Though its for sure that Broadway in the live sense took a hit that was incomprehensible because of the pandemic, its great to find some re-openings being announced for the coming months. It’s also great to find hits like “In The Heights” and now “Dear Evan Hansen” being made into live film presentations. Universal Pictures has just released their first official trailer of the adaptation of the hit starring Ben Platt and you can enjoy this and more down below.
The Premise: Evan Hansen, a high school student with social anxiety disorder, takes advantage of the suicide of a classmate for his own emotional gain, after accidentally letting a letter he wrote to himself be taken by the classmate, whose family mistakes it for it having been written to Evan by their son.
The Cast:
Ben Platt as Evan Hansen
Julianne Moore as Heidi Hansen
Kaitlyn Dever as Zoe Murphy
Amy Adams as Cynthia Murphy
Danny Pino as Larry Murphy
Colton Ryan as Connor Murphy
Amandla Stenberg as Alana Beck
Nik Dodani as Jared Kleinman
Liz Kate as Gemma
Isaac Cole Powell as Rhys
Avery Bederman as Isabelle
Gerald Caesar as Josh
DeMarius Copes as Oliver
Tommy Kane as Greg
Marvin Leon as Skye
Piercing Ken Thoughts: Whew, that was a really powerful trailer and it found me getting sad during a few parts. The story is a really interesting one if you haven’t read up on it already. “Dear Evan Hansen” was one of the plays that I was interested in seeing during the original Broadway run but time and financials don’t always permit this from happening and well in a few words I missed it. I listened to the soundtrack a few times on Spotify and I really enjoyed it. I liked this trailer and while I don’t generally go to the movies for films like this, having not been in such a setting since February of 2020 might just find me changing this stance since I miss the experience so very much. The aforementioned “In The Heights” will be in some theaters and also on HBO Max so I might give that one a go on the service since I am paying for it after all. Closing up I wonder what you reader thought at the trailer and if the idea of a live film of the story interests you at all. Chime in down below in the comments section. See you next time, be safe.
Official Film Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Evan_Hansen_(film)