Evan Hansen. Right, and theyre all telling each other stories that arent true, which I think is fascinating. SL: Sorry, I dont think its retro. You can find more episodes of Recode Decode anywhere you listen to a podcast. FLIP HTML5 is a Interactive html5 digital publishing platform that makes it easy to create interactive digital publications, including magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Sometimes, lessons were learned, and youre like, Oh.. We know that because we hear from them. We accept credit card, Apple Pay, and SL: Even though the show isnt explicitly this, it feels like its from Evans point of view, I think, in a lot of ways. Sep 23, 2019 - Explore Abby Gallegos's board "Monologues" on Pinterest. New York, NY, Linda Ray He goes back to school. SM: I think if we want people to relate to the show, then the idea really is that I always said, If every mother in that audience doesnt ultimately want to hug Evan, then were not doing the right thing. We want everyone to essentially be kind and feel a warmth about our show. We have people from the age Well, we werent able to take people, I think, under the age of 18, but these people are from the age of 18 to the age of 80, from all over the country and actually all over the world, and theyre in our show. I think people are hungering to feel a part of a community, and to be sitting in an audience with other people. . YouTube is the beginning. I had Jeffrey Sellers and Richard Hamilton on, and Ive been fascinated with theater my whole life. Thats what was strong about this, was it? We are all looking and seeing how much fun everything else is thats happening. SL: Exactly, and then what we wanted to avoid was ever commenting on the technology, but rather allowing it to be part of the fabric of the story, exactly, because we dont comment on the fact that were on our phones all the time as were on our phones all the time, but its become our way of being in the world. I do think you should get some of it a little bit online, because I think certain parts of it are really resonant in this age, and really talk about things in a really fair way. That meant that we would have to find some way to communicate the ubiquity of technology as it is in our lives into this story. Some of them are still about something fantastical, but theyre so much more rooted in reality. I think that was really what I took away from it, and its interesting that Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook did a 6,000-word essay about this, essentially saying that the solution to an over-Facebook of the world is more Facebook. So you heard TikToks being banned. Were here talking with Stacey Mindich and Steven Levenson, the producer and book writer of Dear Evan Hansen, the hit musical about a high school student with social anxiety disorder and social media problems. Essentially, what ends up happening is theres Evan Hansen on the one hand and there is another boy, named Connor Murphy, who has his own complicated relationship with his parents and his own inner turmoil. Not anymore. The national tour of Dear Evan Hansen plays Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 2 PM and 8 PM, and Sundays at 1 PM and 6:30 PM through March 5 at the Eccles Theatre (131 South Main Street, Salt Lake City). Were on Apple Podcast, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Stitcher, SoundCloud and more, or just visit recode.net/podcasts for more. He lacks friends. Other sets by this creator. He begins to type. SL: Then there are a lot of expressionistic approaches to the internet, which is like fractured images and text. But would you have plans to do that, to have a digital version of it after? Its so funny when youre looking up things, like, What is that, or what is that? I was at a party the other night, and someones like, What do you think happened in his first night? If only we had a device that we can search and find things out, but then I remember dinner parties where you just didnt know. The most iconic track from the musical remained, while some of the new songs are used to flesh out supporting characters. Evan was the beginning of our story. Maybe that does feel retro, but its something that people are missing. Whats been interesting to me is there is something about these characters in this world that, especially young people, really want to engage with. Each of you take one and talk about what they mean and what youre trying to do. Where else do you actually have to put your phone away? On Broadway. Like its central character, Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel is a bit of a lovable misfit: a rare instance of a hit Broadway musical being adapted for the page. VOX teens experienced a matinee performance of "Dear Evan Hansen" at the Fox Theatre, thanks to the generosity of VOX community partners Most Valuable Kids of Greater Atlanta and Broadway in Atlanta. It just continues. It is. I was expecting that. When we announce a new block of tickets on sale, we give the fans a two-hour heads up, because as you said, it is hard to sell tickets, and that hurts us in some ways. SM: It gives him something fun to do too. Stacey, why dont you start talking about that idea of how you create an analog experience of just one place and mostly New York City or wherever to reach audiences, especially young ones? This show is really depicting the way we live in America now, the way we are at our breakfast tables with our families. If you haven't seen the show, it's the story of how a teen's viral lie winds up revealing large, prickly truths to the