Hit Broadway Musical 'Dear Evan Hansen' Goes From The Stage To The Page
The 2016 hit musical and the new young adult novel track the story of a misfit high school senior -- Evan Hansen -- who gets caught in a lie about being the best friend of a classmate he hardly new who takes his own life.
The 2016 Broadway hit and Tony Award-winning musical “Dear Evan Hansen” is now a young adult novel. The musical, and now the book, track the story of a misfit, woebegone high school senior — Evan Hansen — who gets caught in a lie about being the best friend of a classmate he hardly knew who takes his own life.
Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks to the show’s creators Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson, as well as Val Emmich (@ValEmmich), who wrote the novel with Pasek (@benjpasek), Paul (@heyitsjustin) and Levenson (@Steven_Levenson).
Book Excerpt: ‘Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel’
by Sara Farizan
I made my exit.
Better to burn out, right,
