May 19, 2025
Photos from the 92nd Street Y talk about Just in Time.
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Photos from the 92nd Street Y talk about Just in Time.
September 30, 2003: Everything Was Possible, Ted Chapin's account of working as a gofer on the original production of Follies is published.
Photos from the reading of ‘Just in Time’ at Signature Theatre on Monday posted by Broadway World. Photos by DJ Corey.
Last night, Signature Theatre held a sold-out benefit concert of the upcoming new Broadway-bound musical Just In Time starring Tony Award-wi
Star of Broadway’s Bobby Darin musical 'Just in Time' Jonathan Groff joins Alex Timbers, who developed and directs, music supervisor Andrew Resnick, choreographer Shannon Lewis, and Ted Chapin, who conceived the show. 'Just in Time' began its journey to Broadway on 92NY’s stage in 2018 with a Lyrics & Lyricists production. Hear Groff, Chapin, Timbers and the others on the creative team talk about bringing the show to Broadway, and why Darin’s story remains as compelling and unforgettable as his songs. Recorded May 18, 2025 at The 92nd Street Y, New York.
hotos of Jonathan with ‘Just in Time’ production members in Instagram posts announcing the new musical: photo posted by Isaac Oliver, Tom Kirdahy (at the Circle in the Square Theatre), Riza Takahashi, with Alex Timbers and Ted Chapin, with Cynthia J Tong and others at the Lawrence concert, Hannah Jade Vickery and Andrew Resnick (at the original 92Y concert).
@codyrigsby Big thank you to Jonathan Groff for being our first guest on @tactfulpettiness
In 1971, college student Ted Chapin found himself front row center as a production assistant at the creation of one of the most beloved Broa
An interview with Jonathan and Ted Chapin is now available to mark the release of the audio book of "Everything was possible: The birth of the musical Follies". Jonathan narrates the audio book, with details about how to listen available here. An article at Playbill is also available here. Excerpts from the interview:
Jonathan: Why an audiobook now and what inspired it? And I’m so happy that it took 20 years to happen because we’ve become friends during that time. Now I got to read it, which was a great, great pleasure, an extreme pleasure that I can speak in more detail about, but why now? Why the audiobook now?
Ted: Well, it’s as simple as my agents saying, “Hey, we never did an audiobook. Let’s see if there’s an interest.” To which I said, “Why not?” And then of course was like, well, who should read it? And I said, well, um, you know, I have a suggestion of somebody who is a friend, but on his own, you know, is more than capable and does some of these books. So, Jonathan Groff and here we are. So I’m thrilled. I’m thrilled that you ended up doing it.
J: There’s just something so moving about the way that you describe the experience from your perspective and these actors that are of a certain age, coming together and kind of, like, laying everything on the line. And your spirit — I felt so connected to you <laugh> in so many ways because I never went to college and I learned everything about acting by watching and being in the ensemble of shows. And my first Broadway show, I was an understudy and a swing. And so this perspective that you have of watching from the audience, slash, watching from the wings, I just felt so connected to it because it’s how I learn. I feel like your way in this book is just so specific and so emotional, because it really is like, I feel like the, how old were you when you were 20. I feel like the 20-year-old you when I’m reading it. We kept having to stop in my recording. It was a little embarrassing at first, and then it just kept happening all the time. The amount of time that we had to stop for me, uh, weeping. It was just the weeping that took a little bit longer.
T: <laugh> Well, I love it.
J: I think it has become essential reading for anyone that has anything to do with the theater and beyond, of course, because when a story is told with as much detail as you tell it. I think anybody, in any line of work, can appreciate it and fall in love with it. Definitely for people in the theater, it is required reading. And here it is 20 years later. And Lin, when I was recording it, Lin-Manuel Miranda was FaceTiming me and I told him, “Oh, I’m doing the audiobook of ‘Everything was Possible.'” And he said, “I just reread that two weeks ago.”
T: <laugh> Yeah, he was, when I first met him, he was a big fan. It was great.
J: It really is such a gift because it’s a complete education. It really is such a document of the way things were done. And it’s a document of how things still feel. It’s so rooted in its time period. And so timeless at the same time, in the same moment. It’s so extraordinary in that way, which is very “Follies.” It’s about the past and present at the exact same time.
T: Exactly. And in using both to influence the other, I remember reading a Diane Arbus quote about how the more detailed you are, the more general you are. Don’t be afraid of going into the details because if you try to find a middle ground, it probably won’t work.
J: And the more universal it becomes.
Jonathan is the narrator of a revised and updated second edition of an audiobook of "Everything was possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies", written by Ted Chapin. An excerpt is in the YouTube clip linked. Ted Chapin is the former president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, and he worked with Jonathan on the Lyrics and Lyricists concert in 2014 and a benefit concert in 2015 for the Theatre Development Fund. The audiobook will be released on 30 August and is 12 hours 30 minutes.
Details from YouTube:
Written by: Ted Chapin.
Narrated by: Jonathan Groff.
Published by: Recorded Books
In 1971, college student Ted Chapin found himself front row center as a production assistant at the creation of one of the greatest Broadway musicals, Follies.
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