SM: The comic Jared Kleinman, who together with Alana are also, theyre our great chorus. SM: It does start with a 17-year-old boy alone in his bedroom scrolling through social media. They mistakenly believe that it is a letter that Connor meant to write to Evan. We know that because we hear from them. It went from off Broadway, and then you developed it over time, and added to it. 2 sentence. On the advice of his therapist, he pens supportive letters to himself: "Dear Evan Hansen, Today is going to be an amazing day, and here's why. It was so fascinating because it was so old and so relevant at the same time, so you felt the age of it because it felt old, like what youre talking about. Then at the same time, when you have this going, this fake news and where it leads to, how do we get back to community? Likewise, the character whose death triggers the events of the musical, Connor Murphy, can be viewed both as a redeemable character or a villain. They find their son through him, and then this story snowballs from there. Universal Pictures. SNAP boosts kept millions out of poverty during Covid. It is a duet sung by Connor's father and Evan, titled "To Break in A Glove." Though it is literally talking about the correct way to break in a baseball glove, it can also be talking about . After one of these missives is stolen by a classmate who subsequently takes his own life, the deceased's parents believe it to be a genuine . Its never a bad idea to wait. This is in the song "Sincerely, Me". We havent really made a big deal about it right now, but our key art shows Evans torso with his arm in the cast. Can I please speak to ?. . You go to 10,000 rather at once, and its people sitting in the theater, and then 10,000 others. SL: From the beginning, we decided we wanted this to be a contemporary musical. It was a smart way to talk about hard things. DEAR EVAN HANSEN Stripe Collection Navy Pocket Tee Regular price $30.00 USD Regular price $40.00 USD Sale price $30.00 USD Unit price / per . A little perseverance and a little uphill climb." I believe this quote can relate to many things. Nobody in this world wants or rather, everybody wants to believe the story that he tells. Phone numbers were never meant to protect or identify us, but we use them to do that all the time. This was a day off. SM: The father is an interesting nut to crack, because he at first doesnt emote about his pain. You see how this kind of thing can actually happen. SM: That was never meant to be literal, because we hope the show will live for many years, and these things may become dinosaurs. All right, Ill follow you. Its super hard for them to do anything good online. My very last question which I ask everybody, and maybe here well do it a little differently. SM: Waving Through a Window is the telephone song from Bye Bye Birdie, without a doubt. Cynthia Murphy, who is the other mom, Connor Murphys mom, is equally as relatable, and I think it takes us part of her journey to really come to understand her and her fortitude, because she goes through the grief, the absolute horror, the last thing that any mother or father ever, ever, ever wants to go through, and yet shes so admirable because she keeps finding ways to lift herself up and to keep life going. Stacey and Steven, welcome to Recode Decode. Oh my God. Letter #4: Evan Hansen to Connor Murphy. And intellig but, just be yourself!! As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media), their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but . Its great to talk to you. The gauzy white glow of the screen illuminates the face of Evan Hansen, sitting at a desk with a hard cast on. It is an awful, awful thing he does. On Broadway. Treacly and manipulative, "Dear Evan Hansen . Scene 1: We start on a black screen. his left arm, facing the screen, alone. Each of you take one and talk about what they mean and what youre trying to do. Evan Hansen is the main character in the musical Dear Evan Hansen. SM: Well, its good to hear you say that. I was like, Aww.. I think she is an incredible depiction of contemporary motherhood, whether youre a single mom or not, busy, under pressure, trying hard, absolutely love your child, but in the daily rush of things doesnt always get everything right. I think its going to be that experience could exist, but it wont be the same. CW: This article references suicide.Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. This show is really depicting the way we live in America now, the way we are at our breakfast tables with our families. Heres a clip from the show. It turns out, this wa Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall. Letter #5: Connor Murphy to Evan Hansen. How did this become a phenomenon? Were here talking with Stacey Mindich and Steven Levenson, the producer and book writer of Dear Evan Hansen, the hit musical about a high school student with social anxiety disorder and social media problems. Over the last several years, people have grown a little tired of that I think, and theres a real hunger for art thats sincere and that is heart-filled. My lesson here that will change my life forever was that this kind of word of mouth, you cannot manufacture. We give them a heads up. with monologues . Thats right, and when she gets it, boy, its interesting. YouTube is the beginning. The plot of Dear Evan Hansen begins with a letter, unsurprisingly given the title. Everyone seemed to have a SL: Yes, exactly, everybody wanted to star in the tragedy of the day. Its the experience.. Dear, Evan Hansen. See more ideas about monologues, acting monologues, dear even hansen. SL: For some reason, we always talked about the beginning of Bye Bye Birdie. Do you know that musical, and with the telephone chain, and how that is inextricably links to that technology of just an old-fashioned phone? I dont have time, but I will catch you later. I think Steven in less words than more actually captures that in Heidi. He goes back to school. Weve talked a lot about the show itself, but lets talk about doing theater now. It gets the people on an analog. SL: Yes, and Cynthia is still, I think, struggling and fighting and searching for a way to get through to him, whereas Larry has by the time the show started just written him off, and so has Zoe. Thats been the lesson Ive learned. They did obviously make a CD, and theyre selling. But its very kind to these people who are struggling to each of them in a different way, which I think is an interesting way to do that. SM: Were struggling and learning. In the wake of the election and people feeling all sorts of feelings and trauma, there was Social media actually did become a refuge for a lot of people, and a place to feel. It turns out to be false, or an advertising or a marketing thing. If you have the good fortune to become successful, you do become something more, but the essence of it is sitting in that theater. SL: Sorry, I dont think its retro. Yes, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt finally teamed up for the inevitable back-to-back Best Musical mash-up of Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen. Okay. Thats a very good play, or a delicate flower. The school said, Well, we dont want to be punitive. I said, No, we want to be punitive. I mean, of course its the heart of Any show with heart does resonate, and obviously, it becomes a phenomenon. What happened in your play is the online frenzy created an offline community of the families and everything else. SM: Its actually so much simpler then that. SL: Exactly, yes, the paradox of a world where we are incredibly interconnected and yet isolation feels at an unprecedented level. Then the next few days, it changed. I had Jeffrey Sellers and Richard Hamilton on, and Ive been fascinated with theater my whole life. You do feel in this thing. A battle over freedom of expression at a Concord, N.H., elementary school. It was actually really meaningful. Today is going to be a good day, and here's why; because today, no matter what else you are you. SL: Exactly, and then what we wanted to avoid was ever commenting on the technology, but rather allowing it to be part of the fabric of the story, exactly, because we dont comment on the fact that were on our phones all the time as were on our phones all the time, but its become our way of being in the world. Directed by Stephen Chbosky, this powerful film . That was really where we began, was with that phenomenon, and I think what the three of us all found interesting was instead of parodying that or satirizing that, trying to look at what is underneath that impulse, and why do people feel the need to connect in that way, whats propelling that on a human level. Heres whats actually happening. Now, that mosaic as we call it in our key art is all 100 percent our fans faces. Monologues are presented on StageAgent for educational purposes only. That problem, its the plot point. And interesting. I think that was really what I took away from it, and its interesting that Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook did a 6,000-word essay about this, essentially saying that the solution to an over-Facebook of the world is more Facebook. SL: That was our initial Just thinking about the story, we knew that that was the easy obvious way of doing social media and of telling the story would be to poke fun at our using this technology to post as something that were not, but we felt like that was obvious. There is feeling like Its disturbing how real it feels. Thank you so much for making it. I wouldnt want to lose that. Is that retro like, Hey, lets put on our cashmere sweaters from the 50s, or not? I saw it recently, and its about isolation. SM: What about all the angry people whod tweet? Yeah, but also, it is the agony of social media, and now you can see it. And interesting. Final Scene and Finale by Dear Evan Hansen OBC - Karaoke Lyrics on Smule. The Oscar-nominated actress will return