Actors Ben Platt and Noah Galvin announced their engagement on Instagram on Friday. They both starred as the lead characters in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.
Platt, 29, highlighted the ring in images of the proposal and captioned them, “he agreed to hang out forever.” Galvin, 28, posted on his page, “I said yeehaw and then cried for like 7 hours.”
In November 2017, Galvin’s appointment as Platt’s replacement in the Tony-winning musical’s lead role was made public. From there, the two established a deep friendship that, a few years later, grew into love.
Galvin’s appearance on a Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine podcast episode in May 2020, when the couple first publicly acknowledged their relationship, was the turning point.
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“We were friends for five years and right before the pandemic, we finally decided to really give it a shot. We kind of skated around it for a long time,” Platt revealed to Kelly Clarkson how their relationship changed over time.
Platt posted the following message for Galvin on Instagram on his birthday in May, “happy birthday my guy. you’re the most special gift the universe has ever whipped up. thank goodness you were born. I love you so much.”
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The ex-Evan Hansens aren’t the first couple to emerge from the Broadway production; Taylor Trensch and Ben Levi Ross have been dating since 2017 and both played the lead roles on Broadway and in the tour, respectively.
Platt, whose debut album Sing To Me Instead was released in 2019, has been candid about his romantic life in his music.
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“The whole point of this (album) is to be honest about my own experiences and talk about things that have happened to me,” he said at the time. “A lot of those things just happen to be with men that I’ve been in love with.”
