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BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#50BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:11pm
My biggest takeaway is that he believes in pseudoscience. Egh.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#51BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:13pm
DAME said: "There is backlash? Five queens bitching on BWW is backlash?"
If you don't think there's extensive DEH backlash on these boards (a whole lot more than "five queens"
, you're being willfully ignorant.
#52BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:13pm
No one on this thread has been saying Platt's performance is not superlative or not award-worthy.
Remarkably, you can criticize some things while still liking them.
I think the pre-Tony PR push is an awkward fit on Platt and does him a disservice. Still think he should and will win the Tony.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#53BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:14pm
JudyDenmark said: "DAME said: "There is backlash? Five queens bitching on BWW is backlash?"
If you don't think there's extensive DEH backlash on these boards (a whole lot more than "five queens", you're being willfully ignorant. "
As opposed to... the extensive DEH lovefest that also exists on these boards?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#54BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:19pm
JudyDenmark said: "DAME said: "There is backlash? Five queens bitching on BWW is backlash?"
If you don't think there's extensive DEH backlash on these boards (a whole lot more than "five queens", you're being willfully ignorant.
"
Perhaps. Maybe 6. But back to the article... it does come off as Tony propaganda. That is just my opinion.
HUSSY POWER!
------ HUSSY POWER!
Updated On: 5/10/17 at 05:19 PM
#55BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:23pm
What happens to Ben and all his anxiety if in fact he does not WIN the TONY after all of this!?
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#56BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:23pm
Robbie2 said: "What happens to Ben and all his anxiety if in fact he does not WIN the TONY after all of this!?
"
He gains 100 pounds?
HUSSY POWER!
------ HUSSY POWER!
BroadwayRox3588
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/16
#57BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:24pm
JudyDenmark said: "Good grief. Not that I expected anything different on these boards, but this is just the most hilariously bitter thread. I left Dear Evan Hansen twice saying that Platt's performance was one of the best I'd ever seen, if not the best. And I stand by that. I don't care about overemotional fans or PR campaigns or who his father is or Andy Karl's ACL, or whatever other crap is causing all of this backlash. I - and many, many other people - believe that what he's doing on that stage eight shows a week is downright remarkable. No one *has* to like the show or his performance - theatre is obviously subjective. But all of the Platt/DEH backlash that has nothing to do with his performance is getting ridiculous.
If this NYT article is a "long pitch for the Tony"... good. He deserves it.
"
PREACH.
#58BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 5:26pm
DAME said: "Robbie2 said: "What happens to Ben and all his anxiety if in fact he does not WIN the TONY after all of this!?
"
He gains 100 pounds?
"HA that's show biz
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#59BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 6:02pm
Now Andy has to get his leg amputated to continue playing this ridiculous game.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
ntrackbar
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/14
#60BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 6:15pm
HenryTDobson said: "Emotional manipulation is actually my favorite way to describe the show. "
YES YES YES 1000x YES
#61BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 6:21pm
I must say that I am kind of appalled by the bullying on here. It's ok to criticize an actor for their performance, but the comments being said on here are just absolutely horrible and you should all be ashamed of yourselves. It's frankly, disgusting.
SmokeyLady
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
#62BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 6:35pm
DAME said: "JudyDenmark said: "Good grief. Not that I expected anything different on these boards, but this is just the most hilariously bitter thread. I left Dear Evan Hansen twice saying that Platt's performance was one of the best I'd ever seen, if not the best. And I stand by that. I don't care about overemotional fans or PR campaigns or who his father is or Andy Karl's ACL, or whatever other crap is causing all of this backlash. I - and many, many other people - believe that what he's doing on that stage eight shows a week is downright remarkable. No one *has* to like the show or his performance - theatre is obviously subjective. But all of the Platt/DEH backlash that has nothing to do with his performance is getting ridiculous.
If this NYT article is a "long pitch for the Tony"... good. He deserves it.
"
There is backlash? Five queens bitching on BWW is backlash?
"
Five bored queens.
#63BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 6:54pm
"There is backlash? Five queens bitching on BWW is backlash?
"Five bored queens."
Five queens in a thread bitching.