to a musical role for the first time since 2011's The . He begins to type. Like, she would introduce herself and then youd be like, Sorry, I didnt hear you. Everybody wants to go. Ben Platt, playing an anxious teenager . It could have happened 100 years in the future. The only thing I knew about Dear Evan Hansen before this point was that the main character had a broken arm. Being as authentic as possible, realistic, organic, the way that you can depict things on the stage, the projections we have on our show are not something you would have seen in a show even two or three years ago. SL: Its really a credit to our director, Michael Grief, and our designers Dave Korins, and Peter Nigrini was our video designer. I asked them what they wanted to do, and Benj Pasek told me a story that was just the germ of what happened in Dear Evan Hansen, but it was something that happened in his high school life where a senior, they were all in the senior class, and a senior passed away from drugs. Theres a moment where he says those were private, those letters, and she has no idea what he even means by that. You have to up the game. Chloe? And then she would be like, No, its Zoe. SM: The song literally says you are not alone.. SM: Heidi Hansen, yeah, Evan's mom. Evan, in an effort to assuage their terrible grief, finds himself inadvertently claiming that he was his friend. On that stage, and you also used it in your own marketing, you had Twitter, Facebook, what else? SL: Its a very weird net of thing where people are really, really responding to that idea of you will be found, which is actually when Evan is saying it in the musical, its not true. Then there are those moments where it goes quiet, which is those are generally the emotional moments in the show. I think, from scene to scene, that changes, but I think Michael Greif and I have represented the parental point of view here, and theres a line that A lot of confusion over it, go over the confusion, and what is this, and what does it do, and I dont understand it, and its technical. A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never . Its not scalable, as they say. Within a couple of months, we found Steven, who had the right voice to create a musical that the three of them really wanted to be as authentic as possible. As much of a blessing as it is, we want the people who love our show and loved it first to be able to come. Technology is the oxygen of the world now. When I first heard the lyrics, I could have sworn that these guys were sitting at my breakfast table, that they had literally just taken notes and written a song about me. SM: We dont have a current plan to do that. It's easy to see why they cut it down for length and time and also to make it vague enough that Connor could've written it just as easily as Evan. I dont know if theyve discovered it yet. Thats what I really appreciate is it wasnt an attack. Well, you do the I-wish-you-were-dead-but-not-really thing. Theyre like, Whats that? Im like, Oh, okay, let me just break it down for you. It was fascinating. For more information visit saltlakecity.broadway.com. Can you talk about each of the characters? And intellig but, just be yourself!! SM: The extraordinary thing that happened with this show right from our very first production at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., was that people organically found us. New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall Its really interactive. Right. SL: Thats the thing. Hailey Bieber, Selena Gomez, and the Easter egg-ification of the Hollywood feud, Alex Murdaugh sentenced to two life terms for murdering his wife and son. Then we brought in the great director, Michael Grief, whos done Rent and Next to Normal. He also brought in his own interpretations. Theres just nowhere except the theater where you really do. It was that and Angels in America were very big deals. SM: To me, that feels more like an event than the theater that I grew up on, and it may very well be a very generational thing. Snapchat didnt exist really. Millions turn to Vox to educate themselves, their family, and their friends about whats happening in the world around them, and to learn about things that spark their curiosity. Be yourself! Because she wants to use it for that, she wants to use it for advantage. DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the winner of six 2017 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. We were just talking about that idea. Approachable. Thats all there is. SM: Heidi Hansen, yeah, Evans mom. I was just talking to him about the phenomenon of Hamilton and what its like, and as he pointed out, Hamilton ultimately is just the show thats going to happen at 8pm tonight. SM: But in 25 years, they may have all been over and done with that panic. Then you Snapchat though, that was interesting of course I noticed that, of course its Snapchat. Its also a very traditional show, if you think about it. Im like, I told