Ben Platt News

Ben Platt was joined on stage by Kristin Chenoweth during last night's performance of Ben Platt: Live at the Palace. The pair performed 'Til There Was You' from The Music Man.  Check out the video here!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 30, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

All new photos have been released of Tony®, GRAMMY®, and Emmy® Award winner Ben Platt’s historic reopening of Broadway’s Palace Theatre. Check out the photos here!

Tonight, Tony Award-winner Ben Platt made his return to Broadway in a new concert residency reopening Broadway's recently remodeled Palace Theatre. See video from his performance as he pays tribute to diva Liza Minnelli.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 29, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Tony-Award-winning actor and singer Ben Platt recently stopped by The Kelly Clarkson Show to discuss his three-week New York residency at the Palace Theatre, which is running from May 28- June 15. In the interview, Platt discussed growing up around musical theatre, and recalled the first time he went to see a Broadway musical in New York. Watch the video now!

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Tony, GRAMMY, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt will reopen Broadway's Palace Theatre tonight, with a strictly limited 18-performance only concert residency in celebration of the release of his upcoming third album Honeymind. Find out how to get discount tickets to see Ben Platt here!

Ben Platt is coming back to Broadway! The Tony winner will play a three-week concert residency this May at Broadway's recently remodeled Palace Theatre.

In a new interview, director Richard Linklater has praised Paul Mescal, who is playing Franklin Shephard in the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along. The movie, based on the Sondheim musical that is currently on Broadway, is being shot every couple of years over the course of 20 years.

Grace McLean (Suffs, Bad Cinderella) is proving to be a force both on and off Broadway. On May 10th, she released her first album, My Lovely Enemy. She celebrated the album’s release with a concert at Joe’s Pub on May 6th. In her night off from starring as President Woodrow Wilson in Suffs, she shared some songs from the intricate new album.

Ayo Edebiri (Theater Camp, The Bear) will be appearing alongside Andrew Garfield and Julia Roberts in a new film from director Luca Guadagnino. The film, titled After the Hunt, is written by Nore Garett and centers on a college professor who faces a crisis when a colleague is accused of misconduct and her own secret from her past is at risk of being exposed. 

The Palace Theatre is officially back! The iconic venue closed in 2018 for a significant renovation and restoration. Check out pics from inside the new venue!

The 2024 Drama League Awards were held on May 17th at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, marking a spectacular celebration of theatrical excellence!

Ben Platt has released a new single called 'Treehouse,' featuring Brandy Clark, GRAMMY winner and songwriter for the Tony-winning Broadway musical Shucked.

On Thursday, Tony-Award-winning actor and singer Ben Platt stopped by Late Night With Seth Meyers to discuss his three-week New York residency and his upcoming album.His residency will be at the recently closed Palace Theatre, running from May 28- June 15. Watch the interview!

Darren Criss will return to the stage alongside Helen J Shen in the Broadway premiere of the new romantic musical comedy Maybe Happy Ending with music by Will Aronson, lyrics by Hue Park and book by both Aronson and Park. We have all of the details!

Molly Gordan, writer, director and actor of Theater Camp, has found her next project. According to multiple reports, the multi-hyphenate is set to direct a reimagining of the 1987 comedy Outrageous Fortune which starred Shelly Long and Bette Midler. The film is co-written by co-written by Gordon and Allie Levitan and will center on rival actors who clash on a scrappy indie film set.

GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Brandy Clark is nominated for two awards at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards: Album of the Year (Brandy Clark) and Song of the Year (“Dear Insecurity” feat. Brandi Carlile). The awards ceremony will take place at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, September 18. 

For his age, Luke Islam has incredible vocal control, range, and awareness of what he wants. Islam’s solo show at the Cutting Room on Sunday April 28th at 7 pm featured a mix of the Broadway classics he grew up on, and R&B classics.