Ben Platt News

Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning singer/songwriter, Ben Platt will be the guest recording artist on June 8th's episode of Songland on NBC!

Ben Platt recently chatted with Variety Live! During the interview, he talked about his new album, his Netflix concert special, and more!

Get to know the Next on Stage top 15 contestants! Meet college student Caroline Segars!

It's been over ten years since Glee premiered on Fox, and creator Ryan Murphy has some new ideas for how the show might be different if it came about today. Murphy admits in a recent Instagram post that he would involve Ben Platt, who stars in Murphy's The Politician, and Beanie Feldstein, who stars in his upcoming American Crime Story, if he got a do-over. 

Today, GLSEN, the leading education organization focused on ensuring safe and inclusive schools for all students, honored Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt with the Inspiration Award on the final day of RESPECT EVERYWHERE, a series of innovative fundraising initiatives presented in short videos running from May 18-22.

Broadway Records announced Laura Benanti and Nikki Renee Daniels will star in the upcoming 'Remote EP' release of the award-winning new musical The Perfect Fit, written by 13-year-old musical sensation Joshua Turchin. The 'Remote EP' is the first musical concept EP ever recorded entirely virtually.

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out yesterday's highlights from some of your favorites, including the cast of Hadestown, Natalie Weiss, Ben Platt, Betsy Wolfe, and more!

Tony Award-winner Ben Platt sings a?oeOh, Columbiaa?? an original song by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winner and Columbia alumni, Tom Kitt, for the 2020 Columbia University grads. 

Today, Netflix premiered Ben Platt's Live From Radio City Music Hall special! Captured before a live audience at Radio City Music Hall, this feature-length special documents Tony, Grammy and Emmy-Award winning performer Ben Platt at the final stop on tour for his hit debut album, Sing to Me Instead.

GRAMMY, TONY, and Emmy Award-winning artist Ben Platt has announced today's release of the much-anticipated deluxe edition of his critically-acclaimed debut album.

Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt and actor, producer, and media personality Kalen Allen with both be honored during GLSEN's RESPECT EVERYWHERE, a week-long series of innovative fundraising initiatives from May 18-22. 

ABC will rebroadcast 'The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II,' this Friday, May 22 at 8:00p.m. EDT!

Netflix has shared a first look at season two of The Politician, starring Ben Platt, Bette Midler, Judith Light, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laura Dreyfuss, and more!

Ben Platt, Henry Platt, and Jonah Platt delivered a beautiful mash-up of graduation-themed songsa?'during a televised, one-hour multimedia event, Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020.

Today's top stories: The Coalition for NYC Hospitality & Tourism Recovery names Lin-Manuel Miranda and more to its board, Disney will released Into The Unknown: Making Frozen 2 on Disney+, and more!

We want to hear from you! We're starting #BwayWorldPrompts, where each day we'll be asking our readers on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram questions to spark some theater conversation.

Late last year Dobama invited a dozen or so people to do a series of interviews meant to focus a spotlight on the theatre's 60th anniversary. As an original member of the Dobama community I was one of those honored to be asked to participate. Here is my interview:

Need something new to listen to, read, or watch? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases, including a new single from Ben Platt, the Tarrytown cast recording featuring Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez, and Andy Mientus, the Six vocal selections, and more!

On tonight's Rise Up New York telethon, some of Broadway's biggest stars came together for a very special rendition of the classic tune, 'New York, New York' in tribute to the greatest city in the world!

Today's top stories: Cats will stream this weekend, plus watch clips from Rise Up New York! featuring Barbra Streisand, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Rannells, Karen Olivo, Christopher Jackson, and more!