How is Ben Platt's attendance in DEH? — Page 6

No "other night". They had no tickets they could give me in exchange for my Wed Matinee ticket for this week. I got a refund and will have to find them from the tickets that appear from time to time on Telecharge, or from stubhub, or I'll just miss Ben and see it with the replacement cast next year.

Given how challenging the show is, I think matinees off are definitely something that should have been discussed at an earlier point. Ben's parts are insanely difficult, and to go from 8 to 6 would probably do his voice some good. Yeah it's probably too late to do now without causing an uproar from the fanbase, but it should be addressed when they bring in a new Evan or if he extends his contract. Alex Brightman had matinees off as Dewey in School of Rock for vocal rest reasons, and I think it's a fair thing in shows with parts as challenging as these.

AnastasiaDEH said: "Do you think that's something that could actually happen? Ben getting matinees off? Because I've been hearing a lot of fuss about that topic and people asking around in different forums and in Twitter about that, since he missed last Wednesday and Saturday matinees (correct me if I'm wrong)."

I don't claim to know how these things work, but if he's taking them off with more and more frequency, doesn't it make sense on some level to just make that the norm? Sure there would be backlash, but there would also probably be less hateful tweets, and people would know what they're signing up for.

But who knows really? It would be a big to-do, people would react negatively, and there's contract and Equity stuff that needs to worked through/around. But we can hope for his health.

Nicole7579 said: "Looks like Ben will be out Aug 10-16. Colton and Michael will trade off Evan duties

Well, that's unexpected.

Are you sure you're not mixing that with his July dates he missed?

*Ben Platt will be out of Dear Evan Hansen performances August 10 – 16, returning on Thursday, August 17. During that time, Michael Lee Brown OR Colton Ryan will both play the role of Evan Hansen."

That is really interesting since he just took a vacation. Glad he will be once again resting his voice.