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Ben Platt is coming back to Broadway!

The 29-year-old actor won the Tony Award for his work in the musical Dear Evan Hansen back in 2017 and he hasn’t been on Broadway since he left the show over five years ago.

Now, Ben will be returning to the stage in a limited engagement of the musical Parade.

Leading the cast opposite Ben is rising actress Micaela Diamond, who is best known for playing the young version of Cher in Broadway’s The Cher Show. The two actors previously led the New York City Center production of Parade last year.

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Ariana Grande is returning to her musical theater roots to support the composer who helped launch her career!

The 26-year-old singer performed the song “Still Hurting” from the musical The Last Five Years during Jason Robert Brown‘s residency concert that was live streamed online.

Jason composed the musical 13, in which Ariana made her Broadway debut when she was just 15.

The concert is presented as part of a benefit for the SubCulture staff and the musicians from the Jason Robert Brown Artist-In-Residence concerts during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Broadway star and recording artist Shoshana Bean also performed in the live stream. You can watch Ariana‘s performance at the 25:00 mark in the Vimeo embed.

Ariana Grande and Shoshana Bean are making a special appearance!

The “thank u, next” singer and the Waitress Broadway star are set to appear in Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown‘s Artist-in-Residency concert virtually on Monday (April 27) at 8 p.m. ET.

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The concert will be free to watch on Facebook and Vimeo, but donations are encouraged to assist the SubCulture staff and musicians amid the global health crisis.

If you didn’t know, Ariana got her big break at age 15 when she starred in Jason‘s Broadway musical 13.

“What I have missed and mourned the most over these last extraordinary weeks has been my ability to connect with music – to play and sing with other musicians, and to feel the audience responding. Every month for the past five years, I’ve been able to do just that at SubCulture, working with the best musicians and singers I know to make music together for a smart, involved and joyful audience in a place that’s come to feel like a second home,” he said.

“Sitting here watching the news go by, I had to do something, I had to figure out some way to let these notes and words in my head come out and be shared with my collaborators and my audience, and so, here we are. All of us in our homes, making music however and whenever we can, with an amazing team to help pull it all together, and two of the greatest singers on the planet Earth: the patron saint of the SubCulture Residency, Shoshana Bean, and Grammy-winner, icon and total theater nerd Ariana Grande. We’ve put together a show about what we’ve lost, what we’ve discovered and what we’re grateful for, and I can’t wait to share it with you.”

Find out how other stars are helping out amid the pandemic.

Cynthia Erivo belts out a song while performing in the special The Last Five Years benefit concert on Monday (September 12) at The Town Hall in New York City.

The Tony-winning actress was joined by Tony nominee Joshua Henry to perform the Jason Robert Brown musical for one night only to benefit the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

The goal of the organization is to cut the amount of deaths from gun violence in half by 2025 and the evening raised approximately $200,000 for the important cause.

Cynthia performed the show on her night off from The Color Purple while Joshua took a break from rehearsals for the Chicago production of Hamilton. He had a 6am flight back to the mid-west the next morning!

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Cynthia Erivo and Joshua Henry are set to star in a special night of theater for just one night only!

The Broadway stars will perform a concert version of the Jason Robert Brown musical The Last Five Years, which recently was a movie starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan.

The special benefit will take place on Monday, September 12 at New York City’s Town Hall. The event will benefit The Brady Center, the national organization determined to create a safer America by cutting gun deaths in half by 2025.

Tickets go on sale on Wednesday at TheTownHall.org!

Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Andrew Rannells pose for a photo together on the red carpet at the opening night of The Bridges of Madison County on tour last week at the Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.

Other stars to step out included Jeremy Jordan, Christopher Hanke, and Wilson Cruz, as well as cast members Elizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky, and composer Jason Robert Brown.

Jeremy starred in the movie version of the musical The Last Five Years, which was also composed by Jason.

The Bridges of Madison County will be playing in Los Angeles through January 17 before it moves on to other cities. Go check it out!