Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt met at a bat mitzvah as children, which is statistically one of the more common origin stories for Jewish kids growing up in Los Angeles. They were in the same orbit early, but the friendship didn't really take hold until high school, when proximity and time turned an acquaintance into something more substantial.
Both ended up in performance, Feldstein through film and theater, Platt through Dear Evan Hansen and a music career, which suggests their high school social circle had a fairly high concentration of theatrical ambition per square foot.
Both ended up in performance, Feldstein through film and theater, Platt through Dear Evan Hansen and a music career, which suggests their high school social circle had a fairly high concentration of theatrical ambition per square foot.