Jonathan Groff and Saana Lathan Join Second Season of Starz’s 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 Forest and the West End production of Deathtrap.

Lathan received acclaim for her starring role in the recent off-Broadway production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. Her other stage credits include A Raisin in the Sun, Measure for Measure and the West End revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Her extensive film work includes Love and Basketball, Contagion, The Family That Preys and The Best Man.