The Great White Way is mourning Gavin Creel. Broadway stars reacted to the news of the Tony-winning actor’s death at just 48 on Monday, sharing their grief and shock. Creel’s partner announced his death, revealing the young star of shows such as “Hair!” and “Hello, Dolly!” died of metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, an … Read more
Ben Platt’s new album is titled “Honeymind,” but given the ”Dear Evan Hansen” star’s upcoming nuptials to Noah Galvin, it could almost be called “Honeymoon.” The two singer-actors, both 30 and based in Brooklyn, got engaged in November 2022 — and the groomzilla countdown has begun. “The engagement is on!” Platt said in The Post’s … Read more
After countless nights owning the Broadway stage in “Dear Evan Hansen” — in his Tony-winning role as the title character — Ben Platt was hit with a serious case of Evan-esque anxiety before his first time singing his own material in public. The meltdown went down in January 2019 at the Bowery Hotel in Manhattan … Read more
For Ben Platt, his coming-out party as a pop artist on “Sing to Me Instead,” his 2018 debut studio LP, was no big queer reveal. “When I made my first album, it was sort of received as, like, a ‘coming out’ — and it’s not even something that I anticipated,” Platt, 30, said in The … Read more
On Tuesday’s opening night of his 18-show residency at Broadway’s historic Palace Theatre, Ben Platt didn’t just conjure up the spirits of Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli and other legends of the newly renovated venue. The Tony-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen” also channeled James Taylor on a beaming rendition of JT’s 1977 classic “Your Smiling Face.” … Read more
Dear Ben Platt, you can invite Kacey Musgraves to share the stage anytime. The Tony-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen” brought out the Grammy golden girl as his surprise guest on Tuesday’s opening night of his 18-show residency at Broadway’s historic Palace Theatre — which also served as the unveiling of the renovated venue. Platt … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Ben Platt is going all out to bring his new album “Honeymind” to fans. In March, the “Dear Evan Hansen” star announced an 18-concert, three-week residency at New … Read more
The greatest asset of the Broadway revival of “Parade,” Jason Robert Brown’s sorrowful if flawed musical about the 1915 anti-Semitic lynching of Leo Frank, is youth. Playing husband and wife Leo and Lucille Frank, Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond come across strikingly young (and at 23 years old, Diamond really is), like a faded photo … Read more
Two days after anti-Semitic neo-Nazi protesters targeted the musical “Parade,” Mayor Eric Adams took the stage before Thursday night’s performance to declare the theater “is not a place where hate lives.” “We have the largest Jewish population outside of Tel Aviv,” Adams told the audience at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Adams added, “And when … Read more
PARK CITY, Utah — “Theater Camp,” which premiered Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, brings to mind another comedy that debuted here years ago: “Wet Hot American Summer.” Nobody goes on a heroin-fueled rampage through town this time — too bad — but what both sleepaway movies share is that they’re more about the counselors … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. After a nearly six-year hiatus from Broadway, Ben Platt is back. This time around, the “Dear Evan Hansen” star will lead a revival of Jason Robert Brown’s Tony … Read more
Ben Platt will lead the “Parade” as it marches its way to Broadway. The Tony winner will star in the revival of the musical “Parade,” which announced its Broadway transfer on Tuesday following its run at the New York City Center, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Based in the early 20th century, the musical follows … Read more
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Ben Platt is speaking out about the backlash he received last year after the film adaptation of the Broadway show “Dear Evan Hansen.” Platt admitted he’s “really grateful” he got to work on “Dear Evan Hansen” for so many years, but he had a “difficult” experience with the film version. “It was definitely a disappointing … Read more