Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's latest musical had such a successful opening night on May 1 that the off-Broadway production has already been extended through May 29. Click through the gall…
The new musical is written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson.
After celebrating its official opening night on May 1, Dear Evan Hansen has extended its off-Broadway engagement. The Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson musical, starring Ben Platt,…
Benj Pasek amp Justin Pau's new musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN will be sticking around the New York theatre scene for a bit longer.
Film director Robert Altman’s son Mike was a teenager when he wrote the lyric (to Johnny Mandel’s melody) that became the them of M*A*S*H. You remember it: The game of life is h…
Musicals are uniquely adept at telling large stories about individuals in conflict with society"so capable of doing so that we sometimes forget how smart they can be about individuals in con…
Watching “Dear Evan Hansen,” now playing at Off Broadway’s Second Stage Theater, is like falling down a rabbit hole that leads back to high school. Steven Levenson’s …
Second Stage Theatre, in association with Stacey MindichProductions, just last night opened the new musical, Dear Evan Hansen, featuring Ben Platt as the title character. Also reprising thei…
Second StageTheatre, in association withStacey MindichProductions, just last night opened the new musical,Dear Evan Hansen, featuringBen Plattas the title character. Also reprising their per…
Second Stage TheatrePop score and outcast protagonist hit all the right notes as Benj Pasek and Justin Paul production explores intense issues " and critiques internet culture Can a performa…
Composerlyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and bookwriter Steven Levenson's tale of social anxiety and social media.
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul bring the crushing silence of adolescence to a booming pop-rock score.
In this play at Second Stage Theater, Ben Platt plays a student with no friends who suddenly finds people drawn to him for the wrong reason.
REVIEW || Following its sold-out Arena Stage premiere, the musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson triumphantly opens in New York.
By Brian Scott Lipton Anyone who has ever felt unloved, rejected, isolated, or gone to high school (have I left anyone out?) will relate to Dear Evan Hansen, the heart-s…
The title character of Dear Evan Hansen, the gorgeous, affecting, and wayward new musical that just opened at Second Stage, is caught in a predicament that that would vex someone much older …
This new contemporary musical stars Ben Platt of 'Pitch Perfect' fame as a depressed high-schooler caught up in a lie that acquires a life of its own in the social media bubble. read more
Let's see what the critics had to say...
The new musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson officially opened Off-Broadway May 1. Here's what critics are saying.
Ben Platt in “Dear Evan Hansen” (photo: Margot Schulman) 2econd Stage Theatre March 26th thru May 29th Opened May 1, 2016 Book by Steven Levenson Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek…
A teen seizes upon the suicide of a classmate as a means of feeling connected to the world. Still-keen teen observer Michael Greif draws a textured performance from sympathetic lead Ben Plat…
Days after the Broadway season officially ended, off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre has opened the next likely prospect for a commercial transfer. "Dear Evan Hansen" is an ingenuous, multil…
The New York premiere of Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson's musical stars Pitch Perfect's Ben Platt.
This weekend's big news Will Swenson joins DISASTER, the 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards take place on Sunday, and DEAR EVAN HANSEN opens off-Broadway
We live in an age where the world is changing fast around us, we search for answers we can’t find on our own, we feel things that we don’t know are true or not. We wear our heart…