people involved in the falsehood. SM: But in 25 years, they may have all been over and done with that panic. Being as authentic as possible, realistic, organic, the way that you can depict things on the stage, the projections we have on our show are not something you would have seen in a show even two or three years ago. Financial contributions from our readers are a critical part of supporting our resource-intensive work and help us keep our journalism free for all. Its a musical about a high school student with social anxiety disorder and social media problems. Not all of them hit. I do think, though, that the weird thing about social media is weve all become high schoolers now. We have a contact list from our website of multiple thousands and thousands and thousands of people that most shows dont have. We havent really made a big deal about it right now, but our key art shows Evans torso with his arm in the cast. It led to offline, which was interesting. Only, I think, every other person who comes there feels that they can relate to the eight characters on the stage. I guess, every Steven Sondheim movie, you feel bad for everybody in it at I mean musical. Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring He is somebody in a world of connections who is completely disconnected and desperate to connect, and also terrifying to connect too. I want to finish up on what do you hope where to go, where it happens, because you definitely, youre very current. I do believe that were going to look back and think, Oh my goodness, projection, that is so old-fashioned. I think we have no idea yet what the next thing is going to be. She is surrounded by friends, but really, she doesnt have many. Its about a high school student with a social anxiety disorder and a problem with the internet. Suddenly, sharply, nothing. SM: But its a great symbol of the need for community because she uses knowingly, unknowingly, the experience of Connors death and Evans decision to create the Connor Project, to create a community and a role and a life for herself. It goes wild with people holding up signs that say, #youwillbefound, supporting the Connor Project and Evan, and the idea that this boy made a friend and all of that. You had the memories of when you saw it, when you didnt feel acquainted, but you couldnt revive those feelings. Rent was one of those choices, and Angels in America I would say, probably, are two shows that the conversation had to continue after. Filled with a murderer's row of talented musical actors all chewing into meaty roles while singing their hearts out, Dear Evan Hansen is an ode to sincerity . Right, and not even then because you start looking up things. Well, something, and thats your weapon. Because today, all you have to do is be yourself. Dear Evan Hansen, Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why: because because today, . It is the need to leave the show, and call. I think shes a very important character for some reason, being a mom to SM: Very, very, because she is the one that he comes home to in the end and discovers his, I hope spoiler alerts are okay, but discovers he has something that he didnt realize before. Evan Hansen is the main character in the musical Dear Evan Hansen. Because how you market the shows has changed, the way you sell tickets has changed. SL: Theres going to be a moment when those feel like dinosaurs. What happened in your play is the online frenzy created an offline community of the families and everything else. SL: That was our initial Just thinking about the story, we knew that that was the easy obvious way of doing social media and of telling the story would be to poke fun at our using this technology to post as something that were not, but we felt like that was obvious. Its great to talk to you. The ensemble cast also includes Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani . SM: It did, but for me, immediately, when you tell me that there is a boy who is in trouble, me being who I am at this part of my life, I immediately said, Well then, there has to be a mom. It within moments became a multi-generational piece. You can read some of the highlights from the interview at that link, or listen to it in the audio player below. You just ended up arguing about it, and then you went home. You dont know theyre happy. Then a week later, two of them divorced. You see how this kind of thing can actually happen. His life is compounded by the fact that he has social anxiety, although I think we have found that people look at him and bring their own problems to him. Its the experience.. SL: It feels like what all those fake news things are hitting on is a true emotion that people are feeling. producer and book writer of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.. The unfortunate thing about my kids is both their parents are highly technically literate, and so they cant fool us or anything. Then also, the hashtag, my favorite expression is hashtagavism, that we get these hashtags. I do hope and it seems to occasionally work this way that people are leaving the theater, and at least being more mindful I think of the way that they use technology. One of the things that I think is really striking is despite this awful situation, youre very kind to their characters. We have seen kids leave. What did you use that for?, SM: I had to explain to one of my sons how to actually call someones home, because theyre so used to calling someone directly. They want to continue the story, and they want to embellish the story. Benj and Justin and I were just talking