In ‘Evan Hansen,’ a strong cast and great songs fuel a strange play in which an unforgivable lie becomes almost forgivable.
For the titular high school student at the center of the musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” the trouble, at least at first, is less a fear of deception discovered than an unlikely misunderstanding spinning so out of control that he keeps lying more and more to avoid embarrassment and spare other people’s feelings.
With a book by Steven Levenson and marvelously catchy songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul , the show was a smash hit on Broadway in 2016, winning six Tony Awards including best musical, book and score, as well as a Grammy for its original cast recording. It was also made into a not-particularly-well-received movie last year.
Anthony Norman exudes gut-wrenching anxiety as Evan Hansen. He lies all the time, reflexively, to deflect difficult conversations and to tell people what they want to hear — or, increasingly, what they need to hear. Lili Thomas as Connor’s mom is clearly at the end of her rope, desperate for some retroactive connection to her son, while John Hemphill is closed off and reserved to a fault as Connor’s dad. Evan’s single mom, played with long-suffering bewilderment by Coleen Sexton, is overworked and seldom home, trying her best to help her son without knowing the half of what he’s going through.
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