Dear Evan Hansen is the deeply personal, and profoundly contemporary, musical about what happens when we let a lie consume us. This groundbreaking musical - featuring a book by Tony-winner Steven Levenson and a score by the Grammy, Tony and Academy Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul - examines what it means to be alive.
A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in.
'Historic' is an adjective I've rarely used to describe a performance, but a review that does not invoke it for Ben Platt's incandescent turn in the ravishingly bittersweet 'Dear Evan Hansen' would be doing it less than justice.
Viewing 'Dear Evan Hansen' a second time, at Broadway's Music Box Theatre, where it opened Sunday, I found I had much firmer feelings than when I first saw it. When I attended the off-Broadway production in May, it seemed a musical of many parts, some good, others shaky, and I don't think I fully digested the whole. In my repeat visit, I felt, first, that I had vastly understated Ben Platt's performance by calling it 'affecting.' He's remarkable.
| 2015 | Washington, DC (Regional) |
Arena Stage World Premiere Production Washington, DC (Regional) |
| 2016 | Off-Broadway |
Second Stage Original Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
| 2016 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2019 | Toronto |
Original Canadian Production Toronto |
| 2021 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
| 2021 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
| 2024 | US Tour |
US Tour US Tour |
| Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Steven Levenson |
| 2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Greif |
| 2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Leading Actor in a Musical | Ben Platt |
| 2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Musical | Dear Evan Hansen |
| 2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Orchestrations | Alex Lacamoire |
| 2017 | BroadwayWorld Awards | Best Score | Benj Pasek |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Ben Platt |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Rachel Bay Jones |
| 2017 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway of Off-Broadway Musical | Dear Evan Hansen |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Steven Levenson |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Michael Greif |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Japhy Weideman |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Japhy Weideman |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Alex Lacamoire |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Benj Pasek |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Mike Faist |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical | Ben Platt |
| 2017 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Rachel Bay Jones |
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