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EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Allison Janney, Schitt’s Creek Emmy winner Annie Murphy and Dear Evan Hansen star Ben Platt are circling The People We Hate at the Wedding. Emmy winner Claire Scanlon (Set It Up) is directing an adaptation of the Grant Ginder novel that is a character-driven wedding comedy that aspires to be a…

The movie adaptation of Tony-winning Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen will hit theaters on September 24, Universal Pictures said Friday. Ben Platt is reprising his Tony-winning title role alongside Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani, DeMarius Copes and Danny Pino. The…

Actor Ben Platt took to Twitter to reveal that he suffered through a bout of COVID-19 early this year in March. The Tony Award-winning actor responded to a tweet posted by graphic designer Ced Funches, who asked “Do you personally know anyone that has contracted COVID-19? No names, just yes or no.” The tweet caught…

The creative team behind Fox’s long-running animated series The Simpsons joined Comic-Con@Home on Saturday to share clips from the forthcoming Season 32 as well as reveal some of the A-list guest-stars. Among them: Ben Platt, Hannibal Buress and Michael Palin. In addition, as previously announced, David Harbour is…

We certainly don’t need another reason to wish the coronavirus gone and Broadway back in business, but here’s one anyway: Ben Platt wants to return to the stage. “Hankering,” is the word he uses. “I’m looking at film offers and scripts, but once it's possible,” Platt says, “I'm certainly looking to get back on…

EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of starring in Booksmart and the series Unbelievable, Kaitlyn Dever is in talks for the female lead in the movie musical adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen. Ben Platt is expected to reprise his stage role as the title character in the film, with Stephen Chbosky (Wonder) directing. Music and…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories is teaming with Twitter to release Ricky Tollman’s feature film debut, starring Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen, The Politician), Mena Massoud (Aladdin, Reprisal), Nina Dobrev (XXX: Return of Xander Cage, Lucky Day), Scott Speedman (Animal Kingdom, Fe…

A Tony and Grammy Award winner known for originating the title role of Broadway smash Dear Evan Hansen, Ben Platt earned his first Golden Globe nomination this morning, for his turn in Netflix original comedy series The Politician. "To be in the conversation is just really amazing," Platt told Deadline today. "I love…

When Bette Midler says, “This is gonna be fun,” who are we to disagree? In this just-released teaser for Netflix’s upcoming Ryan Murphy series The Politician – the first look at Midler and Judith Light – politics does indeed look, well, fun. If a little deadly. Premiering on September 27, the series – check out the…

In what is Blumhouse’s most ambitious project yet, Richard Linklater is bringing Stephen Sondheim’s musical Merrily We Roll Along to the big screen, but will shoot the film over a 20-year time span. Beanie Feldstein, Ben Platt and Blake Jenner will star. Principal photography has been completed for the first segment…

Twelve songs, nine sets, two musical theater-loving pals and a talk show visit: “Soundtrack To A Bromance” won’t be forgotten anytime soon by the superfans of Dear Evan Hansen‘s Ben Platt (or James Corden’s nightly viewers, for that matter). Platt, doing the publicity rounds for his recently released debut album Sing…

With politics on so many people’s minds these days, Netflix has made a campaign promise: Its Ryan Murphy series The Politician will premiere on September 27. Check out the announcement poster below. The darkly comic show stars Ben Platt as Payton Hobart, a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, CA, who has known since…