Steven Levenson News

Tonight the Orpheum Theatre Group revealed the 2019-2020 Broadway Season during an announcement event at the historic Orpheum Theatre. Attendees were the first to hear about next season's lineup. The evening also included special live performances from some of next season's shows.

BroadwayWorld had a chance to catch up with Dear Evan Hansen's touring Heidi Hansen, Jessica Phillips while the show was at their Chicago tour stop! Check out highlights from our Q&A below!

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul recently sat down with CBC Radio to discuss bringing Dear Evan Hansen to Toronto.

February 23rd is going to be a great day, and here's why: Jessica Phillips, who plays Heidi Hansen on the national tour of the Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen, is taking over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story for a two-show day in Chicago! Words fail to describe how excited we are, so be sure to tune in to see all of these friends on a perfect day.

Fosse/Verdon is an eight-episode limited series from award-winning producers Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Joel Fields. Production on the series is currently underway in New York City.

Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that individual tickets for the Minneapolis premiere of DEAR EVAN HANSEN will go on sale on Friday, Feb. 22. DEAR EVAN HANSEN comes to the historic Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Ave.) as part of the 2018-2019 Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin series Tuesday, May 28 to Sunday, June 9, 2019. Due to unprecedented demand during the presale, tickets are expected to sell quickly.

'Dear Evan Hansen' is currently playing at the Curran in San Francisco, following its tour stops in Denver, Los Angeles, and Arizona. Let's see what the critics are saying about the recent tour stops...

The first national touring production of the 2017 Best Musical Tony Award-winner Dear Evan Hansen will return to Chicago by popular demand for a limited 12-week engagement July 7 through September 27, 2020, at Broadway In Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre (24 W. Randolph). Individual tickets for the Dear Evan Hansen return engagement will go on-sale to the public Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at 10 a.m. Central, and pre-sale tickets will be available starting Monday, February 18 through Broadway In Chicago's eblast and Dear Evan Hansen's social media channels.

Both profoundly moving and profoundly disturbing, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is one of the most deeply troubling musicals I've seen. I left DEAR EVAN HANSEN with a swirl of mixed emotions. The musical is a meditation on social media and how it makes the social isolation and challenges of high school all the more difficult.

Boyfriends Ben Levi Ross and Taylor Trensch have both played Evan Hansen - on tour and on Broadway respectively, in addition to playing opposite each other on Broadway (with Ross as Jared.) Today, in honor of Valentine's Day, the show has released a special duet version of 'Only Us.' Check out the video below!

A Nederlander Presentation is thrilled to announce the 2019-2020 season -full of Broadway's biggest shows currently dazzling audiences in New York, all coming to the San Diego Civic Theatre, and sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union.

Dear Jennifer Laura Thompson, today yesterday is going to be was a good day and here's why... you joined the fabled walls of Sardi's!  Just yesterday, the Dear Evan Hansen star was honored with her very own portrait at Sardi's and you can check out photos from the big day below.

Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing Arts is thrilled to announce it's 2019-20 Season; the ONLY national touring Broadway series in Austin.  'We're amid an amazing 2018-19 season, and Broadway in Austin has done it again - blending a season of favorite gems with new powerful, moving and just plain fun shows sure to become favorites.  I can't wait!' states Rachel Durkin-Drga, Texas Performing Arts Senior Associate Director.

Broadway in Portland is pleased to announce its 2019/20 Season with a schedule full of classics, brand-new productions, and hit musicals direct from Broadway.

Johnson Financial Group Broadway at the Marcus Center and Broadway Across America-Milwaukee are proud to announce the Broadway Musicals, HAMILTON, and pop culture phenomenon DEAR EVAN HANSEN, will play their Milwaukee premiere engagements and anchor the 2019-2020 season. 

Steven Levenson, the Tony Award-winning playwright of Dear Evan Hanson will discuss his Broadway smash musical about a lonely teenager who inadvertently becomes a social media phenomenon and the new novel Levenson has co-written that is based on the musical at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center.

Ahmad Simmons took to Instagram to announce the news that he will be playing legendary stage actor Ben Vereen in the FX limited series 'Fosse/Verdon.' 

Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in the Berkshires (Pittsfield, MA) under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, announced today its 25th Anniversary season, which will feature four world premieres, including the new musical from BSC's Musical Theatre Lab, Fall Springs by Niko Tsakalakos and Peter Sinn Nachtrieb; America v. 2.1: The Sad Demise & Eventual Extinction of The American Negro by Stacey Rose; American Underground by Brent Askari; and Ragtag Theatre's Hansel and Gretel, commissioned by BSC.

Baz Bamigboye of The Daily Mail has just revealed that the Tony Award-winning best musical, Dear Evan Hansen, will make its West End debut at the Noel Coward Theatre in November 2019!

New York Stage and Film announced today that, following a nationwide search, Christopher Burney will become its next Artistic Director. Additionally, New York Stage and Film's longtime Associate Artistic Director, Liz Carlson, has been promoted to the newly created position of Artistic Producer.