Dear Evan Hansen

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Broadway musical contemporary musical stage musical

Dear Evan Hansen is a contemporary Broadway musical that explores themes of loneliness, social media, and identity through the story of an anxious high school student whose lie spirals out of control.

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Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording) 1
Dear Evan Hansen (film) 1
Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
contemporary musical ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
adaptedInto Dear Evan Hansen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dear Evan Hansen (film)
awardReceived Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
bookBy Steven Levenson ⓘ
broadwayClosingDate 2022-09-18 ⓘ
broadwayOpeningDate 2016-12-04 ⓘ
broadwayPreviewStartDate 2016-11-14 ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Music Box Theatre ⓘ
composer Benj Pasek ⓘ
Justin Paul ⓘ
featuresCharacter Alana Beck ⓘ
Connor Murphy ⓘ
Cynthia Murphy ⓘ
Evan Hansen ⓘ
Heidi Hansen ⓘ
Jared Kleinman ⓘ
Larry Murphy ⓘ
Zoe Murphy ⓘ
filmDirector Stephen Chbosky ⓘ
filmEvanActor Ben Platt ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 2021 ⓘ
genre coming-of-age story ⓘ
drama ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
teen drama ⓘ
hasNovelization Dear Evan Hansen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel
hasProduction West End production ⓘ
hasTheme anxiety ⓘ
belonging ⓘ
depression ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
grief ⓘ
identity ⓘ
internet virality ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
mental health ⓘ
social media ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
truth and lies ⓘ
hasTour U.S. national tour ⓘ
lyricist Benj Pasek ⓘ
Justin Paul ⓘ
mainCharacter Evan Hansen ⓘ
notableSong For Forever ⓘ
Only Us ⓘ
Requiem ⓘ
Sincerely, Me ⓘ
Waving Through a Window ⓘ
Words Fail ⓘ
You Will Be Found ⓘ
originalBroadwayAlanaActor Kristolyn Lloyd ⓘ
originalBroadwayConnorActor Mike Faist ⓘ
originalBroadwayCynthiaActor Jennifer Laura Thompson ⓘ
originalBroadwayEvanActor Ben Platt ⓘ
originalBroadwayHeidiActor Rachel Bay Jones ⓘ
originalBroadwayJaredActor Will Roland ⓘ
originalBroadwayLarryActor Michael Park ⓘ
originalBroadwayZoeActor Laura Dreyfuss ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
premiereDate 2015-07-30 ⓘ
premiereLocation Arena Stage ⓘ
surface form: Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
producedBy Stacey Mindich ⓘ
protagonistCondition social anxiety disorder ⓘ
publisherOfNovelization Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
surface form: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
setIn suburban Connecticut ⓘ
westEndOpeningDate 2019-11-19 ⓘ
westEndTheatre Noël Coward Theatre ⓘ

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Dear Evan Hansen → adaptedInto → Dear Evan Hansen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dear Evan Hansen (film)
Dear Evan Hansen → hasNovelization → Dear Evan Hansen self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel
Second Stage Theater → notableProduction → Dear Evan Hansen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording)