Two and a half years after debuting on Broadway (where it's still playing), the six-time Tony-winning smash hit musical
Dear Evan Hansen has arrived in Minnesota. For the next two weeks, Evan and friends
will be found at the Orpheum Theatre on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis.
I was lucky enough to see the show on Broadway, starring Ben Platt in an unforgettable performance that won him Tony, and was totally enraptured by this thoroughly modern musical. Two years later the show and this touring cast are still fantastic (even if the Orpheum is too big of a venue for this intimate of a story). The small-cast non-flashy musical deals with pretty serious issues like suicide, mental illness, grief, and the dangers of social media, although not without humor and a fantastic
Pasek and Paul score. Most importantly, it delivers a message of connection and hope that this world needs.
