Dear Evan Hansen : original Broadway cast recording / music and lyrics by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 558631-2 | Atlantic Recording CorporationPublisher: New York, NY : Atlantic Recording Corporation, [2017]Copyright date: ℗2017Description: 1 audio disc : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Music for (expression): Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway cast)
- Produced by Alex Lacamoire, Justin Paul, Benj Pasek.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | CD | MUSICAL Dear Evan Hansen | Checked out | 06/26/2024 | 33111009047198 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
About a high schooler with social anxiety disorder who takes a troubling route to find human connection, Dear Evan Hansen is a 2015 stage musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, lyricists for Academy Award darling La La Land. Its book was written by Steven Levenson, a writer/producer for TV's Masters of Sex. The show premiered in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2015 and, after some off-Broadway stops, opened at Broadway's Music Box Theatre in December 2016. The Broadway cast album was recorded that same month and stars Ben Platt, who originated the title role. Platt had appeared in the music-themed films Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2, and Ricki and the Flash prior to taking the part, and is also an alumnus of Broadway's The Book of Mormon. His nimble performance does the heavy lifting for the show, with Evan taking part in all but three of the 14 songs (not counting a reprise of "Sincerely, Me" that doesn't appear on the cast recording). A heartfelt song set with lighter and more theatrical moments, the show's cast is accompanied by an eight-piece orchestra led by piano and acoustic guitar. Emotional highlights include Platt's "Waving Through a Window" and "Only Us," a duet with Laura Dreyfuss as Zoe. Following enthusiastic reviews and a strong YouTube presence, Dear Evan Hansen entered the Billboard 200 at number eight upon release in February 2017, the highest debut for a cast recording since Camelot in 1961. (Hamilton: An American Musical eventually climbed higher but debuted at number 12.) ~ Marcy Donelson
Title from disc label.
Performed by the original Broadway cast: Ben Platt, Laura Dreyfuss, Rachel Bay Jones, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Mike Faist, Michael Park, Will Roland, Kristolyn Lloyd.
Produced by Alex Lacamoire, Justin Paul, Benj Pasek.
Book by Steven Levenson.
Libretto and full credits on container insert.
Anybody have a map? (Rachel Bay Jones & Jennifer Laura Thompson) -- Waving through a window (Ben Platt & Original Broadway Cast) -- For forever (Ben Platt) -- Sincerely, me (Mike Faist, Ben Platt & Will Roland) -- Requiem (Laura Dreyfuss, Michael Park & Jennifer Laura Thompson) -- If I could tell her (Ben Platt & Laura Dreyfuss) -- Disappear (Mike Faist, Ben Platt, Kristolyn Lloyd, Will Roland, Jennifer Laura Thompson & Original Broadway Cast) -- You will be found (Ben Platt, Kristolyn Lloyd, Laura Dreyfuss & & Original Broadway Cast) -- To break in a glove (Michael Park & Ben Platt) -- Only us (Laura Dreyfuss & Ben Platt) -- Good for you (Rachel Bay Jones, Kristolyn Lloyd, Will Roland & Ben Platt) -- Words fail (Ben Platt) -- So big/So small (Rachel Bay Jones) -- Finale (Ben Platt & Original Broadway Cast).