The Broadway actor hopes viewers “will feel inspired about standing up for what they believe in” after taking in his latest musical role. Nearly a decade after “ Dear Evan Hansen ” put him on the theatrical map, Ben Levi Ross is moving audiences to tears with a chilling performance in a musical that, as both he and director Lear deBessonet have put it, “holds the promise and the wound of America so closely with each other, next to each other.” The Los Angeles-born actor and singer stars in the