Dear Evan Hansen. Music & lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, book by Steven Levenson. Michael Greif directed. Music Box Theatre, New York.
Very few Broadway musicals are original creations — not based on a previous book, play or movie. Dear Evan Hansen is such a rarity, and a supreme example of the genre.
When Benj Pasek …
In Transit. Book, music & lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth. Directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. Circle in the Square, New York, from December 11, 2016.
In Transit is marketed as the first a cappella musical in Broadway history, but it’s much more than that. With absolutely no instruments involved …