Tony®, GRAMMY®, and Emmy® Award winner Ben Platt will reopen Broadway’s Palace Theatre (West 47th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), with a strictly limited 18-performance-only concert residency in celebration of the release of his upcoming third album Honeymind.
Ben Platt: Live at the Palace announces a digital lottery, powered by Broadway Direct. Entries for the digital lottery open at 9:00 AM ET one day before the performance HERE. Winners are drawn the same day at 4:00 PM ET and will have 60 minutes to pay for their tickets online. Winners may buy up to four tickets at $35 each (inclusive of all fees). Lottery seats may be located anywhere in the theater and may be in partial view.
In-person rush begins at 12 PM the day of the performance at the Palace Theatre box office subject to availability. Rush ends 30 minutes before the curtain. One person may buy up to 2 tickets at $30 each. Seats may be located in any section of the theater. While every effort will be made to seat pairs together with a full view, there is a chance that pairs may be split up and that seats may have a partial view of the stage.
Tickets are available now via www.broadwaydirect.com and the Palace Theatre box office.
The Palace is one of Broadway’s most preeminent theatres. "Playing The Palace" has been synonymous with the pinnacle of success since the theatre opened in 1913. The venue has been home to such legendary performers as Josephine Baker, Harry Belafonte, Elvis Presley, Shirley MacLaine, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, and perhaps most famously Judy Garland. The venue closed in 2018 for a significant renovation and restoration, including raising the historically landmarked venue 30 feet in the air.
Directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden, Ben Platt: Live at the Palace celebrates the release of his upcoming album Honeymind, available Friday, May 31 via Interscope Records and executive produced by Dave Cobb. The evening, the latest chapter of a storied career jam-packed with hits and acclaimed performances in Dear Evan Hanson, Pitch Perfect, and Parade, will showcase Platt’s insightful original lyrics and breathtaking vocals from the new album, selections from Reverie and Sing to Me Instead, as well as a few surprises for fans of the platinum-selling superstar.
“Treehouse” the third single from Honeymind was released and features GRAMMY-winning Americana icon – and songwriter of the Tony Award-winning musical Shucked – Brandy Clark. The delicate ballad, following the dreamy “Andrew” and the anthemic “Cherry on Top,” can be heard HERE. Pre-order Honeymind HERE.
BIOGRAPHIES
Tony, GRAMMY® and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt made his highly anticipated return to the New York Stage as Leo Frank in Parade at the City Center which transitioned to the Broadway stage. The riveting musical opened to rave reviews and led to Platt’s second Tony Award nomination. Most recently Ben starred in the film Theater Camp, which is co-written by Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin and Nick Lieberman inspired by their popular 2020 short film by the same name.
An accomplished recording artist, Platt has released two albums previously – 2019’s Sing To Me and 2021’s Reverie. He completed a hugely successful solo tour following the release of Reverie which saw him headlining sellout crowds at such important venues as The Hollywood Bowl, Madison Square Garden, and others.
Platt won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his groundbreaking performance as Evan in Dear Evan Hansen and later went on to reprise his role in the Universal film adaption alongside Julianne Moore and Amy Adams. Ben starred in the highly popular Netflix series by Ryan Murphy, “The Politician” where he served as the executive producer on the series – his performance in Season 1 earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the show received a nomination for Best Comedy. Additionally, Platt began filming alongside Beanie Feldstein, Merrily We Roll Along which will be shot over a 20-year period, and directed by Richard Linklater. Last fall, Platt was seen in the Amazon film, The People We Hate at The Wedding alongside Allison Janney and Kristen Bell. Other film and television highlights include Pitch Perfect 1 & 2, Ricky & the Flash, “The Premise,” and a guest appearance on “Will & Grace.”
Michael Arden (Director) received the 2023 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical for his reimagining of Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown’s Parade which also won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. In addition, he received Tony nominations for his Broadway revivals of Once One This Island, and Deaf West Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening. Michael wrote and directed a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol starring Jefferson Mays that played the Nederlander Theatre last holiday season. His productions of The Preacher's Wife and The Queen of Versailles will play in Atlanta and Boston this year. Other theatre credits include Maybe Happy Ending at the Alliance Theatre, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Lincoln Center, American Dream Study and ALIEN/NATION with his theatre company The Forest of Arden, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Annie at the Hollywood Bowl, and The Pride and Merrily We Roll Along at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Los Angeles. Arden has been named on Variety’s Broadway Impact List and is the winner of an NAACP Award for Best Direction of his revival of Merrily We Roll Along. In addition to directing theater in America and around the globe, he regularly directs “The Connors” on ABC, and has appeared in numerous features and television shows, most notably “Grey’s Anatomy,” Bride Wars, Anger Management, Source Code, and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” On stage, Arden has appeared on Broadway in Big River; The Times, They Are A-Changin’; and King Lear; among others. Arden is a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and an alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy and the Juilliard School.
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