Dear Evan Hansen is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and book by Steven Levenson. The musical opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in December 2016, after the show's world premiere at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., in July 2015 and an off-Broadway production at Second Stage Theatre from March to May 2016. At the 71st Tony Awards, it was nominated for nine awards, winning six, including Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for Ben Platt, Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Rachel Bay Jones, Best Musical, and Best Score. A Universal Pictures film adaptation, co-produced by Marc Platt, the father of Ben Platt, and directed by Stephen Chbosky, is scheduled to be released on September 24, 2021.
| Music | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul |
| Lyrics | Benj Pasek, Justin Paul |
| Book | Steven Levenson |
| Productions | 2015 Washington, 2016 Off-Broadway, 2016 Broadway, 2018 US Tour, 2019 West End |
About Dear Evan Hansen
Critically acclaimed musical about a distressed high school student dealing with the death of a classmate.
Achievement of Dear Evan Hansen
At the 2017 Tony Awards, the musical took home six awards including Best Musical and Best Score. It was nominated in nine categories. It also won the 2018 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Dear Evan Hansen
Works about depression.. Plays set in the 21st century.. Tony Award for Best Musical.. Original musicals.. Mental illness in fiction.. Suicide in fiction.. Off-Broadway musicals.. West End musicals.
Latest information about Dear Evan Hansen updated on July 28 2021.
