‘Being American feels helpless and scary’: actor Ben Platt on nerves, queer songs and why he couldn’t do it without his husband
Actor Ben Platt discusses his struggles with anxiety, his marriage to Noah Galvin, and his new role in the musical 'Midnight at the Never Get'. He reflects on the challenges of being an American artist in the current cultural climate.
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‘It unfolds into something deeper and stranger’ … Ben Platt in Midnight at the Never Get. Photograph: Matt Crockett ‘It unfolds into something deeper and stranger’ … Ben Platt in Midnight at the Never Get. Photograph: Matt Crockett Theatre ‘Being American feels helpless and scary’: actor Ben Platt on nerves, queer songs and why he couldn’t do it without his husband The star of Dear Evan Hansen plays a 1960s Greenwich Village crooner in hit queer musical Midnight at the Never Get. It’s the perfect outlet for his anxiety, he says
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