Benj Pasek News

Segerstrom Center for the Arts has announced that it will reschedule Pasek And Paul: Up Close and Personal with Special Guests, originally planned for Monday, January 7, 2019. The date change will accommodate the schedules of a number of artists who have expressed their eagerness to be part of this exclusive evening. The new date will be announced when the complete roster of guests is confirmed. 

Atlantic Records has unveiled the latest video from "THE GREATEST SHOWMAN - REIMAGINED," the unprecedented new companion to Atlantic's RIAA 2x platinum certified, GRAMMY® Award-nominated soundtrack to 20th Century Fox's blockbuster musical film. "This Is Me (The Reimagined Remix)," performed by Keala Settle, Kesha, and the legendary Missy Elliott, is now joined by a moving new visual starring Antoni, Tan, Bobby, and Jonathan from Netflix's Queer Eyealongside three extraordinary high school students. The video was premiered this morning on "The TODAY Show" during a segment featuring two of the video's stars - Antoni and student J'Shawn Gill - alongside the album's GRAMMY®, Tony®, and Academy Award-winning songwriting duo Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

Entertainment Weekly took to Twitter to share the cover of their latest issue, featuring the stars of 'Aladdin.' They tell fans to 'Get a shining, shimmering, splendid first look at the reimagined classic in our magical First Look issue.' See the tweet below!

The Greatest Showman has taken the world by storm in 2018, as one of the year's most talked-about films. Now, as the year comes to a close, Yahoo! is chatting with the film's director Michael Gracey about why the film resonated so much with fans, and if Broadway is in the stars.

Perfect for any die-hard theater fan! The lucky winner and their guest will have a theater experience unlike any other!

The First National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen has broken the box office record for the highest-grossing week ever at San Francisco's Curran. For the week ending December 9, 2018, the production grossed $1.64 million despite only playing seven performances. This breaks the eight-performance week record previously set by The Book of Mormon in 2012. Dear Evan Hansen is playing at the Curran now through Sunday, December 30, 2018. An extremely limited number of tickets are available by calling 415-358-1220 or visiting sfcurran.com/dear-evan-hansen or entering the show's daily digital lottery at luckyseat.com/dearevanhansen/.

The Dramatists Guild of America is the originator of the Dramatists Guild Fellows program, with a mission is to enhance the sense of community among developing American dramatists by offering a year-long workshop designed to augment their training with practical experience and career information resources.

Producers Stacey Mindich and David Mirvish are delighted to announce that Canada's own Robert Markus will play the title role in the Canadian premiere production of the multi Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen, when it begins performances on March 5, 2019 at Toronto's historic Royal Alexandra Theatre.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation (JMF) and the American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University will once again seek out the nation's most talented young songwriters and writing teams for the 14th annual Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project. The free, weeklong songwriting workshop will take place June 23 to 29, 2019 on Northwestern's Evanston campus.

History was made at the Music Box Theatre today! Roman Banks made his debut as the title character in Dear Evan Hansen as the show's first Evan of color. Banks is currently the understudy for Evan, Jared and Connor. See video of his first bow below!

History is being made at the Music Box Theatre today! Roman Banks will make his debut as the title character in Dear Evan Hansen as the show's first Evan of color. Banks is currently the understudy for Evan, Jared and Connor. 

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN has joined the BroadwayCon 2019 lineup. As part of the Spotlight series, the panel will feature Taylor Trensch (the current Evan Hansen), Michael Lee Brown (Alternate Evan Hansen; u/s Connor Murphy, Jared Kleinman), and Andrew Barth Feldman (Evan Hansen, starting January 30) in conversation on Saturday, January 12 at 11:15 a.m.

Clara Young, age 15, will be performing in Manhattan Youth Ballet's production of Knickerbocker Suite 10th Anniversary Celebration by Rose Caiola at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, December 8-16.

Joseph Robinette's adaptation of Jean Shepherd's beloved Yuletide story doesn't make all the right moves, but A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL will still warm your holiday spirit if you're patient with it.

A record-breaking show on Broadway is now on tour! Dear Evan Hansen is currently playing at the Music Box Theatre and opens tomorrow at San Francisco's Curran Theatre.Watch below as the Broadway and touring companies unite to sing a Dear Evan Hansen anthem- 'You Will Be Found.'

Dear Evan Hansen comes to San Francisco's Curran theater December 5-30, 2018 following a record-breaking run in Los Angeles. In advance of the start of performances, the production announced today that it will host a digital ticket lottery offering fans the chance to purchase a limited number of $25 tickets available per performance.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, it was announced that Dear Evan Hansen will soon be adapted for the big screen! We want to know: With the announcement of a Dear Evan Hansen film coming, what other new Broadway show do you want to see on the big screen? Some have already had the Hollywood treatment, but not as a musical...YET! Make sure to vote and we'll announce the results at the end of the week!

Anne-Marie and James Arthur will perform "Rewrite The Stars" on "The Voice" tomorrow, Tuesday, December 4 at 8-9 pm ET/PT on NBC. Their soaring version of the song appears on THE GREATEST SHOWMAN - REIMAGINED (buy/stream HERE), the new companion to Atlantic's RIAA 2x Platinum certified soundtrack for 20th Century Fox's blockbuster musical film. The "REIMAGINED" collection took the #1 chart position on iTunes upon its release earlier this month and already has over 50 million streams. Hailed as "dazzling" by Billboard, the official video for "Rewrite the Stars" can be viewed HERE.

Tickets are now available for Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club's production of EDGES by Pasek and Paul. Performances will take place on Friday November 30th, Today November 31st, and Sunday December 1st at 8PM.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts proudly presents Pasek And Paul: Up Close and Personal with Special Guests, an exclusive one-night-only event featuring the acclaimed Tony Award-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul on January 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall.