Cover Story: Ben Platt Redefines His Musical Journey

Ben Platt has been openly gay since at least the launch of his recording career five years ago. He’s also essentially been out now for more than half of his life. Yet the 30-year-old artist and actor — known for his work in Dear Evan Hansen, Pitch Perfect, and The Politician, to name only three prominent titles — has never been quite as out and proud, nor as self-assured in his queer identity and sense of purpose, as he is now. It’s what makes his newly released third album, Honeymind,...