What is Dear Evan Hansen?
{{Infobox musical | name = Dear Evan Hansen | subtitle = | image = DearEvanposter.png | image_size = | caption = Broadway promotional poster | music = [[Benj Pasek]]<br>[[Justin Paul]] | lyrics = [[Benj Pasek]]<br>[[Justin Paul]] | book = [[Steven Levenson]] | basis = | setting = | premiere_date = July 10, 2015 | premiere_location = [[Arena Stage]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] | productions = 2015 [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]<br/>2016 [[Off-Broadway]]<br/>2016 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]<br/>2018 US Tour<br/>2019 [[West End Theatre|West End]] | awards = <!-- Please do not include production-specific (acting, directing, etc.) awards --> [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]<br/>[[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical]]<br> [[Tony Award for Best Original Score]]<br>[[Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album]]<br/>[[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics]]<br/>[[Obie Award]] for Musical Theatre<br>[[Drama League Award]] for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Production<br>[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical]]<br>[[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Original Score or New Orchestrations]] }} == ''Dear Evan Hansen'' == '''''Dear Evan Hansen''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]]. The music and lyrics were written by [[Benj Pasek]] and [[Justin Paul]]<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Review: 'Dear Evan Hansen' Puts a Twist on Teenage Angst|first=Charles|last=Isherwood|date=May 1, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/theater/review-dear-evan-hansen-puts-a-twist-on-teenage-angst.html}}</ref> ([[Steven Levenson]] wrote a [[Book (musical)|book]] based on the musical). The first performance was in July 2015. It was at the [[Arena Stage]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. It opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in December 2016 at the [[Music Box Theatre]]. It won six awards at the [[71st Tony Awards]]. Two of them were the [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]] and [[Tony Award for Best