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Dear Evan Hansen is a coming-of-age stage musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson. [1] [2] [3] The musical follows Evan Hansen, a high school senior with social anxiety, "who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn". [4]
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- Dear Evan Hansen (Film)
Dear Evan Hansen is a 2021 American coming-of-age musical film directed by Stephen Chbosky from a screenplay by Steven Levenson, based on the 2015 stage musical of the same name by Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
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The musical has its origins in an incident that took place during Pasek's high school years at Friends' Central School. The musical "...takes the notion of a teenager, Platt's Evan Hansen, who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn."
There were several readings prior to the first stage production: in May 2014 at Pearl Studios (New York), July 2014 at Chelsea Studios (New York) and September 2014 at Manhattan Movement and Arts Studio (New York). A full workshop took place in March 2015 at Gibney Dance Center. The project was initially called The PPL Project. Ben Platt was involv...
Act 1
Evan Hansen is a bullied 17-year-old who suffers from social anxiety. His therapist, Dr. Sherman, recommends that he write letters to himself detailing what will be good about each day. His mother, Heidi, suggests that he ask people to sign the cast on his arm to make friends. The wealthy Murphy family consists of parents Cynthia and Larry and their children Zoe and Connor. Cynthia and Heidi wonder how to connect with their sons ("Anybody Have a Map?"). At school, Evan meets Alana, a precocio...
Act 2
Evan and Alana pitch a fundraising idea on The Connor Project's website, to raise $50,000 to reopen the abandoned apple orchard. However, Evan becomes preoccupied with his new relationship with Zoe and his newfound family in the Murphys; he begins to neglect his mother, Jared, and The Connor Project ("Sincerely Me" [Reprise]). Heidi asks Evan why he did not tell her about The Connor Project or his friendship with Connor. He angrily responds that he did not have the time because she is never a...
Notable Broadway cast replacements
1. Evan Hansen: Noah Galvin, Taylor Trensch, Andrew Barth Feldman, Jordan Fisher 2. Zoe Murphy: Mallory Bechtel 3. Heidi Hansen: Lisa Brescia, Jessica Phillips 4. Connor Murphy: Alex Boniello
Characters
1. Evan Hansen – A high school senior with social anxiety. He is assigned by his therapist to write letters to himself about why each day will be good, which becomes the catalyst for the plot of the story (hence the name, Dear Evan Hansen). 2. Heidi Hansen – Evan's mother, a nurse's aide who attends paralegal school at night, often leaving Evan on his own as a result. 3. Zoe Murphy – Connor's younger sister and Evan's longtime crush. She was never close to Connor, even hated him and thought h...
Original Washington, D.C., production
Dear Evan Hansen premiered at the Arena Stage in Washington running from July 10 to August 23, 2015. Directed by Michael Greif, the production featured orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, music direction by Ben Cohn, set design by David Korins and projection design by Peter Nigrini. Ben Plattfeatured in the title role.
Original off-Broadway production
The musical opened off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theater on March 26, 2016, in previews, with the official opening on May 1. The cast featured Ben Platt, Laura Dreyfuss, Mike Faist, Rachel Bay Jones, Will Roland and Jennifer Laura Thompson repeating their roles from the Arena Stage production. New cast members were John Dossett and Kristolyn Lloyd. Michael Greif again directed, with choreography by Danny Mefford.The off-Broadway engagement closed on May 29, 2016.
Original Broadway production
The show premiered on Broadway on November 14, 2016, in previews, and officially opened on December 4. After announcing that performances would take place at the Belasco Theatre, in mid-September 2016, producers announced that the show would instead perform at the Music Box Theatre. Michael Park, who originated the role of Larry in the Arena Stage production, returned for the Broadway production (replacing John Dossett who went on to the musical War Paint). All other cast members from the Sec...
The musical has received critical acclaim, particularly for Ben Platt's leading performance, the lyrics, and the book. The story has also provided and encouraged open dialogue about its themes of mental illness and youth suicide. Dear Evan Hansenis a recipient of the 2015 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. Derek Mong, in his review of the musical ...
Novelization
The musical was adapted into a young adult novel by actor and singer-songwriter Val Emmich, in collaboration with Pasek, Paul, and Levenson. The novel, which features additional material based on scenes and songs cut from the show's development that flesh out and expand upon the story, was released by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on October 9, 2018. An audiobook was released on the same date with narrations by Ben Levi Ross, Mike Faist, and Mallory Bechtel. It debuted on the New York...
Film
On November 29, 2018, it was announced that Universal Pictures optioned the musical to make a film version. It is directed by Stephen Chbosky from a screenplay by Levenson, who will also executive produce with Michael Bederman, Mindich, Pasek and Paul. Marc Platt and Adam Siegel serve as producers. Ben Platt will reprise his performance in the title role, as will Colton Ryan as Connor Murphy, a role in which he understudied in the Broadway production. Joining them are Kaitlyn Dever as Zoe Mur...
Levenson, Steven; Pasek, Benj; Paul, Justin (2017). Dear Evan Hansen. Theatre Communications Group. 144. ISBN 978-1559365604.Levenson, Steven; Pasek, Benj; Paul, Justin (2017). Dear Evan Hansen: Through the Window. Grand Central Publishing. 224. ISBN 978-1538761915.Dear Evan Hansen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to the 2021 film of the same name, released on September 24, 2021, by Interscope Records.
Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with social anxiety disorder, and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance after a classmate's suicide.
- Stephen Chbosky
- 4 min
Dear Evan Hansen is a 2021 American coming-of-age musical film directed by Stephen Chbosky from a screenplay by Steven Levenson, based on the stage musical of the same name by Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
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Dear Evan Hansen is a musical. The music and lyrics were written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Steven Levenson wrote a book based on the musical). The first performance was in July 2015. It was at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.. It opened on Broadway in December 2016 at the Music Box Theatre. It won six awards at the 71st Tony Awards.
