These Songwriters Are Spreading The Empathy We All Need Right Now
Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones in Dear Evan Hansen. Matthew Murphy There is a moment in Act 2 of Dear Evan Hansen when the sound of sniffling in the audience nearly overtakes the dialogue between the actors onstage. It comes shortly after the titular character, played by Ben Platt, has a tearful breakdown, and the crying grows louder with the gut punch of “So Big/So Small.” As Evan’s mother, …