you.. That was me in high school. Maybe they didnt tell the lie. Then once she gets the letters, she uses them like shes almost a journalist, like, I got the memo, or something like that. September 21, 2021. Im not even worried about it though, seriously, because its not like, uh, its not going to be like that one time you had the perfect chance to introduce yourself to Zoe Murphy at the band concert last year that time when you waited afterwards just to talk to her and tell her how good she was and, like, you were going to pretend to be so casual like you didnt even know her name. SL: We always wanted to thread that needle. This has been really fascinating. SL: Yet, watching it now, you dont feel like its old-fashioned, or you feel like the technology is old-fashioned but the emotions are real and the story, you can follow. Evan has a therapist who asks him to write letters to himself. Theres something about this story. Dear Evan Hansen tells the story of a high school student suffering from extreme social anxiety whose desperate desire for acceptance leads him into a web of lies following the tragic death of a . Sometimes, people will say, Is it a show about death? I always say, Its absolutely not. Thats not going to work. Right, and not even then because you start looking up things. I dont know how old you are, but it was mind-blowing, and I went a dozen times. 21 terms. SL: Yes. His life is compounded by the fact that he has social anxiety, although I think we have found that people look at him and bring their own problems to him. VOX teens experienced a matinee performance of "Dear Evan Hansen" at the Fox Theatre, thanks to the generosity of VOX community partners Most Valuable Kids of Greater Atlanta and Broadway in Atlanta. It actually took me a couple of years of watching the show every night to really understand her plight. 3. Were on Apple Podcast, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more, or just visit recode.net/podcasts for more. How did you glom on to this idea, because at the center of most shows, its the human heart essentially, but this really does the trends of the day do matter here in terms of whats happening to us is becoming a lack of interconnectedness? Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. How do you feel like you can work into that, because he sells fake news? Have they had their social media horror shows yet or not? With its Broadway debut, "Dear Evan Hansen" took the world by storm, going on to win the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Essentially, this other boy, Connor Murphy, ends up through a strange series of circumstances taking the letter from Evan, and later offstage, Connor ends up killing himself, and the only thing that his parents find on his person is this letter to Dear Evan Hansen. Do see it, and see that beneath the faade, were all searching for the same things. The pillar of internet free speech seems to be everyones target. That is cool. An interesting thing is he started with Rent in a lot of ways. SM: I think the power of live theater is very potent, especially with a tale like this. What were you going for to create that feeling of being on the phone or being assaulted by media? 24. Dear Evan Hansen. Summary. That's the big, like, that's number one: be yourself. He is the son of Heidi and Mark Hansen. Giving a speech at Connor's memorial assembly, Evan soon shoots to fame, the Connor Project growing after his speech is put online, many people empathizing with Evan's words. It was interesting, too, because the show opened on Broadway right after the election. A Note to Readers: This article contains significant plot points and spoilers from "Dear Evan Hansen" as they relate to teen mental health. SM: Im still new to social media, so I dont think I can do that. Doesnt this acquaint? Its like somebody without skin. If youre not that private, thats why you have that many and stuff like that. - The fourth letter in "Sincerely, Me" and the final letter of the first act. SL: Exactly. Well, something, and thats your weapon. You cant keep doing that. I see that with even the show This is Us on NBC. Despite its Broadway credentials, "Dear Evan Hansen" hits screens faced with an inherent tension: Can its songs and cast, led by Ben Platt reprising his Tony-winning role, overcome the . We want some cause for what theyre learning, the things. Can you talk about that idea of do you think he pays enough for what hes done, or does he have to pay? There is nothing else. I think not just in my family but every family. Section 230, the internet law the Supreme Court could change, explained. If you haven't seen the show, it's the story of how a teen's viral lie winds up revealing large, prickly truths to the people involved in the falsehood. I think thats what makes it special. Its got to be something else. SL: It does feel like there is something, especially with younger people wanting something unique and something you can