Everything you need to know about the West End production of Dear Evan Hansen

Posted on (Updated on 28 Apr 2020)
Dear London theatre fans, The **official West End premiere date** for *[**Dear Evan Hansen**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3106/dear-evan-hansen-tickets.aspx)*, as well as its **on-sale date**, have finally been announced after nearly a year since the [**news first broke out**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/a-west-end-production-of-dear-evan-hansen-is-in-the-works) that the musical would be transferring to the London theatre stage. The Tony Award-winning musical is set to open in London's West End at the [**Noel Coward Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/108/noel-coward-theatre.aspx) on **Tuesday, 19 November 2019** with **previews beginning as early as Tuesday, 29 October 2019**.
🎫 Tickets to *Dear Evan Hansen* are [**on sale now**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3106/dear-evan-hansen-tickets.aspx). Be sure to book sharpish and read our **Everything You Need To Know Guide** **on *Dear Evan Hansen*** below.


When is Dear Evan Hansen coming to London?

<p><span style="color:#000000">The wait is finally&nbsp;over! Smash-hit Broadway musical&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;has&nbsp;transferred&nbsp;to the West End last&nbsp;autumn. Previews for&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;began&nbsp;on 29 October 2019 and the show&#39;s&nbsp;official opening night was held on&nbsp;19 November 2019. The show is now booking until 17 October 2020 after theatres are expected to reopen due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.</span></p>

<br/> Where to buy Dear Evan Hansen tickets London?

<p><span style="color:#000000"><em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;tickets can be purchased at&nbsp;affordable prices via London Theatre Direct&#39;s safe and secure booking. Given that Broadway tickets for&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;sell out incredibly fast, you&#39;ll certainly want to be among the first to&nbsp;<strong>get a hold of your West End&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;tickets</strong>.</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3106/dear-evan-hansen-tickets.aspx"><em><strong>Dear Evan Hansen</strong></em><strong>&nbsp;London musical tickets</strong></a><span style="color:#000000"><strong>&nbsp;</strong>are on sale now at affordable prices! Theatre fans are encouraged to&nbsp;<strong>book early to avoid disappointment</strong>. Better safe than sorry!</span></p> <div style="background:#eee; border:1px solid #ccc; padding:5px 10px"><span style="color:rgb(84, 84, 84)">🎫&nbsp;<a href="https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/3106/dear-evan-hansen-tickets.aspx"><strong>Book your&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;Noel Coward Theatre tickets here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></span></div>

<br/> What are the best seats for Dear Evan Hansen?

<p><span style="color:#000000">Like many, you&#39;re probably wondering,&nbsp;<strong>&quot;What are the best seats at the Noel Coward Theatre?&quot;</strong>&nbsp;This is why we have taken out all the guesswork for you so that when it comes time to&nbsp;<strong>beat the&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;booking frenzy</strong>, all you&#39;ll need to do is point, click and check out!</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000"><strong>The best seats to see&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;at the Noel Coward Theatre</strong>&nbsp;can be found in the Stalls in the centre of Rows F and G, which offer unbeatable views that&nbsp;will allow you to fully appreciate the show&#39;s elaborate set design. Five or six rows back from the front of the Stalls is&nbsp;what you should aim for. The front row of the Dress Circle is another fantastic option for this grand scale musical.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">If you are looking for&nbsp;<strong>budget seats for&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em></strong>, then look no further than the Upper Circle, which boasts&nbsp;<strong>cheap ticket prices</strong>&nbsp;and decent views nonetheless. However, if you would like to avoid leaning over the safety rail and prefer a little more legroom, try the rear of the Stalls, which are generally offered at a&nbsp;<strong>discounted price</strong>!</span></p>

<br/> What is Dear Evan Hansen about?

<p><span style="color:#000000"><em>Dear Evan Hansen tells the tale of a teenager, now a Senior in high school, who is plagued with major social anxiety and has just one friend.&nbsp;In order to make new friends during his final year in high school, Evan&#39;s mother suggests asking his classmates to sign the cast on his arm, which he broke while climbing a tree in the summer. Meanwhile,&nbsp;his therapist recommends he keep a diary in which he writes letters to himself listing the positives of that day in order to mitigate his high anxiety problem. Unfortunately, this task leads to a misunderstanding that throws Evan right in the middle of a tragedy. That being said, he slowly starts gaining new friends as a result. But will he manage to keep up this momentum?</em></span></p>

<br/> Will Dear Evan Hansen make me cry?

