You might want to ask your mom to sit down because I’ve got some terrible news: the long-awaited “Pitch Perfect 3” trailer dropped on Saturday and it’s missing her top pick to play the role of your next boyfriend. That’s right – ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ will not feature nice Jewish boy, Benjamin Platt. Of course,…
Ben Platt, star of “Dear Evan Hansen” and, probably, a lot of your daydreams, won a Tony on Sunday night. But is it possible he won more than just the most highly coveted accolade to which a spry, young theater kid can aspire? Hear me out: is it possible that Ben Platt didn’t just win…
“Dear Evan Hansen,” the teen-angst driven musical about a high school outsider, won the top prize at Sunday’s Tony Awards, Broadway highest honors, while J.T. Rogers’ Mideast peace accord drama “Oslo” was named best play. The surprise hit musical won a total of six Tonys, including best musical actor for 23-year-old newcomer Ben Platt in…
Ben Platt, Bette Midler, and Scarlett Johansson will be among the performers and presenters at the 2017 Tony Awards, which will be presented on Sunday, June 11. Platt is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his star turn in “Dear Evan Hansen,” and Midler is up…
At 23, Ben Platt is a Broadway star, a member of Time’s 2017 list of the world’s 100 Most Influential People, and generally expected to win a 2017 Tony Award. The son of theater and film producer Marc Platt, the actor has been immersed in musical theater effectively since birth, but his big break has…
Jews were prominently featured in Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people, which was released on Thursday. Husband-and-wife White House advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump received separate entries. Kushner’s bio was written by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who said that he has “sporadically exchanged views” with Kushner over…
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