Overview
- Reynolds’ $25,000 gift, made Sunday during Jonathan Groff’s final Just in Time show at Circle in the Square, benefited Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
- The post-show auction started at $10,000 and climbed as Reynolds kept outbidding himself until he secured Groff’s Bobby Darin hat.
- Cast members marked the rising totals with stage antics, including high kicks tied to each thousand and five playful spanks at the $25,000 mark.
- Groff left the stage to hand Reynolds the signed hat in the audience and the two shared a hug, with Blake Lively seen seated just behind him.
- The production now shifts leads, with Matthew Morrison set for a three-week run from April 1 and Jeremy Jordan beginning performances on April 21, in a tradition of fundraising moments that has included Nicole Kidman’s $100,000 hat bid in 2022.