If you’ve watched the Dear Evan Hansen movie or musical, you may have asked yourself: Is Dear Evan Hansen a true story? And if so, who is it based on?
'Dear Evan Hansen' by Val Emmich $13.97 Buy Now Platt reprised his role as Evan Hansen in the 2021 movie adaptation of the musical, which also starred Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever and Amandla Stenberg. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Platt revealed that the movie version of Dear Evan Hansen features a slightly different ending than musical. For me, the most exciting change is the third act of the film.
Steven Lenson, who wrote the musical, also explained that the show’s focus on social media came from early discussions with the writing team. “We all [noticed] a really fascinating, bizarre phenomenon of public grieving [on social media]. Whenever a celebrity would die or something really tragic would happen, there was this outpouring online of people kind of making it about themselves,” he said.