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Jonathan Groff 'makes an assured debut in Deathtrap'
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Jonathan Groff has been praised for his debut West End performance by one theatre critic.
Ian Shuttleworth of the Financial Times said the young actor and star of TV's Glee delivers an "assured" performance as up-and-coming playwright Clifford.
He also reported that Simon Russell Beale "enjoys himself" as jealous has-been Sidney thanks to a number of dead-pan one-liners.
Mr Shuttleworth said he was pleased to see that the play within a play references - the two main characters discuss a show named Deathtrap - were clever rather than "clever-clever".
Explaining that Matthew Warchus' direction is great at creating shock moments, the critic concluded by saying Deathtrap is "indubitably entertaining".
Last month, Groff told the Telegraph he was so keen to win a part in the comedy thriller that he dressed in a similar way to the character he was auditioning for when he went to read for the part in London.
