60th Academy Awards 60th Academy Awards The 60th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on April 11, 1988, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 22 categories honoring films released in 1987. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. Actor Chevy Chase hosted the show for the second consecutive year. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony held at
Ben Platt (actor) Tony Awards, Platt won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Ben Platt (actor) Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor and singer known for his portrayal of the title character in the Broadway musical "Dear Evan Hansen," a performance for which he has won numerous awards, including the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Platt's credits include the role of Elder Arnold Cunningham in "The Book of Mormon" and Benji Applebaum in the musical films "Pitch Perfect" (2012) and "Pitch Perfect 2" (2015). Platt was born in Los Angeles, the