

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    about horses. We're going to talk about

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    Broadway. We're going to talk about um

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    making lasting friendships at work.

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    We're going to talk about us both

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    playing Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and

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    the different things we brought to it.

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    And we're going to talk about his

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    Broadway smash hit, Just in Time, which

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    is open for a few more weeks on

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    Broadway. He plays Bobby Darren. It's

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    amazing. You have to see it. But before

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    we do, we're going to check in with

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    someone who knows our guest, who's

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    worked with our guest, who loves our

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    guest, and that person is Gracie

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    Lawrence. Gracie is an incredible singer

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    from the band Lawrence. She was uh

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    Connie Francis in Just in Time and we

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