Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, will be at Artscape next year and is expected to thrill audiences from February 12 to March 9, 2025.
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This brand-new reimagined production of Dear Evan Hansen is an empowering experience for anyone who has ever felt like they are on the ‘outside, always looking in.’
The Huffington Post describes Dear Evan Hansen as ‘absorbing, wrenching, heartbreaking, and exhilarating’ for its personal and contemporary perspective on life and the way we live it.’
This is a show that immediately captures your attention, enchants you with its characters and songs, transports you through emotional turmoil, and leaves you cheering and wanting more.’
Dear Evan Hansen, which won six Tony Awards (including Best Musical), a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album, and an Olivier Award for Best Musical, has a book by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson (Fosse/Verdon) and a score by Grammy, Tony, and Academy Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dogfight, La La Land, The Greatest Showman).
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Evan Hansen has always felt invisible. However, when a tragic event shocks him and his community, this socially awkward high school student finds himself at the centre of a rapidly evolving controversy and spiralling complex situation.
When given the chance of a lifetime to finally ‘belong,’ Evan unintentionally seizes the opportunity to carve out an important role for himself by not telling the whole truth.
He grows from a ‘nobody’ to the central character in a heartbreaking drama that delves into adult themes such as mental health, loneliness, and the human need for connection. As the truth emerges, Evan confronts his web of lies and how it has affected those around him.
‘We are delighted to co-produce a non-replica version of this internationally acclaimed musical with How Now Brown Cow Productions,’ says Hazel Feldman from Showtime Management.
‘From the set to the design elements including costumes, lighting and sound to the top-class creative team and soon-to-be announced multi-talented cast, Dear Evan Hansen combines the finest South African talents on and off stage to tell a compelling, sensitive and endearing story set to moving show-stopping songs.’
Greg Karvellas (Director), Charl-Johan Lingenfelder (Musical Supervisor), Niall Gryphon (Set, Lighting, and Costume Designer), Kurt Haupt (Musical Director), Louisa Talbot (Choreographer), and David Classen (Sound Designer) make up the musical’s creative team.
The production team also includes Shelly Lothian (Resident Director), Alistair Kilbee (Technical Director), and Frances Moerdyk.
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‘We are thrilled to be partnering with Hazel Feldman and her dynamic Showtime Management Team to bring this multi -award-wining, moving and powerful story to South Africa. We can’t wait to welcome you to experience this relevant and relatable piece of musical theatre!’ say Julie-Anne McDowell and Daniel Galloway of How Now Brown Cow Productions.
Dear Evan Hansen is a powerful ‘drama musical’ about the human experience as we know it.
The plot explores universal themes such as acceptance and the complexities of growing up, navigating the highs and lows, challenges and temptations, laughter and heartbreak of adolescence and adulthood.
Tickets are available on the Showtime website.
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