Year 7, Day 120

 Good Morning! Today's song is Grow As We Grow by Ben Platt.

Photo by: Kirsten Schleicher

So Ben Platt is an actor, singer, and Broadway star active since 2002. He started on Broadway while still a kid, starring alongside Kristin Chenoweth in The Music Man when he was 9, followed by Caroline, Or Change and many more. In 2012 he joined the cast of Book of Mormon in their Chicago production, continuing into 2013 then reprising his role on Broadway in 2014. Meanwhile he starred in Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2, earning a nomination for Male Scene Stealer at the Teen Choice Awards. In 2014 he signed on to an unnamed project, with it being revealed to be Dear Evan Hansen in 2015. He was the starring role through their Washington production in 2015, and the Off-Broadway and Broadway runs in 2016, with his Broadway run going through into 2017. He won many awards for his role including a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical. In 2018 he starred in Run This Town, and released a Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen Mashup with proceeds going to ending gun violence. He released his debut album in 2019 which a tour following and has released singles and a deluxe album since then. He's also starring in The Politician on Netflix, for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination, and is set to star in the film adaptions of Merrily We Roll Along and Dear Evan Hansen. Ben Platt is absolutely amazing and all of his music pulls at your soul. This is definitely not the only song from him that I have saved to showcase, so hopefully you like him because there will be more. Enjoy!

Peace.