Ben Platt and Noah Galvinare ready to say “I do!”
“What’s most important about the big day,” Galvin tells PEOPLE of the couple’s upcoming nuptials, “is dance!” Platt laughs, adding, “Yes, our priority is definitely a dance party… Our main focus is how to orchestrate the evening so that as little time as possible can be spent doing anything other than dancing."
He adds jokingly, “It’s a dance party with a little Judaism at the beginning.”
The actor-writers, both 29, have beenengaged since Novemberof last year. The couple who both played the title role inDear Evan Hansen, which won Platt a 2017 Tony Award (Galvin then replaced him), co-wrote and star in the new comedyTheater Campin theaters now.
Ben Platt and Noah Galvin after Platt proposed in Nov. 2022.THE EMMA EXPERIENCE
Along with sharing plans for their upcoming wedding, Platt and Galvin are also revealing the details of their engagement, which consisted of not one but two proposals.
“What’s fun about being gay is that everybody gets to eat, you know, everybody gets an engagement,” jokes Galvin. And it was “decided ahead of time,” he says, that Platt should propose first.
“He said, ‘You should propose to me’ and I was like, ‘I was gonna,’” says Platt. But, he adds, popping the question in November still gave Galvin the element of surprise.
Ben Platt and Noah Galvin.Ben Platt Instagram
Ben Platt Instagram
“I really got him; he didn’t know it was coming,” explains Platt. “We were supposed to go to dinner with his sister and her girlfriend. And then we were gonna go see some drag show we fully had tickets to. It was a great alibi."
He continues: “And then we got to the restaurant and it was empty and there were flowers. I had rented it out,” Platt says. “First of all, he looked at the flowers and was like, ‘Wow, they’re doing such gorgeous seasonal decoration.’ And I was like, ‘No, take a second.’ And then he realized what was happening and then he cried from there till the end of the night.”
“It was just tears for like seven hours,” says Galvin with a smile.
“It brought me back home and he had a little surprise barbecue with some of our family and friends.” Adds Galvin: “Ourdog Georgedidn’t get to be at the first engagement, so I wanted to make sure that he was present.”
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The pair agree that Platt’s proposal proved more unanticipated than Galvin’s. “I was sort of creating this scavenger hunt and turned our office space into my own little crafting room for the week,” remembers Galvin. “And I was like, ‘Get out! You’re not allowed in here!’”
Noah Galvin and Ben Platt at the 76th Annual Tony Awards.Steve Eichner/WWD via Getty Images
Steve Eichner/WWD via Getty Images
“He very openly for a week was just like, ‘You can’t come in this room.’ And I was like, ‘Gee, I wonder why?'” says Platt.
Part of the motivation for a successful follow-up proposal, they admit, was that Platt wanted an engagement ring of his own. “He has such a pretty ring,” Platt says, “and I wanted a pretty ring!”
As for the big day, Galvin says the goal is for wedding guests to “just have the most fun possible.” Priorities include “making sure everybody’s fed with some yummy food. Making sure everybody’s in a beautiful space wearing a cute outfit — but something comfortable.”
Adds Platt: “Yeah, it’s gonna be hot.”
That won’t stop the pair from breaking out the dance moves, of course. “I think that’s how we express our joy and that’s how we always have,” Platt continues.
Expressing joy runs deep in the relationship that began about a decade ago as a friendship (and “talent crush,” as Galvin puts it) that turned into romance continues to evolve as an artistic partnership. When asked what each admires about the other, Platt calls Galvin “very pure.”
“His ideals are very pure and his standards and principles are very pure and he expects a lot of people and he holds people to a high standard, and doesn’t want to fake or lie or pretend or phone in emotional connection or intelligence or understanding," says Platt. “He really wants the real thing. And that makes situations more uncomfortable sometimes, more difficult sometimes, but his relationships are so much more meaningful because of them, including ours.”
Noah Galvin and Ben Platt.Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images
Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images
source: people.com
