This is a brief overview of Dear Evan Hansen musical
I would like to talk about Dear Evan Hansen show, a great musical about a teenager with a social phobia.
The world premiere took place in 2015 in the Theater Arena Stage (Washington). May 1, 2016 show opened at the Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre, which was last month. On December 4, 2016 is officially the musical on Broadway in Music Box Theatre. Today the show is on the National tour so you can trace Dear Evan Hansen tour schedule and visit this amazing performance!
So, what's is this musical about?
On the advice of a psychologist, he wrote encouraging letters to himself. One of them is a chance that Connor Murphy, a difficult teenager who commits suicide shortly. Everyone has decided that Evan and Connor was friends, and Evan can not refute this misconception. With the help of his friend Jared, he fabricates conversation with Connor.
Evan Connor approaches with his parents and his sister Zoe, which is secretly in love with him. At the same time the young man moves away from its mother, Heidi. With Jared and ambitious classmate Alana Evan organizes a fund to preserve the memory of Connor - The Connor Project. Thanks to the Internet it becomes a sensation, and the young man is still bogged down in lies. At the same time, Evan gets what he lacked - the attention of others ...
The music score composed by Justin Paul and Benj Peysek, the creators of songs for the television series about the behind the scenes of a Broadway Smash! ( "Success"), sensational "La La Land" and the musical film "The greatest showman of the Earth" with Hugh Jackman in the title role (the world premiere of 21 December 2017). Peysek floor and also the author of several musical stage including Dogfight and A Christmas Story, The Musical. Libretto belongs to Stephen Levenson. Work on the musical lasted 6 years. The idea was born from the story Benji Peyseka from his school memories of how others react to the sudden death of a classmate - many (including himself Peysika) suddenly experienced a sense of loss, but were not friends of the deceased.
