And so it goes...

How did you meet?

Jonathan Groff: We met a couple of times that Sutton won’t remember, cause I was asking for her autograph.

Sutton Foster: I don’t remember the first time.

JG: Of course you don’t. I remember every time. (laughs) Now it’s the point where I’m standing next to Sutton and it starts to get awkward—it always happens—because the conversation goes to my sort-of-obsession with her. We met the first time at the [Thoroughly Modern Millie] stage door with my mom. It was the middle of January.

SF: I didn’t care what I looked like, because I was freezing, so he has this horrible photo of me with like an Elmer Fudd flap hat, tied with a scarf, and a jacket. Because I was like, I’m not gonna get sick, I’m not gonna get sick, but I looked like an idiot. JG: You were so nice, and so present. It meant so much to me. So then a year later you came through Philadelphia and you did a concert, and I had a list of questions that I had written down.

SF: You stopped me in the lobby. I remember this.

JG: (incredulous) You do?!

SF: I do.

JG: I’m shocked you remember that. I asked you so many questions, and I wrote down your answers.

SF: (laughs) Who knows what I said. JG: You said such good things. I’ve thought about you every time I’ve ever walked out a stage door—literally—because it was so life-changing to talk to you. You know the kids at the end of [the line at the stage door], the ones who have waited the whole time, who are so adorable? When I was doing Spring Awakening, I would take them on the stage and engage with them in such a serious way, because of the way you had engaged with me. SF: That’s very sweet. Talking OFF-CENTER with Sutton Foster and Jonathan Groff | New York City Center

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