“Dear Evan Hansen” will finish the Broadway run this fall

Dear Evan Hansen, The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical will stage its latest play on Broadway on Sunday, September 18, nearly six years after its premiere at the Music Box Theater, the producers announced today.

Upon closing, the musical will run 1,678 regular shows and 21 premieres, making it one of the 50 longest-running Broadway shows in history.

The closure was announced today by producer Stacey Mindich.

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After its Broadway premiere on December 4, 2016, Dear Evan Hansen He set many Music Box cash records and paid back in less than 9 months.

However, once one of the most popular Broadway tickets, Dear Evan Hansen It has seen a drop in box office since its reopening in December following the closure of Covid. In recent weeks, the frequency has often been 80% or less at most.

According to the producers, on a libretto by Stephen Levenson, soundtrack by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and directed by Michael Grape, the musical was played on a music box with over 1.5 million spectators.

“From our first reading Dear Evan Hansen “There were two great joys in 2011 that stand out (and there are many) above all others,” Mindic said. “One of them is a complete and growing show that never makes me think, cry, laugh and try to be a better mother and person. The second looks at the profound change in the audience before entering the theater after the release. I am grateful to have taken part in the revival of the original musical by Pasek, Paul, Levenson and Grapefruit, which has captured the hearts of so many, influenced millions of viewers around the world and literally changed their lives with its breathtaking parties and is vital. and universal. .

Dear Evan Hansen Broadway production reopened on December 11, 2021, 21 months after Covid’s Broadway release. It currently has three shows performing around the world, with its Broadway, North American and West End touring companies performing together. The West End production will conclude on October 22, 2022 with the winner of the Olivier Award.

current company Dear Evan Hansen Broadway includes Zachary Noah Pizzer, Talia Simon Robinson, Jessica Phillips, Christian Knoll, David Jeffer, Manuel Felciano, Jared Goldsmith and Phoebe Koiabe, and Lindsay Genoa, Nathan Levy, Matteo Lizzie, U., Josh Stroble and Nicole Van Giesen. Following the role of Evan Pizzer, Stephen Christopher Anthony, who is currently starring on the North American tour, will join the Broadway company as Evan Hansen for a limited period of 4 weeks starting August 9, 2022. Sam Primack, who has made its Broadway. Debut on Evan Cover, he will play the role of Anthony, from 6 September 2022 to 18 September 2022.

July 19, 2022, Strange things Star Gate Matrazzo joins the company as Jared Kleinman, alongside Anne Sanders as Cynthia Murphy, Noah Kieserman as Conor Murphy and Kiara Alice Harris as Alana Beck.

The musical was nominated for nine Tony Awards, winning six at the 2017 ceremony, including Best Actress / Musical for Ben Platt, Best Musical, Best Book, Best Music and Best Actress for Rachel Bay Jones.

The 2021 film adaptation starring Platt and co-produced by his father, Mark Platt, was poorly received by critics and at the box office, leading some Broadway insiders to speculate that the film, and a shift in its domineering attitude, may have negatively impacted Brod. . Attendance.