Can Atlantic Records Make Broadway Vet Ben Platt a Pop Star? | Billboard by Rebecca Milzoff

When Platt opened his mouth to sing, the crowd's eyes widened and mouths silently formed "wows." Playing an anxiety-ridden teenager in Dear Evan Hansen, Platt, 25, won a Tony for performing anthem after anthem each night, often while crying, spitting, contorting his body -- or some combination of all three.

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