# Midnight at the Never Get review – Ben Platt soars in honey-hearted cabaret-musical of 60s sweethearts

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/midnight-at-the-never-get-review-ben-platt-soars-in-honey-hearted-cabaret-musical-of-60s-sweethearts/
- Published: 2026-07-21T10:30:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-21T11:48:41+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/jul/21/midnight-at-the-never-get-review-ben-platt-menier-chocolate-factory-london-
- Topics: Art, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Ben Platt stars in new cabaret-musical at London's Menier Chocolate Factory.
- Show follows two gay musicians' romance in 1960s New York.
- Reviewer praises the cast, songs and bittersweet, nostalgic tone.

## Summary

A new stage production, Midnight at the Never Get, has opened at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, starring Ben Platt as Trevor Copeland, a bar-singer looking back on his relationship with songwriter Arthur Brightman, played by Gregor Milne. The show, created by Mark Sonnenblick and directed by David Cromer, is reviewed favourably as a bittersweet, nostalgic cabaret-musical charting the pair's love affair as two gay musicians navigating New York in the 1960s.

The production is staged as an intimate cabaret, with Platt delivering polished American Songbook-style numbers alongside a live band, while Milne anchors the story both as a character and as pianist. As the narrative unfolds, the couple face the political pressures of their era, forcing a choice between protest and assimilation, which adds emotional weight to the show's exploration of memory, love and loss.

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