#26
Posted: 9/15/17 at 1:48pm
If you scroll far enough back through her Instagram you can see pictures of them kissing
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#27
Posted: 9/15/17 at 1:59pm
ebizzle said: "If you scroll far enough back through her Instagram you can see pictures of them kissing"
Yeah, and there's also a picture of them as Will & Grace. In my opinion, he's hardly in the closet.
Updated On: 9/15/17 at 01:59 PM
#28
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:09pm
He isn't DATING Beanie. They've been best friends since childhood. Like, are you serious?
"Your dad is a big-time producer, it's no mystery how you got here."
Here's the thing. Daddy isn't with him when he steps on stage. Daddy didn't give the performance of a lifetime. Daddy doesn't put everything he has on that stage every night. Daddy didn't teach him how to sing and act beautifully. Ben got the part, all on own. And, he is perfect in it.
#29
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:13pm
Ben and Beanie aren't dating they've just been really close friends for a really long time? I think both are close with the others family...men and women can be friends you know! Just friends.
#30
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:15pm
There is zero reason for any speculating on his sexuality.
#31
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:23pm
"Ben and Beanie aren't dating they've just been really close friends for a really long time? I think both are close with the others family...men and women can be friends you know! Just friends."
Exactly. In every interview, and every social media posting with both of them, they have always gushed about each other being best friends. It's not a scandal to date people, so if they were doing that, they'd probably just tell people. But, their interviews with many publications seem pretty truthful.
Updated On: 9/15/17 at 02:23 PM
#32
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:26pm
Margo319 said: "Daddy isn't with him when he steps on stage. Daddy didn't give the performance of a lifetime. Daddy doesn't put everything he has on that stage every night. Daddy didn't teach himhow to sing and act beautifully. Ben got the part, all on own. And, he is perfect in it."
He gave a great performance -- a deservedly tony winning performance. But you can't tell me that when your dad is the lead producer of a show starring you, that he didn't help you get there.
#33
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:29pm
Ben didn't get where he is because of his father. He got where he is because he's a great singer/actor who worked hard and got what he deserved. His father didn't even produce DEH. Honestly, Platt's probably one of the most likable and non-problematic Broadway stars out there, so stop trying to act like he murders puppies on the weekend or has a face tattoo of a swastika.
#34
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:30pm
He gave a great performance -- a deservedly tony winning performance. But you can't tell me that when your dad is the lead producer of a show starring you, that he didn't help you get there.
If you were actually intelligent, you would know that Marc Platt is not involved with Dear Evan Hansen.
#35
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:40pm
Produced by Stacey Mindich, Mickey Liddell, Hunter Arnold, Caiola Productions, Double Gemini Productions, Fakston Productions, Roy Furman, Harris Karma Productions, On Your Marks Group, Darren Bagert, Roger & William Berlind, Bob Boyett, Colin Callender, Caitlin Clements, Freddy DeMann, Dante Di Loreto, Bonnie & Kenneth Feld, FickStern Productions, Eric and Marsi Gardiner, Robert Greenblatt, Jere Harris and Darren DeVerna, The John Gore Organization, Mike Kriak, Arielle Tepper Madover, David Mirvish, Eva Price, Zeilinger Productions, Adam Zotovich, Ambassador Theatre Group, Independent Presenters Network and The Shubert Organization (Philip J. Smith: Chairman; Robert E. Wankel: President); Produced in association with Arena Stage (Molly Smith, Artistic Director; Edgar Dobie, Executive Director) and Second Stage Theater (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Casey Reitz, Executive Director); Associate Producer: Jayne Hong and Rachel Weinstein
Executive Producer: Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/dear-evan-hansen-508238
Updated On: 9/15/17 at 02:40 PM
#36
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:43pm
raddersons said: "Margo319 said: "Daddy isn't with him when he steps on stage. Daddy didn't give the performance of a lifetime. Daddy doesn't put everything he has on that stage every night. Daddy didn't teach himhow to sing and act beautifully. Ben got the part, all on own. And, he is perfect in it."
He gave a great performance -- a deservedly tony winning performance. But you can't tell me that when your dad is the lead producer ofa show starring you, that he didn't help you get there."
pretty sure his father isn't the producer of DEH
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
Updated On: 9/15/17 at 02:43 PM
#37
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:50pm
Check that out. Well, I was wrong. Sorry about the confusion. However, my sentiment still stands: Having parents in this business gets you known, gets you buzz, and gets you parts. It doesn't win you tony awards, but to act as if "This is all just happening to me!" is insincere.
