Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, September 18, nearly six years after opening at the Music Box Theatre, producers announced today.
At closing, the musical will have played 1,678 regular performances and 21 preview performances, making it one of the 50 longest-running Broadway shows in history.
The closing was announced today by producer Stacey Mindich.
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After opening on Broadway on December 4, 2016, Dear Evan Hansen broke multiple box office records at the Music Box and recouped its investment in less than 9 months.
Though once one of Broadway’s hottest tickets, Dear Evan Hansen has seen box office declines since reopening in December following the Covid shutdown. In recent weeks, attendance has often been at 80 of capacity or even lower.
With a book by Steven Levenson , a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and direction by Michael Greif,...
At closing, the musical will have played 1,678 regular performances and 21 preview performances, making it one of the 50 longest-running Broadway shows in history.
The closing was announced today by producer Stacey Mindich.
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After opening on Broadway on December 4, 2016, Dear Evan Hansen broke multiple box office records at the Music Box and recouped its investment in less than 9 months.
Though once one of Broadway’s hottest tickets, Dear Evan Hansen has seen box office declines since reopening in December following the Covid shutdown. In recent weeks, attendance has often been at 80 of capacity or even lower.
With a book by Steven Levenson , a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and direction by Michael Greif,...
- 6/7/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Stranger Things actor Gaten Matarazzo will return to Broadway this summer in the Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. Beginning July 19, Matarazzo will play the role of Jared Kleinman in the long-running musical.
The casting was announced today by producer Stacey Mindich. Dear Evan Hansen is playing at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre.
“Words could never express how truly honored I am to be a part of this company,” Matarazzo said in a statement. “This show has taught me so much about myself and to be able to participate in any capacity, let alone on Broadway, makes me want to melt. I am ecstatic to be back on stage and eternally grateful for the opportunity.”
Matarazzo made his Broadway debut in the 2011 production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and returned for Les Misérables in 2014.
Also joining the Dear Evan Hansen cast on July 19 are Ann Sanders as Cynthia Murphy,...
The casting was announced today by producer Stacey Mindich. Dear Evan Hansen is playing at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre.
“Words could never express how truly honored I am to be a part of this company,” Matarazzo said in a statement. “This show has taught me so much about myself and to be able to participate in any capacity, let alone on Broadway, makes me want to melt. I am ecstatic to be back on stage and eternally grateful for the opportunity.”
Matarazzo made his Broadway debut in the 2011 production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and returned for Les Misérables in 2014.
Also joining the Dear Evan Hansen cast on July 19 are Ann Sanders as Cynthia Murphy,...
- 5/25/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jordan Fisher, who was playing the title role in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway when the Covid pandemic shutdown hit in March 2020, will return to the role when the musical reopens at the Music Box Theatre on December 11.
Producer Stacey Mindich said Monday that casting for the show’s three productions — Broadway, London and the North American tour — will pick up where the shows left off before the pandemic. In addition to Fisher, Sam Tutty, an Oliver Award-winner for his performance as Hansen, will return to the show when it reopens in London at the Noël Coward Theatre on October 26, and Stephen Christopher Anthony will return to the role when the North American tour relaunches on December 7 in Greensboro, Nc.
In addition to Fisher, the returning Broadway company will include all cast members who were there at the time of the shutdown: Gabrielle Carrubba, Jessica Phillips, Christiane Noll, David Jeffery,...
Producer Stacey Mindich said Monday that casting for the show’s three productions — Broadway, London and the North American tour — will pick up where the shows left off before the pandemic. In addition to Fisher, Sam Tutty, an Oliver Award-winner for his performance as Hansen, will return to the show when it reopens in London at the Noël Coward Theatre on October 26, and Stephen Christopher Anthony will return to the role when the North American tour relaunches on December 7 in Greensboro, Nc.
In addition to Fisher, the returning Broadway company will include all cast members who were there at the time of the shutdown: Gabrielle Carrubba, Jessica Phillips, Christiane Noll, David Jeffery,...
- 9/20/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
After a run of about 15 minutes, Duck Commander Musical has announced a quick closing at the Rio in Las Vegas. Based on Willie and Korie Robertson’s 2012 book about the Louisiana family and the franchise built on its A&E Network series Duck Dynasty, the bio-revue was the brainchild of Broadway’s Dodger Productions (Jersey Boys) and was staged by Jeff Calhoun (Newsies). The show’s book is by Asa Somers, and the score, by Steven Morris, Robert Morris and Joe Shane, ranges…...
- 5/4/2015
- Deadline TV
Tony Award-Nominated Smash star Brian d'Arcy James will star in a closed developmental reading of playwrightcomposer Asa Somers' new rock musical, Something As Big As This, July 2. The star-studded cast includes Emma Hunton Rent, Spring Awakening, Jenn Colella Urban Cowboy, High Fidelity, Preston Sadleir Next to Normal, Kingsley Leggs Sister Act, Color Purple, Benjamin Schrader Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, Wayne Duvall Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, O Brother, Where Art Thou, F. Michael Haynie Carrie, Dogfight, Jared Zirilli Lysistrata Jones, Wicked, Dennis Holland The Music Man, Elyse Knight, Naama Potok and Broadway and screen veteran Joyce van Patten.
- 7/2/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Tony Award-Nominated Smash star Brian d'Arcy James will star in a closed developmental reading of playwrightcomposer Asa Somers' new rock musical, Something As Big As This, July 2. The star-studded cast includes Emma Hunton Rent, Spring Awakening, Jenn Colella Urban Cowboy, High Fidelity, Preston Sadleir Next to Normal, Kingsley Leggs Sister Act, Color Purple, Benjamin Schrader Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, Wayne Duvall Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, O Brother, Where Art Thou, F. Michael Haynie Carrie, Dogfight, Jared Zirilli Lysistrata Jones, Wicked, Dennis Holland The Music Man, Elyse Knight, Naama Potok and Broadway and screen veteran Joyce van Patten.
- 6/20/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Broadway production "Next to Normal" has taken its show on the road and Zap2it had the distinct privilege of attending the national tour's opening night (Sunday, Nov. 28) at Downtown Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theater.
The evening's list of attendees was a who's who of stage, screen and TV favorites including Pierce Brosnan (seated directly in row in front of us), "Glee's" Teenage Dream Darren Criss and Jenna Ushkowitz, Seth Cohen -- er -- Adam Brody ("The Oc"), adorable Amanda Seyfried of "Mean Girls" fame (yes, and "Dear John", "Mamma Mia" etc. etc., but she'll always affectionately be Karen with the "fifth sense" to us), Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sarah Hyland of "Modern Family," Greg Berlanti (creator of "Brothers & Sisters"), Camryn Manheim ("The Practice"), Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Chad Lowe, Peter MacNicol ("Grey's Anatomy," "Ally McBeal") and "Next to Normal's" Tom Kitt (music...
The evening's list of attendees was a who's who of stage, screen and TV favorites including Pierce Brosnan (seated directly in row in front of us), "Glee's" Teenage Dream Darren Criss and Jenna Ushkowitz, Seth Cohen -- er -- Adam Brody ("The Oc"), adorable Amanda Seyfried of "Mean Girls" fame (yes, and "Dear John", "Mamma Mia" etc. etc., but she'll always affectionately be Karen with the "fifth sense" to us), Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sarah Hyland of "Modern Family," Greg Berlanti (creator of "Brothers & Sisters"), Camryn Manheim ("The Practice"), Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Chad Lowe, Peter MacNicol ("Grey's Anatomy," "Ally McBeal") and "Next to Normal's" Tom Kitt (music...
- 12/1/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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