DEAR EVAN HANSEN Extends Off-Broadway Run at Second Stage Theatre

Benj Pasek & Justin Pau's new musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN will be sticking around the New York theatre scene for a bit longer.

BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Second Stage Theatre has extended the acclaimed production's run through May 29, 2016. DEAR EVAN HANSEN was previously scheduled to close on May 22. Tickets to all remaining performances are now on sale.

All his life Evan Hansen has felt invisible. To his peers, to the girl he loves, sometimes even to his own mother. But that was before he wrote the letter - that led to the incident- that started the lie - that ignited a movement - that inspired a community - and changed Evan's status from the ultimate outsider into the somebody everyone wants to know. But how long can Evan keep his secret? And at what price?

A tribute to the outsider in us all, Dear Evan Hansen is about someone you know, maybe even someone you are, but more than anything, it's about discovering the person we all long to be - ourselves.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN features music and lyrics by the Tony and Emmy nominated composing team Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (Dogfight, A Christmas Story), book by Steven Levenson(Showtime's Masters of Sex), choreography by Danny Mefford (Fun Home), and direction by three-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens, If/Then). Scenic design is by David Korins, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, and projection design by Peter Nigrini. The musical director is Ben Cohn and the music supervisor is Alex Lacamoire.

The company includes several performers who appeared in the World Premiere production at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage, featuring Ben Platt as the title character, Evan Hansen, in a performance that was called "extraordinary, bordering on heroic" by Peter Marks in the Washington Post. Also reprising their performances from the "splendid" (Marks, Washington Post) cast are Laura Dreyfuss as Zoe, Mike Faist as Connor, Rachel Bay Jones as Heidi, Will Roland as Jared, Jennifer Laura Thompson as Cynthia. New cast members John Dossett (Larry) and Kristolyn Lloyd (Alana) complete the company.

In its world premiere production at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage, Peter Marks of The Washington Post called Dear Evan Hansen, "Entertainingly smart and radiating charm, wit and humor! This heart-piercingly lovely new musical is a trip to the exciting place that musical theater sometimes takes you, a destination of wholly unexpected impact, where characters burst into song and you, in spite of yourself, into tears." And Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called the musical, "Fresh, vibrant, and quite moving."

DEAR EVAN HANSEN will be performed from Saturday, March 26 through Sunday, May 22 on the following schedule: Tuesday - Thursday and Sunday at 7 PM, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, and Saturday and Sunday at 2 PM. Beginning May 8, Sunday performances of Dear Evan Hansen will be at 3 PM.