Ben Levi Ross

Benjamin Levi Ross^[1] (born January 15, 1998)^[2] is an American stage actor and singer. He^[a] is best known for his work in the stage musical Dear Evan Hansen, where he was Evan on Broadway and in the national tour. He received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the second Broadway revival of Ragtime as Mother's Younger Brother.

Ross was born to a Jewish family on January 15, 1998, and grew up in Santa Monica, California.^[2][3] He attended Santa Monica High School, where he was active in his school's theater program, and during the summer, he trained at Interlochen Center for the Arts. ^[4]. In 2016, he was named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts as part of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.^[5][6] He was also a grand prize finalist for the 2016 Music Center Spotlight awards.^[7][8] Following high school, he attended Carnegie Mellon University for a year and a half.^[9]

At an audition for the play The Low Road at New York's Public Theater, Ross was noticed by Dear Evan Hansen director Michael Greif, who told Ross that he would be great as an understudy in the cast of Dear Evan Hansen. Soon after, he joined Dear Evan Hansen's cast, and made his Broadway debut as the character Jared. Ross then spent ten months understudying for the roles of Evan, Connor, and Jared.^[9][10] In 2018, he left the Broadway company and joined the first national tour of the show in the titular role.^[11][12] He left the production on September 15, 2019.^[13]

Del 29 de enero al 3 de febrero de 2020, Ross protagonizó la producción de Next to Normal del Kennedy Center en el papel de Henry . ^{[ 14 ]} En 2021, Ross apareció en la película Tick, Tick... Boom! como Freddy. ^{[ 15 ]}

De marzo a mayo de 2022, regresó a la producción de Broadway de Dear Evan Hansen en el papel principal de Evan Hansen para una temporada limitada. ^{[ 16 ]}

En el verano de 2024, Ross protagonizó Gatsby: An American Myth de Florence Welch como Nick Carraway en el American Repertory Theatre . ^{[ 17 ]} Más tarde ese año, en otoño, interpretó al hermano menor de la madre en la producción de Ragtime de Encores! del New York City Center junto a Joshua Henry , Caissie Levy y Colin Donnell . ^{[ 18 ]} Se unió al elenco del drama de CBS Elsbeth en la segunda temporada, en un papel recurrente como Teddy, el hijo del personaje principal Elsbeth Tascioni. ^{[ 19 ]} Retomó su papel de Ragtime a partir de septiembre de 2025 en el Vivian Beaumont Theatre . Ross dejará el espectáculo antes del 12 de julio, antes de su cierre el 16 de agosto de 2026. ^{[ 20 ] [ 21 ]}

Ross es gay y no binario , y usa los pronombres elle/elles y él/él . ^{[ 22 ] [ 23 ]}

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