Dear Evan Hansen is an original musical written by Pasek and Paul, with the book by Steven Levenson.[1]
The musical opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in December 2016, after its world premiere at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC in July 2015 and an Off-Broadway production in March to May 2016.
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The focus of the musical is the teen “Evan Hansen”, who becomes involved in a family tragedy of another teen. The musical revolves around “A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in.”[2] The title character, Evan Hansen, is a high school senior with social anxiety disorder who finds himself amid the turmoil that follows a classmate’s death.