{"id":363775,"date":"2026-04-04T18:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/363775\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:13:15","slug":"ben-platt-and-rachel-zegler-announce-the-last-five-years-live-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/363775\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler Announce ‘The Last Five Years’ Live Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBen Platt and Rachel Zegler have announced the upcoming release of The Last Five Years<\/a> (25th Anniversary Live at the London Palladium), an official live recording of Jason Robert Brown\u2019s acclaimed musical, set to arrive April 20 via Atlantic Records<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe news was revealed during bows at the Hollywood Bowl, where the two stars surprised audiences by confirming the project from the stage. Pre-orders and pre-saves for the album became available immediately following the announcement, marking the latest milestone in the musical\u2019s 25th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n

\n\tCaptured during a sold-out concert residency at London\u2019s historic Palladium from March 24\u201329, 2026, the recording documents Platt and Zegler\u2019s performances in the special anniversary staging of the beloved two-character musical. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe production was conducted and directed by Brown, the Tony Award-winning composer behind Parade and The Bridges of Madison County, and brings a symphonic scale to the show\u2019s intimate storytelling.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst premiering in 2001, The Last Five Years has long been regarded as a modern musical theater staple. The story follows two New Yorkers navigating a five-year relationship, told through an unconventional structure in which Cathy\u2019s narrative unfolds in reverse chronological order while Jamie\u2019s moves forward in time. The show has maintained a devoted following for its emotionally direct songwriting and distinctive narrative format.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe newly announced live album aims to capture the dynamic between Platt \u2014 a Tony, Grammy and Emmy winner known for his role in Dear Evan Hansen \u2014 and Zegler, a Golden Globe-winning actress whose recent credits include West Side Story and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Their pairing has been a central draw of the anniversary production, which quickly sold out its London run.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 25th anniversary celebration will continue with two additional performances at New York City\u2019s Radio City Music Hall on April 6 and 7, both of which are also sold out. Those shows mark the final performances of the concert staging.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe release continues Atlantic Records\u2019 long-running involvement in major musical theater recordings, following titles such as Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, and Jagged Little Pill, all of which earned Grammy Awards for best musical theater album.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Last Five Years (25th Anniversary Live at the London Palladium) is scheduled for release April 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler have announced the upcoming release of The Last Five Years (25th Anniversary Live…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,3296,111,139,69,7184],"class_list":{"0":"post-363775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-music-news","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-tv-film"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}