Dear Evan Hansen: Pay us 20 pounds and we'll watch the movie

In this episode, we discuss Pasek and Pauls's Dear Evan Hansen. We talk about the battle zone that was the 2017 Tony Awards, the commodification of the show and give our opinions on how we would fix it.

LINKS:

Pasek and Paul Winning the Jonathan Larson Grant:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Pasek-and-Paul-Among-Winners-of-Jonathan-Larson-Awards-20070216

The Washington Post article about its origins

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/dear-evan-hansen-the-trail-of-a-musical-comet/2017/06/06/bff6d580-4579-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html

Reviews

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/dear-evan-hansen-radiates-charm-and-wit-and-thats-no-lie/2015/08/03/9a263ee4-390b-11e5-8e98-115a3cf7d7ae_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/theater/review-dear-evan-hansen-puts-a-twist-on-teenage-angst.html

https://deadline.com/2016/12/dear-evan-hansen-ben-platt-broadway-review-1201863651/

https://ew.com/theater/2016/02/04/dear-evan-hansen-ew-stage-review/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/dear-evan-hansen-review-952531/

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/theater/dear-evan-hansen-review.html

2017 tony awards

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-tony-awards-nominees-winners-list-2017-story.html

https://www.goldderby.com/article/2017/tony-awards-best-musical-battle-between-dear-evan-hansen-and-come-from-away/

https://nypost.com/2017/05/02/our-bets-for-the-2017-tony-race/

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/jun/09/tony-awards-2017-winners-predictions-broadway-bette-midler

Synopsis

https://playbill.com/production/dear-evan-hansenmusic-box-theatre-2016-2017

The cast recording

https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/dear-evan-hansen-cast-album-release-date_79141.html/

https://www.playbill.com/article/stream-dear-evan-hansens-requiem-ahead-of-album-release

https://www.playbill.com/article/must-listen-check-out-a-track-from-the-dear-evan-hansen-cast-album

https://ew.com/theater/2017/02/20/dear-evan-hansen-billboard-200-chart-debut/

https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/cast-albums/

https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/katy-perry-re-recorded-dear-evan-hansen-song-waving-through-a-window-listen-8482727/

Washington Post on why the kids love it

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/why-dear-evan-hansen-is-climbing-the-broadway-box-office-charts/2017/03/02/38aa0680-fd15-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html

Donating to museums

https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/dear-evan-hansen-donates-items-musical-national-museum-american-history

Academic literature around it

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/9/2/68

https://derekebaird.medium.com/fansens-are-waving-through-a-window-exploring-the-dear-evan-hansen-fan-phenomenon-b7673c3e48c1

https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/321/

The Book

https://www.playbill.com/article/a-novel-adaptation-of-dear-evan-hansen-will-be-released-in-october

https://www.advocate.com/books/2019/1/31/dear-evan-hansen-novel-queer-ghost-comes-out-and-saves-lives#toggle-gdpr

https://fangirlfury.com/2018/10/24/broadway-to-book-dear-evan-hansen-review/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35231460-dear-evan-hansen

Selling crypto

https://www.thegamer.com/dear-evan-hansen-roblox-bored-ape-yacht-club-mental-health/

https://twitter.com/DearEvanHansen/status/1522244982043684864?s=20

First criticism

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/19/pop-psychology-onstage-in-dear-evan-hansen

https://slate.com/culture/2017/06/the-dissembling-liar-at-the-center-of-broadway-hit-dear-evan-hansen.html