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Nick Jonas

February 28, 2012 by · Comments Off on Nick Jonas 

Nick Jonas, Attention, young people milling about outside the Al Hirschfeld Theatre: Nick Jonas will not be popping out to shake your hand after matinees of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

He’s been asked to stay inside. Why? He will literally stop traffic. “I would love to say hello to them, but they’ve advised me for traffic purposes and other reasons that it’s best not to go out,” says the youngest of the three heartthrob Jonas Brothers singer-songwriting siblings in his dressing room. “It could get interesting.”

Downstairs and outside on 45th Street, scores of tweens and teens wait in vain for Jonas to emerge after his afternoon show. But it’s a Wednesday – one of two matinee days – and all he can do is shower, sip coffee and check messages on his phone.

Michael Urie, the former “Ugly Betty” actor who stars alongside Jonas in the musical, says that when he steps outside the theater, the crowd asks two questions. The first: “Is Nick coming out?” followed by “Will you go back in and tell him to come out”

“I have never met anyone who has gobs of fans like Nick does,” says Urie. “He is so incredibly aware of them, respectful of them and gracious with them. He always stops to talk with them and take photos.”

Jonas, 19, has just finished his 34th show as the amoral corporate climber J. Pierrepont Finch, having taken over the part from Darren Criss of Fox’s hit show “Glee,” who briefly assumed the role from Daniel Radcliffe.

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