recently about how when we were in high school, we assumed that everybody was having more fun than we were, but now if youre a high school student, you have proof every day that everybody is happier than you are. September 10, 2021. My son had one with a bad video, and it went up. My very last question which I ask everybody, and maybe here well do it a little differently. Summary. I feel like its hard. Dear Evan Hansen has struck a chord with audiences and critics everywhere, including The Washington Post who says Dear Evan Hansen is, "Theatrical magic.One of the most remarkable shows in musical theatre history." The New York Times calls it "a breathtaking knockout of a musical."And NBC Nightly News declares the musical, "an anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond." As the performance began, Evan was alone. This is a very current show, and also just like you said, a traditional story of loneliness. The "Dear Evan Hansen" Trailer Just Dropped, Featuring A Very 27-Year-Old Ben Platt. I was like, Aww.. Its just made me more aware of when Im using technology as a crutch or as a way of avoiding interactions. The new single "Found/Tonight," arranged by Alex . It went from off Broadway, and then you developed it over time, and added to it. Section 230, the internet law the Supreme Court could change, explained. SL: Partly because we see the shows so many times, so we get really granular, and its like, Oh, thats not quite right.. Then you Snapchat though, that was interesting of course I noticed that, of course its Snapchat. Dear Evan Hansen (2021) centers on Evan Hansen (Ben Platt), a high school student with social anxiety disorder whose letter to himself, one that was not meant to be seen by others, lands into the wrong hands of fellow classmate, Connor Murphy (Colton Ryan), who, as a result, commits suicide. Again, it just gives credit to Stevens real knack for credible, authentic characters, because I think that is so true of so many men. This election, fake news everywhere kind of thing, and now the president just uses it as a catch phrase. Exploring grief, mental health struggles and the dangers of social media, the musical was embraced by young people for its honest . Dear, Evan Hansen. Hailey Bieber, Selena Gomez, and the Easter egg-ification of the Hollywood feud, Alex Murdaugh sentenced to two life terms for murdering his wife and son. Its the hot ticket on Broadway right now. Ive seen so much stuff that is very earnest about the show in the way that the stuff about Connors arent. The pillar of internet free speech seems to be everyones target. For 30 years (as of November 2022) Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. I saw it recently, and its about isolation. That process has taken us a long time. Getting back to how you do theater, do you feel good about theater now that people ? DEAR EVAN HANSEN YWBF Mug Regular price $20.00 USD Regular price Sale price $20.00 USD Unit price / per . Whereas if you adapt a musical into a film, or adapt it into a TV series or a VR, then it becomes that. This sends Evan on a journey of self-discovery and . We have parents who come with each other on their theater date night, and they come back and they bring their kids. Dear Evan Hansen is a musical.The music and lyrics were written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Steven Levenson wrote a book based on the musical). Also, don't worry if . Jared is often the voice of the audience, pointing out what were thinking, so he serves a really interesting and useful purpose. Found the image online but it's shown in the book Dear Evan Hansen: Through the Window. Talk about how you got to Dear Evan Hansen which, by the way, I dont want to call it the Hamilton of this season, but it kind of is. People want to feel something. But the idea that we need to get Theres no more offline communities, and were not connected offline anymore. Were talking right now to Stacey Mindich and Steve Levenson, the producer and book writer of the hit show on Broadway, Dear Evan Hansen. When we get back, well talk about where theater is going as we move forward in the digital age. I talk to a lot of entrepreneurs, and I always say, Whats the mistake you made that you could have corrected or that you learned from? I dont mean a learning moment, but its something youd advise people to pay attention to. Perhaps the story of Evan Hansen could fit into that format, but I feel like what we have, the musical Dear Evan Hansen, is just that. He uses it as an art. SM: It is the beauty of the show, I think, and the reason why people do want to talk about it when they leave the theater, that you can interpret it the way you want to. Snapchat didnt exist really. See you, rather. Silence. Oh very much, so no matter what you do People bringing, its like an old Seinfeld episode, remember? Kara Swisher: Hi, Im Kara Swisher, executive editor of Recode. And the father? It turns out to be false, or an advertising or a marketing thing. Today in the red chairs are Stacey Mindich and Steven Levenson, the producer and the book writer of Dear Evan Hansen, which is an amazing musical right now on Broadway. We didnt have Uber. Then, in the darkness, a laptop snaps open. Benj was astounded that basically his whole class identified with it, wrote their college essays about it. Were here today on Recode Decode in New York City, and were talking to Stacy Mindich and Steven Levenson, the producer and book writer of Dear Evan Hansen, which is a show I saw. Platt is certainly not the first adult to play a teenager onscreen, nor is he