<p><span style="color:#000000">So what&#39;s the sitch? Should theatregoers bring tissues to Dear Evan Hansen?</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">Probably.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">Those fortunate enough to have seen the Broadway play have admitted to shedding a tear or two. Some audiences have even claimed of sobbing relentlessly. Regardless of just how much&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;will make you cry, there is no&nbsp;denying that&nbsp;a highly emotional musical with many sad moments is at play here. The song, &#39;You Will Be Found&#39;, in which Evan sings about his loneliness and friendship with Connor, is regarded by many to be the moment when you&#39;ll sob the most.</span></p>

<br/> Will Dear Evan Hansen become a movie?

<p><span style="color:#000000">This has been the burning question for&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;ever since it won a whopping six Tony Awards. The rumours can now be shut down once and for all as a film adaptation of&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;is definitely highly likely. The film rights to the&nbsp;<strong>Benj Pasek</strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Justin Paul</strong>&nbsp;musical were reported last autumn as having been acquired by Universal Pictures.&nbsp;<strong>Ben Platt</strong>, who originated the role on Broadway and whose performance earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor, is allegedly in early talks to reprise his role for the silver screen. Platt&#39;s father,&nbsp;<strong>Marc Platt</strong>, together with&nbsp;<strong>Adam Siegel</strong>&nbsp;are&nbsp;also said to be producing the adaptation with&nbsp;<strong>Steven Levenson</strong>&nbsp;set to pen the screenplay. The Broadway musical&#39;s lyricists, Pasek and Paul, will serve as executive producers for the major motion picture.</span></p>

<br/> Who is starring in the London premiere of Dear Evan Hansen?

<p><span style="color:#000000">The cast for West End transfer of&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;stars <strong>Sam Tutty</strong> as Evan Hansen, <strong>Lucy Anderson</strong> as Zoe Murphy, <strong>Rebecca McKinnis</strong> as Heidi Hansen,<strong> Lauren Ward</strong> as Cynthia Murphy, <strong>Doug Colling</strong> as Connor Murphy, <strong>Rupert Young</strong> as Larry Murphy, <strong>Jack Loxton</strong> as Jared Kleinman, and <strong>Nicole Raquel Dennis</strong> as Alana Beck.</span></p>

<br/> Who are the creatives for the West End production of Dear Evan Hansen?

<p><span style="color:#000000">The full creative team from the Broadway production of&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;have reunited for the London theatre premiere production. The show is&nbsp;directed by Tony-nominated director&nbsp;<strong>Michael Greif&nbsp;</strong>and&nbsp;features choreography by&nbsp;<strong>Danny Mefford</strong>, musical supervision by&nbsp;<strong>Alex Lacamoire</strong>, scenic design by&nbsp;<strong>David Korins</strong>, projection design by&nbsp;<strong>Peter Nigrini</strong>, costume design by&nbsp;<strong>Emily Rebholz</strong>, lighting design by&nbsp;<strong>Japhy Weideman</strong>, and sound design by&nbsp;<strong>Nevin Steinberg</strong>.</span></p>

<br/> What are the best songs from Dear Evan Hansen?

<p><span style="color:#000000">The best songs from the&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;soundtrack are widely considered to be &#39;You Will Be Found&#39;, which closes Act 1, &#39;Waving Through a Window&#39;, &#39;Sincerely, Me&#39;, &#39;For Forever&#39; and &#39;Requiem&#39;. The original Broadway Cast Recording for&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>&nbsp;is available on online music retail stores and streaming platforms, including Spotify.</span></p> <p><span style="color:#000000">Give the soundtrack a listen and get ready for a fund night out in London with&nbsp;<em>Dear Evan Hansen</em>!</span></p>

<br/> When did Dear Evan Hansen come out?

<p><span style="color:#000000">The musical<em> Dear Evan Hansen </em>received its&nbsp;<strong>world premiere at New York City&#39;s Music Box Theatre</strong>&nbsp;back in December 2016 and&nbsp;Londoners have been on their knees begging for a transfer after the show&#39;s phenomenal success on Broadway.</span></p>


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