Lancaster County native Jonathan Groff is known for voicing Kristoff in Disney’s popular “Frozen” films.
Next year, the Tony Award-winning actor’s voice will be heard in another animated musical film, titled “Bad Fairies,” scheduled for theatrical release on May 21, 2027.
The film features the voice of “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo as a character called Jayne Staplegun. The music for the movie is by Tony Award-winning duo Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the duo who wrote the popular rock musical “SIX.”
Groff, a Ronks native and Conestoga Valley High School graduate, will voice a character called Robin Goodfellow in “Bad Fairies.” That happens to be the alternate name for the mischievous sprite Puck in William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
“In contemporary London, a gang of fairies breaks every rule in the book,” says the synopsis of “Bad Fairies,” which is co-produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Locksmith Animation. “However, when they accidentally turn a tween into a fairy, they find out that the magic system is on the brink of collapse.”
Other voices in the film include pop star Kylie Minogue, as Clowder the cat witch; actor Catherine Tate, whose credits include “The Office” and the British sci-fi series, “Doctor Who,” as the Fairy Godmother; and actor Ncuti Gatwa as Butterwort. Groff appeared with Gatwa in “Doctor Who.”
Erivo announced Groff and the other cast members in October during a solo concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Deadline.com reported.
Members of the “Bad Fairies” filmmaking team went to see one of Groff’s final performances as Rosalind in his Royal Shakespeare Company debut in “As You Like It,” posting about it on Instagram. The limited run of the William Shakespeare play ended Saturday.
In February, Groff will return to Broadway in a one-man production, “The Amish Project.” The play, written by Jessica Dickey and directed by Sarna Lapine, is based on the October 2006 Nickel Mines shootings in which Charles Carl Roberts IV shot 10 girls in a one-room Amish schoolhouse.
Tickets for the play go on sale to the general public Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Lapine is the niece of Tony Award-winning playwright and Franklin & Marshall College alumnus James Lapine, for whom F&M’s Green Room Theatre will be renamed. James Lapine directed Groff in the musical “A New Brain” off-Broadway in 2015.
Groff has been nominated for the Tony Award four times, for his work in the shows “Spring Awakening,” “Hamilton,” “Merrily We Roll Along” — for which he won — and “Just in Time.”
He shared a Grammy Award for best cast album with the cast of “Hamilton,” and was nominated for an Emmy for the Disney+ film of “Hamilton.”
His TV work includes roles in “Glee” and “Mindhunter,” and his previous films have included “A Nice Indian Boy” and “Knock at the Cabin.” He is listed as a voice-cast member of “Frozen III,” reprising his role as Kristoff, set to be released sometime in 2027.
Groff was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People for 2026.