Ben Platt & Molly Gordon Sing ABBA, Beyoncé & West Side Story in a Game of Song Association | ELLE

For Ben Platt, Song Association (or as his family plays, 'Sing Down') is nothing new, but Molly Gordon is ready to become the leaderboards 'worst nightmare' - and despite the besties opposing assertions, they were able to pull it together. Ben and Molly sing Beyoncé, ABBA, and of course, theatre classics from Mean Girls the Musical and West Side Story, all while revealing behind-the-scenes insiders on their new movie, 'Theater Camp.'
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This interview was conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike.
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[@Kristine_202]

Ben choosing "Mean Girls" over "Hamilton" for "burn" was a shocking choice. LOL

[@susanwhetzel4081]

"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morrisette has the word "theater" in it. You're welcome. 😂

[@debbiedoodiedandi]

Thank you!!! That was driving me crazy!!

[@anneoever84]

Zero to hero from Hercules as well 😊

[@Barbara2.0]

Doing God's work here, THANK YOU hahahaha

[@ToxicPopsicle]

I thought of "Two Nobodies in New York" from Title of Show!

[@daniescobarm]

“We look to you” from The Prom as well

[@KoskasOwl]

SO happy he sang his own song for 'Rain'! Such an underrated gem!

[@CatchTheLoveBug]

Ben straight up commited a crime for not singing For Forever

[@idkatthispoint4657]

hearing molly singing alice by heart in 2023 is crazy

[@leebeeqoo]

“Whenever, Wherever” by Shakira…unfortunately does not include the word “Forever” - but I applaud their commitment 😅

[@mangofree]

They sang it so confidently that I actually thought those were the lyrics and I said out loud “why didn’t they get the point!?” and then realized

[@aspynejohnson4350]

ben could have sang, For Forever from dear evan hansen lol i’m so surprised he didn’t 😅

[@kevinbhieey9188]

I'm sorry but they cheated and they should've been immediately disqualified and removed from the theater.

[@mangofree]

@@kevinbhieey9188 wait what lol

[@alicemezzetti8278]

the way that "Still" is my favorite song from Alice by heart

[@cherylbarth6286]

Welcome to the Theater from "Applause". Also, I can't believe that Ben Platt didn't pop up with "All we see is sky for forever" from "Dear Evan Hanson" on the word Forever....

[@josie7998]

absolutely love this with my whole heart!!! so happy 2 of Ben's songs came up!!!! this video literally makes my heart feel so full!! :)

[@theatrekid123]

they both have such beautiful voices!! it makes me so happy that two of bens songs came up. so excited to see this movie!

[@cuchelo1]

Those harmonies on ABBA were gorgeous. But why was Ben singing the Golden Girls theme as Cher? 😂😂😂

[@marvinraphaelmonfort8289]

clocked that too lol love it

[@carolinecameron4840]

Cher did a lovely tribute to Betty White after she died where she sang this so maybe it was on his mind lol

[@Kristine_202]

2:41 Ben's face, "Have you even seen 'Dear Evan Hansen?!?!'" 🤣

[@kathleenweinberg6442]

Ben and Molly are doing a great job

[@lma8138]

Love them so much! 😍

[@user-tz2by5vk3b]

omg how they are amazing harmonized

[@ELLE]

On replay!

[@lilapeck]

how did he not sing for forever lol I was yelling at my phone

[@vannahedits]

OMG IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@kareneastman9695]

Ben Plat is so sweet and very talented.

[@zDiegoChz]

Was Ben waiting for Molly to sing For Forever? How did they miss that

[@josie7998]

literally what I was thinking. I think he's separated himself from the musical now so he was waiting for her to sing it, that's my guess at least.

[@turquoiseturtle1705]

I just assumed there was some kind of rule about nothing you have ever done yourself - there's no other excuse, right?

[@josie7998]

@@turquoiseturtle1705 well they said rain tho… irdk

[@28-3]

Most of the time the game will tee a few up and I’m fairly sure forever was one of them but after the movie Ben pretty much never brings up the movie and has basically tried his best to disassociate with it

[@josie7998]

@@28-3 this is kinda what i was trying to get out but thanks for clearing it up!

[@cjsmith1402]

So happy Molly sang some Alice by Heart songs. I’m currently in rehearsals for the SoCal Regional Premiere of Alice by Heart and I’m playing Dodgy (aka Noah Galvin’s part)!!!

[@kareneastman9695]

I love that ABBA song a lot.🙂

[@sophielem59]

I'm so excited about the movie! And yeah I don't know any song with the word theater. The closer I could think of is a french song with the word théâtre xD

[@Pauly00001]

Ben sang a song called For Forever in Dear Evan Hansen....

