“Dear Evan Hansen” has changed now that it’s on Broadway, in ways that make it an even more affecting musical. Ben Platt’s performance, impressive from the get-go, is even better. But what’s changed the most is the world outside the theater, turning the story of a lie that gets out of hand into something more realistic and unfortunately more relevant.
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Ben Platt as Evan Hansen
Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones as Evan’s mother
Plann, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Michael Park as Connor’s parents
Mike Faist as Connor and Ben Platt as Evan
Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen
The song “You Will Be Found” from “Dear Evan Hansen”
The plot’s trajectory seemed fanciful to me half a year ago, before the subject of “viral fake news” itself went viral. It is also bracing to realize that I omitted an important and relevant matter with which the musical deals…how much Evan and his mother Heidi (Rachel Bay Jones) are struggling financially, and how resentful Heidi is..
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