BEN PLATT: LIVE AT THE PALACE Thread — Page 2
#27
Posted: 5/28/24 at 7:30pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "
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Coming exclusively to a surplus theatre merch store near you soon enough.
#28
Posted: 5/28/24 at 7:32pm
TodayTix lists a 2-hour running time, no intermission.
“I am furious, but I am sailing.”
#29
Posted: 5/28/24 at 7:58pm
“Coming exclusively to a surplus theatre merch store near you soon enough.”
seems like this show has an extended residency in your head
#30
Posted: 5/28/24 at 8:27pm
BroadwayNYC2 said: "“Comingexclusively to a surplus theatre merch store near you soon enough.”
seems like this show has an extended residency in your head"
Oh stop, that comment was funny 😂
#31
Posted: 5/28/24 at 8:49pm
What was the point of reopening this venue by a non-superstar? They could've asked Bjork to do a residency there and would've been sold out months in advance. I know i know she's not Broadway....
Updated On: 5/28/24 at 08:49 PM
#32
Posted: 5/28/24 at 9:04pm
That art is beautiful. Very Garland-esque.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#33
Posted: 5/28/24 at 9:09pm
Maybe I don’t know how this works, but is it possible that the venue was open to anyone who wanted to rent it between the time it opened and when Tammy Faye moves in this fall? Is it possible that any “legend” could have rented it, but Platt and his producers at Interscope were just the first ones to do so? I’m just confused as to who the “they” are who I keep hearing should have booked a bigger star. Are the owners, James Nederlander and Stewart Lane producing this?
#34
Posted: 5/28/24 at 9:19pm
yyys said: "What was the point of reopening this venue bya non-superstar? They could've asked Bjork to do a residency there and would've been sold out months in advance. I know i know she's not Broadway...."
I know, that’s what disappointing. I have nothing against Platt but I wish the theatre was reopening with sold out packed houses by someone with huge demand. It could be someone like Bjork or Sade. Even Lana Del Rey would sell out a short residency. I’d have loved to see Bette Midler or Cher or someone of their legendary stature open the Palace
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#35
Posted: 5/28/24 at 9:25pm
How about we start crowning some divas who aren’t pushing 80 and doing fewer and fewer public performances?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#36
Posted: 5/28/24 at 9:40pm
Kad said: "How about we start crowning some divas who aren’t pushing 80 anddoing fewer and fewer public performances?"
How old are you that you think there's not Divas who could fill it? There are several who could have and sold it out in minutes. I mean we kind of have to stop equating Divas to what they were in the 70s and 80s. Would THEY have wanted to do it? That's the question, but if you were going to re-open with a Concert over a production? Well that's what you get.
What they should have done is do a "At The Palace!" Series for the summer and have Broadway stars rotate through weekly doing 2-3 performances a week. Allows them ample opportunity to trouble shoot any issues they may run into and not put the pressure on them to sell out 8 performances of the same person a week.
#37
Posted: 5/28/24 at 9:46pm
https://broadwaydirect.com/the-nederlander-organization-on-welcoming-audiences-back-to-the-palace-theatre/
In the spirit of all the greats who have “played the Palace,” from Judy Garland to Liza Minnelli to Diana Ross, and the list goes on, you have invited Tony, Grammy, and Emmy winner Ben Platt to help reopen with a two-week concert beginning on May 28.
NS: It was important to take a moment to acknowledge that an important piece of the Palace’s history is about the single live artist on the stage with their fans. The Palace as a Broadway theatre is unique. Artists have played many stages, but in the historic canon, The Palace is so known for that. And we hope to continue that tradition. We wanted to take a moment and nod to that historical period. It was a wonderful thing: Ben as an artist and theater creature, one of our own, wanted to do a concert and wanted to do music and be on a Broadway stage so quickly after just having done a major role on Broadway [Parade] only a year ago. So it was perfect timing for everything. We couldn’t be happier that it’s a theater artist giving a nod to this great piece of history of the Palace.
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
Updated On: 5/28/24 at 09:46 PM
#38
Posted: 5/28/24 at 9:50pm
The Palace is known for STARS taking its stage. Which Ben... ain't.
#39
Posted: 5/28/24 at 9:54pm
Not terribly juicy to report that this was a pretty lovely concert. Late start. Probably 1:45 total. Special guest Kasey Musgraves dueted with him on “Rainbow.” Other covers included River, The Boy Next Door, Maybe This Time, a James Taylor song I’m blanking on the title of, and an exquisite Somewhere Over the Rainbow as the encore. The rest of the show seemed to be divided across his three albums. I didn’t know the material, but it was very well performed.