BakerWilliams
Leading Actor Joined: 2/1/16
#64BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 7:00pm
The show is terrible, but actors can't help the material they're in; they can only give the best performance they know how to and boy is Platt doing that.
#65BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 7:03pm
I don't see anyone bullying Platt, people are always going to be a little catty on a theater message board. The guy is insanely talented, and nobody could or should ever dispute that. But I do find it nauseating that there's a connotation that the had to overcome or work harder because of his privilege. Performers who didn't grow up like he did have also worked just as hard for grueling roles and shows.
#66BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 7:14pm
Catty is one thing, making comments about someone's anxiety disorder/mental state you know nothing about or him gaining a 100 pounds is flat out disgusting.
"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we’re all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.” --- Patti LuPone.
Updated On: 5/10/17 at 07:14 PM
#67BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 7:39pm
I mean, of course it's Tony promotion- that's true of any feature or article you read close to an award's ceremony- same for any part of the entertainment industry. Both his management and the producers want him to win, and keeping his name out there is a good way to help that and drum up publicity for the show on the side. It's not a dig on him- every show is going to do it.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
SmokeyLady
Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
#68BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 8:16pm
ClumsyDude15 said: "Catty is one thing, making comments about someone's anxiety disorder/mental state you know nothing about or him gaining a 100 pounds is flat out disgusting.
"
Why? It is all referring to the article. Baby take a chill pill.
cam5y
Stand-by Joined: 1/8/10
#69BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 8:23pm
Bullying involves the exercise of power. No one here has any power over Ben Platt. The comments are insulting and petty, not bullying.
gregnyc2
Understudy Joined: 4/21/16
#70BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 8:42pm
Ben Platt is giving one of the greatest Herculean performances of the 20th and 21st centuries. The writer echoes all of the feelings I had seeing Ben at 2d Stage, not the least of which was HYDRATE and go home after one minute at the stage door and rest
If anyone can read through the subtext of this article, Ben may very likely have some private personal questions which he's conflicted about revealing or not revealing. (Folks : musicals in his back yard. A framed Judy garland photo in his dressing room).
bear88
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/26/16
#71BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 10:01pmwonderfulwizard11 said: "I mean, of course it's Tony promotion- that's true of any feature or article you read close to an award's ceremony- same for any part of the entertainment industry. Both his management and the producers want him to win, and keeping his name out there is a good way to help that and drum up publicity for the show on the side. It's not a dig on him- every show is going to do it.
"
That's quite true, and the Times writer focuses on the one unquestionably interesting thing about Ben Platt: his performance in Dear Evan Hansen. The comments from Neil Patrick Harris about it are admiring and funny. The rest of the story leans a bit too much on the 'suffering artist'
stereotype, and the main problem I had with it is that it implied that Platt's performance is so great because he's suffering more - physically and emotionally.
Maybe that's true, but isn't it also true that playing the lead role in a Broadway musical 8 days a week is inherently grueling?
There's nothing wrong with playing it safe during the pre-Tony promotional campaign. His performance stands for itself.
Updated On: 5/10/17 at 10:01 PM
#72BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/10/17 at 10:45pm
SmokeyLady said: "ClumsyDude15 said: "Catty is one thing, making comments about someone's anxiety disorder/mental state you know nothing about or him gaining a 100 pounds is flat out disgusting.
"
Why? It is all referring to the article. Baby take a chill pill.
"
Smokeylady, right on!
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#73BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/11/17 at 12:11am
gregnyc2 said: "Ben Platt is giving one of the greatest Herculean performances of the 20th and 21st centuries. The writer echoes all of the feelings I had seeing Ben at 2d Stage, not the least of which was HYDRATE and go home after one minute at the stage door and rest
If anyone can read through the subtext of this article, Ben may very likely have some private personal questions which he's conflicted about revealing or not revealing. (Folks : musicals in his back yard. A framed Judy garland photo in his dressing room).
"
When he was still in the first movie of Perfect Pitch, I read it somewhere that he had a girlfriend.
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#74BEN PLATT Profiled in the NY Times
Posted: 5/11/17 at 12:33am
icecreambenjamin said: ""There is backlash? Five queens bitching on BWW is backlash?
"Five bored queens."
Five queens in a thread bitching.
"
LOL, I thought the exact same thing when I read that comment...
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