touch. SL: It had been off Broadway last season at Second Stage Theatre, and then it had been in D.C. at the Arena Stage the summer before. Right, and theyre all telling each other stories that arent true, which I think is fascinating. SL: Yes, and theyve gotten to that point that a lot of parents get to with their troubled child, where your affection for them has begun to even go away or you dont know what to do. I think that we do like to say that the story could have happened in ancient Greece. - The third letter in "Sincerely, Me". It will be its own thing. One of the most compelling musical films that relates to neurodiversity and social anxiety is Dear Evan Hansen, a 2021 adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical about an isolated high school senior who becomes the motivational force behind a campaign for mental health awareness following the suicide of a fellow student.. The teens are doing revenge porn like Evan. Social media proved its relevance outside of establishing the modern setting as the speech goes viral all over the internet, an important plot point expressed beautifully across the digital . Okay. Evan and Connor both feel like their families don't listen to them. The family needs this story just as much as he does. Its just made me more aware of when Im using technology as a crutch or as a way of avoiding interactions. Thats to me, I think, the difficulty they had is they didnt like him. Ive met Alana a hundred times. I think it goes back to this authenticity. I can only tell you the funny story that we all just do things too quickly, and we make silly mistakes all the time. With Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams. SL: Yes, absolutely, its just never-ending. It was written by Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul. Something we talked about really early on was this was like six years ago, so Facebook and Twitter were really coming into their own, and it felt like whenever there was a natural disaster or a celebrity passed away, there would be the strange public ritual of people going on social media and somehow identifying with the tragedy. Put your phone away. The idea of getting people, especially younger people. The ensemble cast also includes Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani . SM: No, as a matter of fact, we spend a lot of our time trying to get bootleg tapes of it off of YouTube. You just ended up arguing about it, and then you went home. Social media now lets you have People put up that video. Suddenly, sharply, nothing. Available on Cinemax, Prime Video, iTunes, HBO Max, Hulu. Evan Hansen. We happen to have the same director also, but Rent paved the way for skipping some in between, and Next to Normal paved the way for Fun Home. Fun Home, I remember the season of Fun Home was just starting, and I was watching it so closely because I knew if they could tell that story, then there was so much hope that we could tell our story. How about do you feel about this, Steven? Thats the big, like, thats number one: be yourself. SL: It feels like there must be a middle ground, because I do feel like ultimately what is going to separate theater from everything else is not the content. So no hiding. You can only reach so many people. I saw the early versions of it. "Extraordinary. Well, I had to explain the telephone to one of my kids recently, like a payphone because they saw a payphone. You got involved with this, and what were you thinking, Steven? As the performance began, Evan was alone. Evan Hansen, a young man beset by social-anxiety disorder, is ordered by his therapist to write self-addressed motivational letters to himself in order to improve his disposition and communication skills. Today is going to be an amazing day and heres why: because, uh, because today all you have to do is just be yourself. Kara Swisher: Hi, Im Kara Swisher, executive editor of Recode. Book writer Steven Levenson on the power of moral tension---In some ways, "You Will Be Found" is just a moving song. To me, having seen the misery and the depths to which this character falls, I feel by the end that he has paid a terrible price, and he has come out on the other side and realized what he has done. Reader support helps us keep our explainers free for all. Broadway - July 30, 2017. The first performance was in July 2015. Im in my 50s. I was a journalist first. I wouldnt want a device on my head or my eyes to take me away from that. 22. jennyjenrose. I do hope and it seems to occasionally work this way that people are leaving the theater, and at least being more mindful I think of the way that they use technology. The musical premiered in July 2015 in Washington, DC, debuted on Broadway in 2016, and later won six Tony Awards in . I think she is an incredible depiction of contemporary motherhood, whether you're a single mom or not, busy, under pressure, trying . I talked about mistakes.

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