Dear Evan Hansen

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 fit in. Award Winner!

DEAR EVAN HANSEN IS A 2019 THEATRE FANS’ CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR: Best Long-Running Broadway Show

DEAR EVAN HANSEN is a three-time 2020 Olivier Award winner (the British equivalent of the Tony Awards):

  • Best New Musical (2020)
  • Best Actor in a Musical — Sam Tutty (2020)
  • Best Original Score or New Orchestrations –  Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, together with orchestrator Alex Lacamoire (2020)

Dear Evan Hansen WON 6 Tony Awards (2017) 

  1. Best Musical
  2. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical – Ben Platt
  3. Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical – Rachel Bay Jones
  4. Best Book of a Musical – Steven Levenson
  5. Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre – Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
  6. Best Orchestrations – Alex Lacamoire

Dear Evan Hansen won two Drama League Awards (2017):

  1. Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical
  2. Distinguished Performance Award – Ben Platt 

Ben Platt made history on May 19, 2017 when he became the youngest actor ever to win the Drama League’s Distinguished Performance Award.

Dear Evan Hansen is a 2017 Lucille Lortel Award Winner For:

  1. Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical – Ben Platt
  2. Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Rachel Bay Jones

Dear Evan Hansen won eight Audience Choice Awards (2017):

  1. Favorite New Musical: Book by Steven Levenson, Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
  2. Favorite Leading Actor in a Musical: Ben Platt
  3. Favorite Featured Actress in a Musical: Laura Dreyfuss
  4. Favorite Funny Performance: Will Roland
  5. Favorite Onstage Pair: Laura Dreyfuss & Ben Platt
  6. Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male): Mike Faist
  7. Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female): Laura Dreyfuss
  8. Favorite New Song: “Waving Through a Window”

Dear Evan Hansen composers Benji Pasek and Justin Paul are now Academy Award Winners for Best Original Song, “City of Stars,” from the film La La Land.

For tickets to the North American tour, please click here.

The smash-hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen transferred to London's West End and opened to RAVE REVIEWS:

“5 STARS! A SUPERB, UNMISSABLE MUSICAL.” The Independent

“A STAR IS BORN AS THE BROADWAY HIT COMES TO THE UK.” The Telegraph

“POWERFUL, MOVING AND SUPERBLY PERFORMED.” The Stage

“THIS SOCIAL OUTCAST WILL STEAL YOUR HEART.” theartsdesk.com

“DEAR EVAN HANSEN IS UNIVERSALLY HEART-WARMING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING.” CultureWhisper

Dear Evan Hansen opened on Broadway on December 4, 2016 to amazing reviews:

“A GORGEOUS NEW MUSICAL FOR ANYONE WITH A BEATING HEART.” –The New York Times

“5 STARS!” –Time Out Magazine

“A MUSICAL SO FINE IN ITS CRAFT AND RICH IN ITS THEMES, ITS REWARDS BEING SEEN AGAIN AND AGAIN.” –New York Magazine

“A DAZZLING REMINDER OF THE POWER OF LIVE THEATER.” –The New York Daily News

“THAT RARE SHOW THAT CONNECTS AND ENLIGHTENS ALL OF US! AS DEEPLY UNIVERSAL AND UTTERLY COMPELLING AS ANYTHING YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE ON STAGE.”-NY1

“THE NEXT BIG THING – AN IMPORTANT AND SERIOUSLY DELIGHTFUL ADDITION TO THE 21st CENTURY MUSICAL.” –Newsday

“INSTANTLY PIERCES THE HEART!” –Entertainment Weekly

“EXQUISITE.” –Deadline Hollywood

“HISTORIC.” –The Washington Post

 

Ben Platt winning Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical at the 2017 Tony Awards
Dear Evan Hansen winning Best Musical at the 2017 Tony Awards
Wendy Federman on stage at Radio City Music Hall with Tony Award winner Ben Platt