Pasek & Paul Musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN Sets Spring Dates at Second Stage

DEAR EVAN HANSEN is headed to New York this spring!

According to an Equity audition notice, the original musical from Tony Award nominees Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (Broadway's A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL and DOGFIGHT), will begin previews on March 15 for an April 24, 2016 opening at Second Stage Theatre off-Broadway.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN premiered this summer at Arena Stage, directed by three-time Tony nominee Michael Grief (RENT, NEXT TO NORMAL), featuring book by Steven Levenson (MASTERS OF SEX), choreography by Danny Mefford, music supervision, orchestrations and dance arrangements by Tony Award winner Alex Lacamoire, and starring Ben Platt (PITCH PERFECT, THE BOOK OF MORMON).

A letter, a lie, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get everything he's ever wanted: the girl of his dreams, the perfect family he's always longed for and a chance to finally fit in. He just has to hope that his chance to connect isn't blown by the secrets he has to conceal. DEAR EVAN HANSEN is a moving and original musical about more than how we share, like or friend; it's about how we love, feel and survive in the modern world.

Benj Pasek & Justin Paul's Broadway credits include A Christmas Story, The Musical (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre), which received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Outstanding New Broadway Musical. Off-Broadway credits include Dogfight (Second Stage Theatre), the Lucille Lortel Award-winner for Best New Musical. Other theater credits include James and the Giant Peach (Kennedy Center, Goodspeed Musicals and Seattle Children's Theatre) and Edges. In TV, their original songs were featured on season two of NBC's Smash and rose to the top 25 on the iTunes pop charts. They have also written songs for Sesame Street (PBS) and Johnny and the Sprites (Disney Channel). Other songwriting honors include the Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; Sundance Institute Fellowship; ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award; ASCAP Songwriters Fellowship Award; Dramatists Guild Fellowship; Jonathan Larson Award; and Billboard Magazine Top 5 Broadway Songwriters. Benj and Justin work actively as teachers conducting master classes at top theater programs and universities around the world. Both are graduates of the University of Michigan and members of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Photo Credit: Margot Schulman