Glee star Matthew Morrison will take a turn as Bobby Darin in Broadway‘s Just In Time for three weeks between the departure of original star Jonathan Groff and previously announced replacement Jeremy Jordan, producers announced today.
Groff plays his final performance at Circle in the Square Theatre on Sunday, March 29, Jordan takes over on April 21 (through September 6) and Morrison will fill the spot for the three in-between weeks beginning Wednesday, April 1.
“Our show is made to fit like a glove around all kinds of virtuoso performers,” said Just In Time co-book writer Isaac Oliver in a statement. “I’m thrilled to get back in there and tailor the material so it’s personal to Matthew Morrison, his journey, his many talents, and to welcome him back home to Broadway where he belongs.”
The casting will mark Morrison’s first Broadway production in 10 years, since he played J.M. Barrie in 2015’s Finding Neverland. He made his Broadway debut in Footloose (1998), returned for The Rocky Horror Show in 2000 and hit full-on star status as Link Larkin in 2002’s smash Hairspray. He was Tony-nominated for his 2005 performance in The Light in the Piazza, and starred with Jill Clayburgh and Richard Thomas in Richard Greenberg’s 2005 play A Naked Girl on the Appian Way. He also starred in a Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony-winning 2008 revival of South Pacific.
Morrison broke through on television with his starring role as teacher Will Schuester in Fox’s 2009-2015 musical comedy series Glee. (His upcoming Just In Time gig will put him in the Broadway theater district just five blocks from where his Glee costar Lea Michele is currently appearing in Chess.)
Morrison’s other TV credits include The Good Wife and Grey’s Anatomy. He released his self-titled debut album on Mercury Records in 2011, and in 2013 released Where It All Began, a collection of Broadway standards produced by Phil Ramone.
His Just In Time casting was announced today by producers Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens and John Frost.
Just in Time, directed by Alex Timbers (Moulin Rouge!), tells the story of singer Bobby Darin, whose many hits and signature tunes during a short life (he died in 1973 at 37 of sepsis following heart surgery) includes the title song, “Beyond the Sea,” “Mack the Knife,” “Splish Splash” and “Dream Lover.”
The critically acclaimed and audience-popular jukebox musical began performances Monday, March 31, 2025, and opened on Saturday, April 26, that year. The book is by Warren Leight and Isaac Oliver based on an original concept by Ted Chapin and Groff.
