{"id":220628,"date":"2026-05-05T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220628\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:42:19","slug":"joshua-henry-ben-platt-and-more-attend-the-2026-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220628\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua Henry, Ben Platt, and More Attend THE 2026 MET GALA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the first Monday in May and the stars are out in full force for The Metropolitan Museum of Art&#8217;s annual Met Gala. Check out photos from the evening as Broadway stars light up the iconic Met steps.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s festivities kicked off with viral Ragtime star, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Joshua-Henry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Joshua Henry<\/a>, performing a very special rendition of <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Whitney-Houston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Whitney Houston<\/a>&#8216;s, &#8220;I Wanna Dance with Somebody.&#8221; Watch video of his performance and more!<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s festivities included appearances from Broadway&#8217;s best including Tony Award-winners <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Sutton-Foster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sutton Foster<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Hugh-Jackman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hugh Jackman<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ben-Platt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ben Platt<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Sarah-Paulson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sarah Paulson<\/a>, theatre owner, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Jordan-Roth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jordan Roth<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Colman-Domingo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Colman Domingo<\/a>, stage and screen actor <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Anne-Hathaway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anne Hathaway<\/a>, and Olivier Award-winner <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Rachel-Zegler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rachel Zegler<\/a>. Check out some of the looks here!<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s exhibition, Costume Art, will position fashion alongside fine art. Running from May 10, 2026 through January 10, 2027, the museum\u2019s newly opened, nearly 12,000-square-foot Cond\u00e9 M. Nast Galleries will feature hundreds of works focused on the dressed body, presented alongside fashion pieces that reflect the exhibition\u2019s themes. In keeping with the concept, the evening\u2019s dress code, \u201cFashion is Art,\u201d will invite attendees to approach their own attire as a form of artistic expression.<\/p>\n<p>]]><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/for-you\/recommended\/\" style=\"color:black;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Browse More<\/p>\n<p>BWW FOR YOU <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    ]]><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t ]]><\/p>\n<p>]]><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the first Monday in May and the stars are out in full force for The Metropolitan Museum&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-220628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}