Benj Pasek News

In the wake of Stephen Sondheim's passing, there has been an outpouring of grief from the Broadway community and beyond. Read them all here.

The digital, Blu-rayTM and DVD releases will include over an hour of brand-new bonus content including an in-depth look at the music of the film, one-of-a-kind mini documentaries with cast, Ben Platt’s personal reflection on his character, and a never-before-seen making of featurette with cast and crew.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN, winner of six Tony Awards® including Best Musical, will make its long-awaited Bass Hall debut!

Ucross, a prestigious artist residency program in northern Wyoming, is now accepting applications for general studio residencies and dedicated Native American fellowships in Fall 2022.

Performing Arts Fort Worth, the non-profit owner and operator of Bass Performance Hall, announced today that DEAR EVAN HANSEN, winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, will make its long-awaited Bass Hall debut in a limited engagement January 4-9 as part of the 2021-2022 Broadway at the Bass season.

Variety is reporting that Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot is currently in final negotiations to join the upcoming live action Disney remake of Snow White.

Derek Klena, Lilla Crawford, Kate Jennings Grant, Robert Stanton, Jennifer Ferrin, Brian Altemus, Anthony Ordonez, and Jeffrey Bean will join the upcoming drama as reoccurring characters. The new series is titled Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. The new additions will joint the previously announced Lea Salonga, Sharon Leal, and Mallory Bechtel.

Rhode Island Stage Ensemble has announced its December production, A Christmas Story: The Musical.

Music Theatre Kansas City is kicking off its 30th Season with their professional production of A Christmas Story: The Musical, December 3rd-19th.

Después de su estreno oficial en Estados Unidos hace algo más de un mes, Universal Picture Studios ha anunciado en su página web que el estreno en España de QUERIDO EVAN HANSEN tendrá que esperar al próximo 10 de diciembre.  La adaptación cinematográfica del famoso musical de Broadway cuenta con los diálogos y las canciones dobladas al castellano.

Dear Evan Hansen reopens at the Noël Coward Theatre on 26 October 2021 and is currently booking to 13 February 2022.

Returning for the 2021 holiday season, Big League Productions, Inc. has announced the tour dates and cast of the critically acclaimed national tour of A Christmas Story, The Musical. The tour will open for preview performances in Waterbury, CT, followed by a two-week sit down in Boston, and engagements in Baltimore and Durham, NC.

Broadway and TV Star, Tonya Pinkins, sings a new jazz ballad that was released today, Thursday, 10-14, on George Floyd’s birthday, to honor his memory. The song is called  “Strange Fruit, Revisited”. It is inspired by both the current racial inequities and the  Billie Holiday classic.  

Today, Ucross, the renowned artist residency program in northeastern Wyoming, announced its Fall 2021 Fellows. 

Watch Ben Platt perform 'Waving Through a Window' in a new lyric video from Dear Evan Hansen, featuring new clips from the film adaption of the hit Broadway musical!

Platt sang 'You Will Be Found' from the new film adaption of Dear Evan Hansen, which will soon hit theaters in the UK. Watch the performance here.

Hurd will join the previously announced Constance Wu, Javier Bardem, and Winslow Fegley. The script is being adapted by Will Davies and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are set to pen original music for the new film.

 The Stage @ the Warner production of the hauntingly beautiful musical, DOGFIGHT by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul will be presented by the Warner Stage Company in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre November 6-21, 2021. 

The film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen officially came to theaters on September 24. This past Friday, the movie musical adaptation of the Broadway hit isn't bringing in the numbers it was expected to at the box office.

From the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the critically-acclaimed films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on stage at DPAC December 28, 2021, through January 2, 2022, as part of Truist Broadway's new season.