Dear Evan Hansen is coming to the big screen this year, and the first trailer is now out

DEAR EVEN HANSEN is a six-time Tony Award–winning Broadway musical that helped make Ben Platt a star.

Platt is reprising his role for the film, playing Evan Hansen, a socially anxious teenage boy who’s thrust into the spotlight after a lie he tells about the tragic death of a classmate spirals beyond his control.

At the 2017 TONY AWARDS, DEH went home with six awards, including Best Musical and Best Actor for Ben Platt.

Dear Evan Hansen the movie will be released in theaters on Sept. 24. That date is also Platts birthday, when he will turn 28.

From  YOUTUBE/UniversalPictures:

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being A Wallflower, Wonder), the film is written for the screen by the show’s Tony winner Steven Levenson with music and lyrics by the show’s Oscar®, Grammy and Tony-winning songwriting team of Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman). Featuring Grammy winning songs, including the iconic anthem “You Will Be Found,” “Waving Through a Window,” “For Forever” and “Words Fail,” Dear Evan Hansen stars six-time Oscar® nominee Amy Adams, Oscar® winner Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Colton Ryan (Apple TV+’s Little Voice), Nik Dodani (Netflix’s Atypical), DeMarius Copes (Broadway’s Mean Girls) and Danny Pino (NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit).

Susan Saunders 5/19/21