Ben Levi Ross Biography
Ben Levi Ross is a singer-actor from the United States most well-known performance was as an understudy for the Broadway parts of Evan, Connor, and Jared as well as Evan in the national tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen.
How old is Levi Ross? Age
The Dear Evan Hansen star is 26 years old as of 15 January 2024. He was born in 1998 in Santa Monica, California, United States.
Ben Levi Ross Family – Education
Ross was raised in a Jewish home. He participated actively in the school’s theater program while attending Santa Monica High School. As part of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, he was named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts in 2016. Additionally, he was a 2016 Music Center Spotlight Awards grand prize finalist. He spent a year and a half at Carnegie Mellon University after graduating from high school.
Ben Levi Ross Partner
Using the pronouns they/them and he/him, Ross identifies as gay and non-binary.
Levi Ross Dear Evan Hansen
In addition to portraying Evan Hansen on the US Tour, he understudied Connor Murphy, Jared Kleinman, and Evan Hansen in the Broadway production.Following its Off-Broadway run at Second Stage Theatre from March to May 2016 and its world premiere at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. in July 2015, the musical had its Broadway debut at the Music Box Theatre in December of 2016. September 18, 2022, was the last day of the show. The show won praise from critics. It received nine nominations for the 71st Tony Awards; it took home six of them, including Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Actor (Ben Platt), and Best Featured Actress (Rachel Bay Jones).
Ben Platt’s father, Marc Platt, co-produced the Stephen Chbosky-directed film adaption, in which Ben Platt played the titular character once more. When it was released by Universal Pictures on September 24, 2021, it was a box office bust and got bad reviews from reviewers. This became the primary reason for the closure of the Broadway and West End plays, along with the COVID-19 pandemic’s soft ticket sales. As of February 2022, the show is still being performed all over the world. Music Theatre International is the owner of the licensing rights, which have not yet been made more generally available to the general public.
The musical’s US tour, which features Ben Levi Ross in the lead role, kicked up at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Buell Theatre in October 2018. With Jessica Phillips playing Heidi Hansen, Jared Goldsmith playing Jared Kleinman, and Phoebe Koyabe playing Alana Beck, the tour was slated to visit more than 50 locations. Max McKenna as Zoe Murphy, Christiane Noll as Cynthia Murphy, Aaron Lazar as Larry Murphy, Marrick Smith as Connor Murphy, and Stephen Christopher Anthony as the stand-in Evan Hansen were among the other cast members.
Levi Ross Tick, Tick… Boom!
Ross appeared as Freddy, a fellow waiter at the Moondance Diner and Jonathan’s friend in the 2021 American biographical musical film Tick, Tick… Boom!. Jonathan Larson describes a continual ticking noise in his head in his rock monologue Tick, Tick… Boom!, which he performed at New York Theatre Workshop in 1992. He is at a party with friends Michael, Susan, Freddy, and Carolyn and feels pressured to succeed before turning thirty. He gets invited to participate in an advertising focus group and teach at Jacob’s Pillow. He struggles when his producer wants him to write a new song for Superbia. The hospitalization of his friend Freddy, who is HIV positive, has affected his personal life. Sondheim congratulates him on being thirty, and he goes back to work on Rent.
Levi Ross Movies and TV Credits
Ross has made his name through his role in various films including;
♦ 2017–18 – Dear Evan Hansen
♦ 2018–19 – Evan Hansen
♦ 2020 – Next to Normal
♦ 2021 – Tick, Tick… Boom!
♦ 2022 – Dear Evan Hansen
♦ 2024 – The Connector
♦ 2024 – Gatsby: An American Myth