Broadway NewsTune in to Watch Dear Evan Hansen Live Q&ASiriusXM will present the town hall special from the Music Box Theatre April 14.
By
Olivia Clement
April 13, 2017
Ben Platt
Joan Marcus
SiriusXM will live stream a Q&A with the cast and creative team of Dear Evan Hansen April 14 from the Music Box Theatre. The town hall special will be filmed in front of an audience and will air on SiriusXM’s Broadway channel.
The Q&A, which will celebrate the successful debut of the show’s original Broadway cast recording, will be presented 1:45–2:45 PM. The cast recording was released digitally February 3 and debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard chart—the highest debut by a cast recording since Camelot in 1961. The album simultaneously debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Broadway Albums.
Immediately following the town hall, audience members will have a chance to get their copy of the album signed by the cast.
Original cast members Ben Platt, Laura Dreyfuss, Rachel Bay Jones, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Mike Faist, Michael Park, Will Roland, and Kristolyn Lloyd will be joined by creators Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson; director Michael Greif; and music supervisor Alex Lacamoire.
Spend a two-show day at Dear Evan Hansen with cast member Roland:
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Spend a Two Show Day at Dear Evan Hansen
Spend a Two Show Day at Dear Evan Hansen
Will Roland shows us what it's like to do a double-duty day at the Music Box Theatre.
33 PHOTOS
Good morning Playbill! It's 10:45 and I am CLEAN!
Now I'm dressed and ready to go. I spy three Dear Evan Hansen hats, and a stack of two DEH notebooks in this picture.
Only a fool embarks on a two-show day without a heart healthy breakfast. Courtesy of the Grand Canyon Diner in Park Slope.
Twelve noon, heading down to the train. It's the weekend, so obviously the trains are totally F'd up (pun 100% intended).
1:05 PM and I've arrived at the Music Box Theatre! Always remember to sign in. Here observe the head of our ASM Kelly pinning notices to our callboard!
Walking up the (seven million flights of) stairs to my dressing room! Don't forget to find emotional reinforcement in the opening night notes from other shows!
Gotta check in with the Bloomingdale's Blue Room upon arrival, sometimes you can find our creative team here hanging out saying hello before a show! (but not today)
I always do a quick check-in with beloved Ben Platt before the show. He's usually listening to a podcast or warming up and I always interrupt because that's the kind of person I am.
Ben's got this super swell windowsill, including all three volumes of my friend Jen's amazing book, The Untold Stories of Broadway, as well as gifts, and a super swell view of the Bernard B. Jacobs theatre!
This is up in the wigs & wardrobe room, and quickly becoming my favorite weird thing in the building.
Many actors lead healthy lives, abstaining from gluten, dairy, meat, caffeine, or other things that might affect their performance. I am not one of those actors.
I love me some honey. And the biggest bottle is available at Costco.
These are my two fave CD's right now. Great pre-show inspiration.
When we head down for places, we find a language lesson waiting for us in the Stage Manager's office. The cast that learns together stays together, I always say.
This is Brian! Brian runs the fly automation. This crazy spaceship that he sits in uses computers to move all the TV's around! The future is cool on Broadway!
Heading down the stairs after "For Forever". Tis the season!
Song's over, and nobody ate their dinner! Frown face!
Mike Faist and I chilling out in my dressing room before heading down for the end of the first act.
Places for the top of Act Two!
Hangin' out with the one and only Jennifer Laura Thompson before we head down for the finale.
First show over! Greeting some friends in the Bloomingdale's Blue Room (tm).
I ate a burger between shows. I'm very full.
A GIFT??!?!?!?!
Playing some Xbox with Michael Park between shows.
We're vegging out with Laura between shows.
This is my mic. My character's name is misspelled.
In costume for Show #2.
Act One is going Well! Patti is LOVING IT!
Spending the last intermission of the week with Asa and Mike in the treehouse that is Mr. Park's dressing room.
Places for Act Two! Last act of the week! This is Paul, he dresses all the boys in the show!
These are our water bottles. Getting ready to go out for Act Two.
That took it out of me. I'm tired. Almost there!!!
About to head down for the last scene! That's two shows! Adios Playbill!!
Next year, Carnegie Hall's house band will perform Bernstein’s “Kaddish” Symphony, unfinished works by Schubert, and the final concert of Conductor Bernard Labadie.
