The New York City-based actor and musician stops by to tell us what he's been into.
March 31, 2026
Ben Levi Ross is a New York City-based actor and musician who currently stars in Ragtime, playing on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater (more info here). He made his theatrical debut in Dear Evan Hansen, eventually starring in the titular role. His other stage credits include Florence Welch's Gatsby: An American Myth and Jason Robert Brown's The Connector. On screen, he stars on the CBS series Elsbeth, opposite Carrie Preston and appeared in Lin-Manuel Miranda's directorial debut Tick, Tick…Boom! alongside Andrew Garfield. He also releases music as Boychik, and you can check out his self-titled debut record. Lucky for us, Ben is here to tell us what he's been into.
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I really love this youtube channel @5ninthavenueproject that’s an archive of the “vlogs” before vlogs existed by Nelson Sullivan, a queer personality in NYC in the 80s and 90s. His filmwork includes these really beautiful close-up and unedited portraits of gay nightlife and the chaos and humor that ensued. Lady Bunny, RuPaul, Larry Tee, Michael Alig, and Sylvia Miles are all featured. It’s such an interesting perspective of an era that is usually so zeroed in on the darkness of the HIV/AIDS crisis, which of course still seeps in sometimes, but this lens is centered on living. It’s just so good.