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Dear Evan Hansen

This post is overdue. Especially since this is the Best New Musical, according to the 2017 Tony Awards. Personally, if you saw my top 10 favorite musicals post, you know DEH is a musical that is near and dear to my heart.

The show is about a teen named Evan, whose anxiety makes him socially anxious. He unintentionally starts drama when he lies to a family that he knew their son, Connor, who killed himself. Evan starts a romance with Connor's sister, Zoe and is "adopted" by the Murphys. The show is just amazing.

Before I get more into it, let me clear some things up. I do not support any ship that people have created from this show such as Evan/Connor, Evan/Jared, nor Zoe/Alana. I don't even like the idea of Evan and Zoe together because it was all under false pretenses. Sure they probably did like each other, but Evan lied to her and her family.
The original Broadway cast:
Ben Platt as Evan Hansen
Rachel Bay Jones as Heidi Hansen
Laura Dreyfuss as Zoe Murphy
Mike Faist as Connor Murphy
Jennifer Laura Thompson as Cynthia Murphy
Michael Park as Larry Murphy
Will Roland as Jared Kleinman
Kristolyn Lloyd as Alana Beck
The cast is amazing. If you have not listened to the cast album, please do. It is so good.

Tracklist:
Act I
1. Anybody Have a Map?
2. Waving Through a Window
3. For Forever
4. Sincerely Me
5. Requiem
6. If I Could Tell Her
7. Disappear
8. You Will Be Found
Act II
1. Sincerely, Me (Reprise)
2. To Break in a Glove
3. Only Us
4. Good For You
5. You Will Be Found (Reprise)
6. Words Fail
7. So Big/So Small
8. Finale
Overall Thoughts:
Favorite Character: Heidi Hansen
Least Favorite Character: Evan Hansen/Connor Murphy
Favorite Song: "Sincerely, Me"/"Waving Through a Window"
Least Favorite Song: "Requiem" only because it makes me sob like the baby I am
Rate Out of 10: 8/10
I love this show so much even though I disagree with a lot of the Tony Awards they won this year. But this show is so important to me because, personally I relate to Evan a lot. But that is maybe for another post. I don't know.

Let me know what you think of the show. Do you think they deserved all of their Tony wins?
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