Ben Platt is in his Addison Rae era. Over the weekend, the actor officially released his rendition of the pop singer’s sultry single “Diet Pepsi” on streaming services. Platt first performed the record on stage at the 2025 Las Culturistas Culture Awards, a celebration of pop culture chaos hosted by …
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The Palace Theatre in New York City will house performances from Ben Platt for 18 shows, running from May 28 through June 15. Each night, the attending audience will be treated to a surprise appearance from a special guest. For the opening show, Platt kicked off the nightly tradition with …
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In many ways, Ben Platt is one of the most successful theater kids of our time, third only to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Taylor Swift (proof of this ignominious past can be found here and here). The prodigiously talented tenor grew up with fellow L.A.-based theater kid Molly Gordon and BFF …
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The first preview of a Broadway revival of Parade — a musical about the lynching of Jewish American Leo Frank in Georgia in 1915 — was disrupted by antisemitic protesters outside the theater Tuesday night, Feb. 21. The protest, per the Forward, comprised a few people tied to the neo-Nazi …
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Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt, and Rachel Zegler joined forces for a rousing tribute to Stephen Sondheim during the 2022 Grammy awards ceremony on Sunday. The iconic Broadway composer and lyricist died on Nov. 26 at age 91 and led the In Memoriam segment of the Grammys. The …
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