PHOTO FLASH: DEAR EVAN HANSEN's Ben Platt Offers Beautiful Platt's-Eye View of Belasco Theatre

The Broadway transfer of Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's DEAR EVAN HANSEN doesn't start previewing until November, but Ben Platt, who wowed audiences with his empathetic performance as an introverted teenager who accidentally becomes the center of an Internet sensation, can't wait to start performing in the legendary Belasco Theatre.

Built in 1907 by impresario David Belasco, the beautiful showplace contains a lavish duplex apartment and the ghost of its legendary namesake is said to still haunt the place.

The highly anticipated Broadway premiere of the original musical Dear Evan Hansen begins previews on Monday, November 14, 2016 and will officially open at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street) on Sunday, December 4, 2016. With a book by Obie Award-winner Steven Levenson, score by Tony Award nominees Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and direction by 3-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif,Dear Evan Hansen had its world premiere at Arena Stage, Washington D.C., this past summer and recently concluded its record-breaking New York debut at Off-Broadway's Second Stage.

Ben Platt, who led the world and New York premieres of the musical, will once again star as Evan Hansen, a performance for which he recently won the 2016 Obie Award and earned nominations from the Drama League and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Platt will be joined byLaura Dreyfuss, Rachel Bay Jones, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Mike Faist,Michael Park, Will Roland and Kristolyn Lloyd.