WATCH: Ben Platt Sings 'West Side Story' + Encourages Actors to Share Self-Tapes
Before he was Evan, Ben Platt was Tony—or at least he wanted to be. The Tony Award-winning former star of “Dear Evan Hansen” took to Twitter to share a self-taped video he recorded (pre-Tony win), singing “Maria,” the signature forlorn ballad from “West Side Story.” “Actors spend lots of time making tapes that never see the light of day—usually embarrassing, poorl…