DEAR EVAN HANSEN

DEAR EVAN HANSEN is “the most vital and important musical of a generation” (*Daily Mail, Baz Bamigboye) with “a raw, relevant and exhilarating score” (BBC Radio London, Jonathan Phang) from the songwriters of The Greatest Showman and La La Land.

A timely and timeless new musical about struggling to connect in a hyperconnected world, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the winner of 3 Olivier Awards for BEST NEW MUSICAL, BEST ORIGINAL SCORE and BEST ACTOR. It is also the winner of two WhatsOnStage Awards and a Critics’ Circle Theatre Award.

Both deeply personal and profoundly contemporary, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is “theatrical lightning. A true original, appealing directly to the heart” (International New York Times, Matt Wolf).

Evan struggles to fit in in high school, and while his single mother Heidi supports him in every way she can, she’s just trying to do everything to support her family. As a recommendation from his therapist to cope with his anxiety, Evan writes letters to himself about how well each day is going to go. However, when one of those letters is discovered by a troubled student at school, Evan finds himself in a situation he can’t escape and a position he’s not sure he wants to. Discover Evan's story in Dear Evan Hansen. Book Dear Evan Hansen tickets in London on TodayTix.

With a score by the Oscar-winning composing duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, book by Steven Levenson, and direction by Michael Grief (Rent and Next to Normal), Dear Evan Hansen continues its Olivier Award-winning run, following its highly successful run on Broadway, where it continues to break box office records. The Washington Post called Dear Evan Hansen a musical that's “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theatre history.

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What to Watch For

• Dear Evan Hansen won six Tony Awards in 2017. Their award wins included best new musical, best book of a musical, and best original score.
• The Dear Evan Hansen London show won three Olivier Awards in 2020. Sam Tutty won his first Olivier Award as best actor in a musical as Evan Hansen.
• Songwriting team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul also composed the score for the movie The Greatest Showman and won an Academy Award for their work on La La Land.
• The Dear Evan Hansen musical story is based on an event that took place in Pasek’s high school.
• You've seen the Dear Evan Hansen artwork, in which a person is wearing a cast on their arm. But did you know that a real medical cast is made for each performance? It's put on the actor playing Evan 30 minutes before a performance.