Also, I'd again like to point out that I know this is irrational, but someone asked why people don't like Platt, and I gave them a reason.
Updated On: 9/15/17 at 02:50 PM
#38
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:55pm
oh no not this argument again. This got really ugly last time around...
I think we can all agree that connections and family wealth (assuming the family continues to support the kid financially) is helpful when it comes to breaking into the entertainment business. I don't think anyone other than the most defensive among that group of people would disagree with this, and even Ben has alluded to it. Of course it helps - you have easy access to decision makers in the industry, as well as the means to go out and try to live your theater dreams. Kids without those backgrounds will have a much harder time, no question.
HOWEVER, as to whether or not that is a reason one particular actor "makes it," wins awards, etc. has to be taken on a case by case basis. Ben has immense talent, a fantastic voice, tremendous discipline, and his acting ability - at least in a role like Evan - is, at least in my opinion, unquestionable and hard to top. He earned that the old fashioned way. While he initially had advantages that many others don't, I don't think we can lump him in the category of actors who only made it because of rich or connected parents.
You are free to have more admiration for people who made it after sleeping in their cars and working 3 awful jobs for 5 years to get there, but it does not in any way detract from whether or not those who didn't have to do so have real talent and did work hard at their craft to get to the same place.
#39
Posted: 9/15/17 at 2:57pm
For every superstar child, I'm sure there are 10 or 20 that don't get there. It's not an automatic thing.
That being said, it's also not his fault if doors open a little easier to get seen. He can't help who is father is, or what he does for a living. I think the only way to throw this kind of thing in someone's face is if they get the work and don't do the job.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#40
Posted: 9/15/17 at 6:45pm
Ben has earned his plaudits. I've seen a video of his Elder Cunningham and it was fantastic. Funny, neurotic, insecure, very different from Josh Gad's goofball but equally valid. And DEH he plays an extremely difficult, demanding role and whatever you think of DEH I think the regard for HIS performance is almost unanimous.
Having a family connection gets you in the door but it doesn't do much more than that. A good example is the Gyllenhaals. Maggie and Jake's dad is a director and mom a screenwriter. Maggie got opportunities when she was young as did Jake. However Jake has proven his versatility as a stage and screen actor while the less talented Maggie's opportunities have dried up.
#41
Posted: 9/15/17 at 6:54pm
Yeah, her career has really "dried up". She's on one of the hottest shows right now and is killing it. Don't write about things you know nothing about.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350454/
#42
Posted: 9/15/17 at 6:55pm
Lol Maggie G's doing just fine for herself, but yeah I know what you're saying.
#43
Posted: 9/15/17 at 6:56pm
poisonivy2 said: "...while the less talented Maggie's opportunities have dried up."
She's currently the co-lead in a very buzzy HBO series, has an Oscar nomination and has worked consistently since the early 2000s. She's not the movie star Jake is, but she's hardly begging for scraps.
#44
Posted: 9/15/17 at 6:58pm
Maggie just isn't as talented as Jake. Jake can do serious films, theater, anything. He can sing, he can act. After Secretary there wasn't anything Maggie did that I liked.
#45
Posted: 9/15/17 at 7:35pm
In our shallow world I can't help but wonder if Maggie is being held back by her looks (or lackthereof). She isn't ugly but by Hollywood standards she isn't a beauty. And that's tough - people always talk about discrimination based on race but for some reason we don't care about the potentially even more significant variables: beauty and age - particularly if you're a woman.
Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.
#46
Posted: 9/15/17 at 7:49pm
poisonivy2 said: "Maggie just isn't as talented as Jake. Jake can do serious films, theater, anything. He can sing, he can act. After Secretary there wasn't anything Maggie did that I liked."
You are being ridiculous.
#47
Posted: 9/15/17 at 7:53pm
While I do love a cup of tea, this tea seems a bit...bitter 
#48
Posted: 9/15/17 at 7:54pm
I'm fairly new to BWW, but I find if you let most of these threads run long enough they devolve into ridiculousness with no relationship to the intent of the original thread. 
#49
Posted: 9/15/17 at 8:19pm
Maggie was in the dark knight which made over a billion worldwide. Jake has had a good run recently but is still mainly an Indie movie darling, his attempt to headline a blockbuster franchise, Prince of Persia, didn't work out.
Both has one academy award nomination each.
Don't think that the two are that far apart.
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