When Ben Platt released his debut solo album Sing to Me Instead in April of last year, he’d already won both a Tony and a Grammy for his work in the Broadway smash Dear Evan Hansen.
Still, success in the pop sphere wasn’t a guarantee for a performer known best from theater and the Pitch Perfect movies. But Platt dispelled any skepticism, quickly selling out a multi-city tour including New York’s Beacon Theater, and scoring a No.
18 debut on the Billboard 200 and a No. 3 spot on the Top Album Sales chart. His whirlwind past year culminated in a sold-out night at Radio City Music Hall -- now preserved for all Platt fanatics in a Netflix special out May 20.In the days before the special’s release, Platt has been at home in Los Angeles,.