Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson
An original musical that explores the poignant desire for human connection in the tumultuous life of one young man. Evan is shy, lonely, and bullied for it―teeming with the irrepressible emotions all too familiar with anyone who's ever been a teenager. After a tragedy strikes, Evan's life suddenly gets turned around, but is it ultimately for the better?The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin (Roundabout Theatre Company, Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award), Core Values (Ars Nova, Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Play), The Language of Trees (Roundabout), and Seven Minutes in Paradise (Colt Coeur; Emerging America Festival/Huntington Theater Company) are only a few of Steven Levenson's plays. He got new play commissions from Roundabout, Lincoln Center, MCC, and Ars Nova as a graduate of Brown University and former Artist in Residence at Ars Nova. He is a founder member of Colt Coeur and an graduate of MCC's Playwrights Coalition and Ars Nova's Play Group. He is presently a writer and producer on Showtime's Masters of Sex, and he is a founding member of Colt Coeur and an alumnus of MCC's Playwrights Coalition and Ars Nova's Play Group. Dear Evan Hansen's music and lyrics were written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. They won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for their lyrics in La La Land's City of Stars in 2017.
Dogfight, their world premiere musical, won the Lortel Award for Best New Musical at Second Stage Theatre. A Christmas Story, The Musical, which won Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best New Broadway Musical; James and the Giant Peach; and Edges are among his other theater achievements. Smash, Sesame Street, and Johnny and the Sprites are among his television credits. The Greatest Showman, Trolls, Medusa, and Tom and Jerry Return to Oz are among the upcoming films.
The American Academy of Arts and Letters has given him the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre, the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, and the Jonathan Larson Award. Both are Dramatists Guild of America, Inc. members and BFA Musical Theatre alumni of the University of Michigan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781559365604 |
| ISBN 10 | 1559365609 |
| Title | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Author | Steven Levenson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. |
| Year published | 2017-07-13 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical 2017 |
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