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Keanu Reeves had a gleeful reaction to Jonathan Groff’s performance.
The “Mindhunter” alum, 40, performed a medley from “Just in Time” while at the 2025 Tony Awards on Sunday at Radio City Music Hall and took his number to the next level when he decided to straddle the “John Wick” star, 60 mid-tune.
The “Glee” star hopped off the stage and into the crowd before finding Reeves, standing on both of the armrests of the actor’s chair and singing from the top of his lungs.
Groff put his hand down Reeve’s face as the actor looked stunned. “The Matrix” star then hilariously did two fist pumps and made the rocker sign with his hands in a video shared by E! News.
Groff was nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical category for the show “Just in Time,” which was based on the life of late singer Bobby Darin, but lost to Darren Criss for his part in “Maybe Happy Ending.”
Also nominated for the award were Andrew Durand (“Dead Outlaw”), Tom Francis (“Sunset Blvd.”), James Monroe Iglehart (“A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical”), and Jeremy Jordan in “Floyd Collins.”
In April, Groff opened up about channeling Bobby Darin in the musical.
“I was completely taken by Bobby’s primal ferocity, even on these old black-and-white clips of him performing,” he told Vogue at the time. “There was a real presence and passion. This wasn’t just a rock-and-roll guy or a crooner singing songs. There was real connection in his performance style.”
“I knew I wanted to start the show as myself and break the fourth wall with the audience to create that connection that Bobby was really famous for—the vibe that we’re all here today, in this present moment, and anything can happen,” Groff added about the musical. “I’m trying to evoke this real love affair between performer and audience, and that’s where the conceit of the show came from and continues to live.”
The Broadway vet also did a deep dive into Darin’s performances on YouTube, and one in particular helped him capture the spirit of the singer.
“There’s a clip of him singing ‘Once Upon a Time’ that I remember watching on that night, and I can’t even say ‘acting,’ because it’s not like he was acting, but it was so deeply felt,” Groff explained to the outlet. “He was not singing a song on a TV show; he was communicating something really deep, and watching that come through was really amazing.”
“Then, in the later years, on his TV specials, he would do these duets with women, with Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark, and they would sit on stools and sing with their faces so close to each other. He was so intimate and present. I remember being really pulled in by that.”
Reeves, meanwhile, surprised fans when he and Alex Winter announced they are set to star in a upcoming revival of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.”
Winter, 59, told People on the red carpet that he and Reeves “wanted to work together” again after starring in the iconic “Bill & Ted” films.
The actor added they have “known each other a very long time,” which works for “a play about two people who have known each other a very long time. … And Keanu had this crazy, inspired idea that suddenly turned into reality, for both of us.”
Reeves’ Broadway debut will see him portraying Estragon, while Winter, who starred in the stage production of “The King and I” in 1977 and then in “Peter Pan” in 1979, is taking on Vladimir.
“I think every time the play is done, it’s different, because of who’s playing it,” Winter explained. “It’s very, very personal, and so we’re bringing ourselves to it.”
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