As for the Palace, it’s a bit disappointing to ride a few stories up a narrow escalator and suddenly find oneself crammed into a jam-packed lobby that doesn’t retain its former glory. But the auditorium itself is glorious, and the additional bathroom access is a delight. 😀
#40
Posted: 5/28/24 at 10:00pm
What arrangement of "Rainbow" did he use?
It would have been nice to have Rufus Wainwright do his Judy concert for a weekend. Wonder if that was ever floated...
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#41
Posted: 5/28/24 at 10:07pm
That Rufus concert was not very good . It was a mockery .
#42
Posted: 5/28/24 at 10:25pm
#43
Posted: 5/28/24 at 11:00pm
I swear I'm not trying to stir the pot...but if it's reviewed, and not on the same level as past Palace acts, has any reviewer of any of his previous work used the headline "Ben Platt Falls Flat" yet?
#44
Posted: 5/28/24 at 11:03pm
yyys said: "https://www.instagram.com/p/C7iP-wvtq4y/"
Did... did nobody tell him what this song was about?
#46
Posted: 5/28/24 at 11:09pm
yyys said: "https://www.instagram.com/p/C7iP-wvtq4y/"
Imagine paying hundreds. For that.
I’ll bet Judy comes back tonight and says a few more things to La Platt.
“I attended Gypsy last night with several family members that are staying at the same hotel . I walked them to the elevators and as I was leaving, Audra came in fast and this disgusting, huge, ogre of a man came blasting through the revolving door, nearly falling. He got extremely close to her, shoved a playbill in her face and said "I came alllll the way from Houston so you OWE me an autograph sister". Four security guards from the hotel staff immediately swarmed him until the cops arrived. It was horrifying and women have experienced this kind of illegal, terrifying behavior forever.
If you were followed back to where you were staying in the city OP, pretty sure you wouldn't call it "foolery" because it's not. It's felony stalking. Do better.
And I will NEVER be quiet regarding women's safety (especially by loser men in this thread) as this has happened to me and millions of other women as well. Enough..”
—-Sutton Ross, 8/16/25
“Pretty incredible coincidence that the night before this post was made, Sutton was allegedly not only at Gypsy, but ended up at the same hotel, managed to witness an incident that perfectly aligns with the topic at hand, stayed long enough to see how it resolved despite being with family members, and it wasn’t even the first thing she replied to this thread with- she only brought it up after she had been challenged by multiple members. ” — Kad, 8/16/25
#47
Posted: 5/28/24 at 11:12pm
TheatreMonkey said: "I swear I'm not trying to stir the pot...but if it's reviewed, and not on the same level as past Palace acts, has any reviewer of any of his previous work used the headline "Ben Platt Falls Flat" yet?"
I’m pulling for “Finishing The Platt.”
“I attended Gypsy last night with several family members that are staying at the same hotel . I walked them to the elevators and as I was leaving, Audra came in fast and this disgusting, huge, ogre of a man came blasting through the revolving door, nearly falling. He got extremely close to her, shoved a playbill in her face and said "I came alllll the way from Houston so you OWE me an autograph sister". Four security guards from the hotel staff immediately swarmed him until the cops arrived. It was horrifying and women have experienced this kind of illegal, terrifying behavior forever.
If you were followed back to where you were staying in the city OP, pretty sure you wouldn't call it "foolery" because it's not. It's felony stalking. Do better.
And I will NEVER be quiet regarding women's safety (especially by loser men in this thread) as this has happened to me and millions of other women as well. Enough..”
—-Sutton Ross, 8/16/25
“Pretty incredible coincidence that the night before this post was made, Sutton was allegedly not only at Gypsy, but ended up at the same hotel, managed to witness an incident that perfectly aligns with the topic at hand, stayed long enough to see how it resolved despite being with family members, and it wasn’t even the first thing she replied to this thread with- she only brought it up after she had been challenged by multiple members. ” — Kad, 8/16/25
Updated On: 5/28/24 at 11:12 PM
#48
Posted: 5/28/24 at 11:16pm
Strange Lupone said: "TheatreMonkey said: "I swear I'm not trying to stir the pot...but if it's reviewed, and not on the same level as past Palace acts, has any reviewer of any of his previous work used the headline "Ben Platt Falls Flat" yet?"
I’m pulling for “Finishing The Platt.”
"
Hah -- with the sub-headline "Look at Ben go splatt!"
#49
Posted: 5/28/24 at 11:19pm
#50
Posted: 5/28/24 at 11:22pm
yyys said: "https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ben-platt/2024/palace-theatre-new-york-ny-3b56e0a8.html
LOL I saw “Requiem” listed and thought it was ALW’s for a second
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