[@F-G-Silva]

As soon as Ben mentioned that Gypsy doesn't have 'theater' in a song, I remembered the lyrics to Some People, from Gypsy: 'Get a feathered hat for the baby; Photographs in front of the theater' Oh, he was so close.

[@beccaboom]

“Maureen I’m not a theater person!” Rent, guys. Rent!!!

[@cjsmith1402]

Not Molly completely forgetting the words to Still after singing this song for at LEAST 9 years! 😭

[@JukuMania]

Ben my favorite nepobaby🥰

[@abhra3260]

for real.... he's a talented nepo baby... i just hoped he would own it and just make a little fun of himself

[@lnhancock3]

“Welcome to the Theatre” in Applause

[@hatelovebowel4571]

Ohhhh two beautiful nepo babies❤

[@DoveMountain]

Once you see the film you’ll see that they were carefully avoiding singing their own songs from the production of Joan, Still!

[@abrillara9417]

La risa de ben platt📈🙏❤

[@smiley3047]

The way I screamed For Forever when the word came up...

[@MadisonAiello]

You know i had a DEH phase when the first thing i thought of for “friend” was “Dear Conor Murphy, I’m just glad to be your friend.” The song they used was a much more logical pick. Also Ben not thinking of “For Forever” for the word “forever” shocked me since he sang the song everyday for years.

[@Tigris797]

FOR FOREVER FROM LITERALLY THE DEH 😩😩

[@gorgeoushussy]

SUPERcalifragilisticexpialidocious!!

[@aninarose5158]

When forever came up I was like HELLO?!? BEN?!? FOR FOREVER?!! ALL WE SEE IS SKY FOR FOREVER!!

[@nternetrat]

6:35 YES caroline !!!!!

[@cookiemonstar22]

theater is in prima donna in phantom

[@alessandramay1993]

This is the most theatre kid thing ive ever seen in mainstream media

[@asddewijklc]

THE best friends

[@ELLE]

Iconic duo ⭐️

[@madelineernst6753]

I'm really disappointed that Ben Platt didn't sign "For Forever" like come on, that's YOUR song xD

[@KelilaBennet]

The empty stare of "don't you dare sing "For Forever"" as all the regrets of DEH come crashing down.

[@Emma-wm9jg]

How'd they not get the forever

[@birdygosser9812]

Theatre: the producers! Cmon

[@samanthagoldman4954]

Theatre is also in White Christmas

[@pepperminterica]

I never knew she was a theater kid lol

[@twistknit1]

Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door His name as I ought to have told you before Is really Asparagus, but that's such a fuss To pronounce that we usually call him Just Gus

[@Miku_miku_chan]

For "theater", from the Producer's: "The theater's so obsessed with drama so depressed. It's hard to sell a ticket on Broadway."

[@marianapossatto6931]

The "forever" one wasn't a score because the song goes "whenever, wherever" lol

[@TheFkhkwf]

Ikr 😱🧐😲😂

[@sarahstrum816]

I still can’t think of anything with theatre

[@Mitali]

Stole by Kelly Rowland. "Someone has the same size hands as Marilyn Monroe, she put her fingers in the imprints at something's Chinese Theatre show." I can't remember the words fully (if I ever knew them) but that's the jist.

[@LeonSchall]

"We Look To You" from the musical The Prom😍

[@lorioleary412]

You oughta know by Alanis Morissette

[@Ayanamy-vl2pl]

Funny girl : That's life in the theater ! Finale

[@mirahg99]

camp isn’t home. but is it, kind of?

[@Jillianminarik1]

Did anyone else scream "for forever" when that one came up?!?!

[@victoria-ic2ml]

for theatre all i could think of was nph’s 2012 tony opening number 😅 could not be more niche LMAO

[@alexx9235]

SZA please !! 🤞🏻

[@1ofmystories]

For theater should have gone with Choreography from White Christmas: "The theater, the theater, what's happened to the theater? Especially where dancing is concerned."

[@jeppeelming6137]

Forever... For forever Just saying

[@DEHontop]

they could have literally sung “for forever”. lol

[@neamhu-m479]

so many of them could have been dear evan hansen songs

[@milagresdocinema3006]

No for forever? 😭

[@Arty1948]

I was born in a trunk in the Princess THEATER in Pocatello Idaho (A Star is Born - Judy Garland)

[@toonhut]

Is it just me or were the words extra hard here than with other guests?

[@dennisliaf3203]

Molly Gordon ist die neue Mila Kunis!

[@aldendomino3523]

Oh it's so weird seeing him appear with a person his own age

[@martijnyc]

What? Guess you don't know his work then.

[@aldendomino3523]

@@martijnyc I know the dear Evan Hansen movie

[@JordynFitz]

Okay amazing! But guys.... "FOR FOREVER"

[@sophieangelika]

First!

[@matthires3208]

Come on nepotism!

[@Fucvoi]

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