The Penn State Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity hosted singer and actor Jonathan Groff as its Pride Month Keynote speaker at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Groff, best known for his work in âHamilton,â âFrozenâ and âGlee,â spoke about his experience in the entertainment industry as an openly gay man
Having worked in Hollywood and on Broadway, Groff said LGBTQ acceptance in both fields is âa case by case basis,â but said there are people in both who âare beautifully accepting.â
âCertainly theatre has historically felt more open to all different types,â Groff said. âI would say that on certain sets, it can feel pretty bro-y. It can feel more straight with all the crew dudes, whereas in theatre, it s more of an eclectic group coming together every day. But I wouldn t say that discrimination is special in any particular medium.â
How Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Came Together and How It s Helping Live Theater
On 12/31/20 at 4:35 PM EST
Any fan of Pixar s
Ratatouille knows that the film s core message is Anyone can cook, whether it s a rat with a diverse palette or a hopeless line cook. Well, that lesson doesn t apply just to food.
Across several months in 2020, TikTok creators put together an impromptu, DIY musical adaptation of the 2007 Disney flick. Really, it was just a trend that took off, with individual creators coming up with their own original song-and-dance numbers inspired by the characters and themes in
Ratatouille. But, like the best internet trends, it took on the feel of a group project, almost like virtual community theater all during a period of time when live theater has been on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic.