what a lovely day to fondly remember that ben platt and rachel bay jones are only one (1) oscar away from having an EGOT

BEN WON EMMY FOR DAYTIME TELEVISION WHEN DEH PERFORMED ON TODAY SHOW!!!!!!BEN JUST NEEDS AN OSCAR AND THEN HE’S AN EGOT WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BEN PLATT! EMMY! TONY! AND GRAMMY WINNER! HE’S REALLY DOING THAT. ON TRACK TO BE THE YOUNGEST EGOT WINNER IN HISTORYYYYY!!!

i’m so proud of him :’) 

“I think the way that the show works [is] with everybody putting up walls and not wanting themselves to be seen, because if they allow themselves to be seen, then they lose. It all just really clicked and made sense, and it seems very human and very honest and very flawed, as we all are, I think.”

happy trails, mike! thank you, for sharing your honestly human portrayal of connor murphy with us.

BEN WON EMMY FOR DAYTIME TELEVISION WHEN DEH PERFORMED ON TODAY SHOW!!!!!!BEN JUST NEEDS AN OSCAR AND THEN HE’S AN EGOT WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BEN PLATT! EMMY! TONY! AND GRAMMY WINNER! HE’S REALLY DOING THAT. ON TRACK TO BE THE YOUNGEST EGOT WINNER IN HISTORYYYYY!!!

EMMY NOMINEES BABY!

grammy award winner Ben Platt looking handsome as ever

Ben won cuz of his talent but I bet it was also cuz of the magic of this blog cheering him on along the way ;-)✨✨

*wipes a singular tear from my eye* thank you, thank you,

ben platt grammy watch

hmmmm. how about ben platt grammy watch, emmy watch, and oscar watch, because he really is That talented.

benplatttonywatch --> benplattegotwatch

because it’s only a matter of time

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what she says: i’m fine

what she means: ben platt gave up so much of himself to this role, to this show. for over four years, he dedicated himself so fully and completely to this character and this experience. no words can describe how grateful i am for everything he’s done, for everything he’s given us. for his voice, for his song. as someone with anxiety, he’s shown be that i really can grow, that i can achieve great things in life too. i honestly just feel so blessed to have been lucky enough to witness it all, to witness the pure magic he pours out onto the stage every night, to know this beautiful story and to watch him so deservedly succeed. i’m devastated to see him go, but i so firmly believe that he’ll achieve so many other amazing things in life, and i can’t wait to root for him the entire way. so, thank you, ben platt. thank you, thank you, thank you. for everything.

It happened.

Ben changed his Twitter bio from “Actor. Singer. Boy.” to “Actor. Boy. Tony Winner” and i’m Emotional

!!!

ben platt is an icon

Isn't it so wild that there are people that know nothing about Broadway and so if they see Ben Platt, they'll only know him for Pitch Perfect? I mean there's a huge community out there that doesn't even know just how great he is? Idk dude, I think about that a lot

It is wild! Being Broadway Famous™ is really, really, really unique. Because there are some–very few–people that have made Broadway Famous™ just…famous (usually by doing musicals on film). This includes people like Barbra Streisand, Patti Lupone, Idina Menzel, Julie Andrews, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

But the mass majority of people who, in the realm of Broadway, are incredibly well known and praised–such as Sutton Foster, Christian Borle, Cynthia Erivo, and, yes, Ben Platt–are really not that well-known outside of Broadway. A majority of people could pass them on the street and not really think about twice. Dear Evan Hansen, like Hamilton, is starting to make waves outside of the Broadway community, so Ben’s definitely quickly becoming more well-known for his work BUT.

When I first saw the show, way back in January before it was really a big thing, I only knew Ben Platt from Pitch Perfect. I vaguely knew that he had been in a tour of The Book of Mormon, but that was all… So, yeah, I really do think it’s weird, like… I can’t imagine existing in this world and not jamming out to “Waving Through a Window” on the daily... That there’s so much talent on Broadway that I really, really wish was more recognized. I think a lot of people never even give Broadway a chance, because they still lump the whole community in with musicals like The Sound of Music. So, there’s a lot, lot, lot of talent that’s not being seen by the mass public.

Most of this, I think, is about the lack of access. It’s so much easier and inexpensive to go and see a movie or to turn on your TV than it is to fly/drive/train to New York City and buy a ticket to a show. Hopefully, with more shows being professionally filmed and released (Newsies, Falsettos) this will become less of a problem! Overall, the Broadway community is definitely getting bigger, and hopefully will continue to do so! I totally wish more people could recognize and appreciate talent like Ben Platt’s, as well as the talent of other Broadway people, but first it just all needs to be more accessible. 

me: :(

my brain: ben platt is a tony award winner

me: :)