Jonathan Groff Has Joined the Cast of the Starz Drama Boss

Tony nominee Jonathan Groff and New York stage veteran Saana Lathan will both join the second season of the Starz drama Boss, starring Tony nominee Kelsey Grammer (La Cage Aux Folles, Frasier), according to Deadline.com. Lathan will play Mona, Kane’s (Grammer) new chief of staff, and Groff will play Ian Todd, “a smart and ambitious staffer in Kane’s office who offers astute council to Kane." No air dates have been set for season two of Boss.

Boss is a political drama that follows Tom Kane (Grammer), the corrupt mayor of Chicago diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder.

Groff received a Tony nomination for his role as Melchior Gabor in the Tony-winning Spring Awakening. He plays a reoccurring character on the hit FOX series Glee. His other theater credits include The Submission, Hair, The Bacchae, Prayer for My Enemy, The Singing

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