Prop letter used in Dear Evan Hansen
date: label: date made
content: 2010s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Prop letter used in the original Broadway production of the musical Dear Evan Hansen. In the play, anxiety-stricken teenager Evan Hansen writes the letter to himself on the advice of his therapist. When it is taken from the printer by a fellow student, an unexpected chain of events sets the play's plot in motion.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Dear Evan Hansen tells the story of a teenage boy struggling with social anxiety, relationships, and identity in high school. Through a series of misunderstandings and coincidences (aided by social media), Evan gains popularity and purpose leading a campaign to memorialize a classmate who committed suicide, but his newfound identity is based on a lie. The play, written by Steven Levenson with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, premiered at Washington D.C.'s arena stage before moving to Broadway in 2016. At the 71st Tony Awards in 2017, Dear Evan Hansen was nominated for nine and won six awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Actor in a Musical for Ben Platt, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Rachel Bay Jones. The show's soundtrack reached number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, making it the best-selling original Broadway cast recording in decades.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Theater
label: Subject
content: High School
label: Subject
content: Health Care
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0033.04
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0033.04
label: accession number
content: 2019.0033
objectType: label: Object Name
content: letter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm