As someone who spends lots of time on social media, I’d heard of the musical Dear Evan Hansen long before it came to London. It tells the story of Evan Hansen, a 17-year-old struggling with social anxiety, whose world is upended when the grieving parents of a fellow high school student who has recently taken his own life come to believe he was their son’s only friend.
Between Broadway and the West End, the show has won numerous awards – among them Tonys for best musical, best book of a musical, best original score; a Grammy for best musical theatre album; and an Olivier for best new musical.