the first to look his age while . SM: Thats angry old men shaking their fists at the internet. with monologues . SL: For some reason, we always talked about the beginning of Bye Bye Birdie. Do you know that musical, and with the telephone chain, and how that is inextricably links to that technology of just an old-fashioned phone? Dear Evan Hansen Monologue. But its very kind to these people who are struggling to each of them in a different way, which I think is an interesting way to do that. I like to insult him, but hes a genius on Twitter. . It's also come under fire for an irresponsible portrayal of mental health . Dear Evan Hansen:It turns out, this wa. Thats something that I do think is new to social media. I think thats what Evan taps into is, even though what he says isnt true, theres something that feels true about it. Its a beautiful song that Benj and Justin have written. Your director Michael did Rent. I remember when Rent came out. Evan attempts to find the acceptance and love he has been lacking in his life. I think it goes back to this authenticity. Some of them are very funny, but a lot of them are very earnest and horrible in some way, and thats what you do. At the behest of his therapist, Evan, an anxiety-ridden 17-year-old high schooler, writes a pop-psychology pep talk in the form of a . One of our founding members Tom Stevenson gives his rendition of this modern monologue taken from the hit musical Dear Evan Hansen. It feels like the forms are changing but the ideas underneath them are not. The eponymous Evan has been tasked by his therapist with writing pep talk letters to himself to help him visualize success: "Dear Evan Hansen, Today is going to be a great day." I have mixed feelings about filming shows, because you lose something. SL: Totally, and she also represents someone who doesnt believe in privacy. I start Talkbacks now by saying, Were going to keep our Talkback breath, because I know that you want to go home and hug your children, forgive your mother and perhaps download our CD, because that is the universal thing. Just, uh, you knowbe true to yourself. You could see as experienced, everyones got to have the heightened sense of experience all the time. Thats right, and when she gets it, boy, its interesting. It feels like people want Is theater retro? But also be confident. Yeah, I often called it, Twitter, a hellscape. Book sales are going up, and Kindle and eBooks are really being bought by middle-aged people. All monologues are property and copyright of their owners. You do feel in this thing. Music sales now go through individual songs, although, I think, probably cast like theater sale whole much better. Then your other extra characters are also very interesting, like the girl who SL: Alana, who is our voice of social media in a lot of ways. After Evan's parents' divorce, his father moves to Colorado to start a new family, and his mom works constantly and never has time for Evan. jennyjenrose. Dear Evan Hansen: The Movie By Stephen Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Adapted for film by Jack Gorzynski *note: a / means that the line was cut off by the next line. New York, NY, Ages 12-17: Camp Broadway Ensemble @ Carnegie Hall The lies start piling up, especially when Evan has to explain his absence to his single mother Heidi (Julianne Moore). SM: Heidi Hansen, yeah, Evan's mom. Everyones happy on Instagram, and everything is All food is delicious. When you were like that before, you didnt see it, and now you see the entire thing and what everybody else is doing. SM: The father is an interesting nut to crack, because he at first doesnt emote about his pain. Why its so hard to get answers on long Covid. It will be its own thing. I think that is the beauty of Stevens writing. I was like, Oh, theyre going to do another bad Facebook. By the way, Facebook is bad in many ways, and as youre seeing with a lot of things that are happening right now from the murder to the suicides that are happening, not just that but fake news. Chloe? And then she would be like, No, its Zoe. Then last in this section, one of the things thats interesting because you did hit a meme with fake news and things that we think we get so excited about something thats real and genuine. SL: Thats the thing. Its also a very traditional show, if you think about it. You know what I mean? I had someone who is a millennial who was saying, Oh look, Im not as happy as my friends. Im like, Theyre not happy. SL: Yes, and she actually We always try to be careful thats shes never a villain. We have an ad campaign. That was me in high school. Maybe they didnt tell the lie. It gets the people on an analog. Please consider making a one-time contribution to Vox today. He is the son of Heidi and Mark Hansen. . Theres just nowhere except the theater where you really do. Now theyre gone. I wanted that tradition to continue where you have that collective live experience, where the turntable might stop, or just the experience that real actors are acting on their guts and instincts right in front of you. They find their son through him, and then this story snowballs from there. They purposely didnt. Absolutely. SM: It is, although I must say, to me, Hamilton is a movement, a phenomenon, something that is SM: It is. It's a testament to the songwriting prowess of La La Land duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul that Dear Evan Hansen has gotten anywhere. Im in my 50s. I dont know, if you dont live in Silicon Valley, but I, like, oh my God, her.
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