Arm cast used in Dear Evan Hansen
date: label: date made
content: November 27, 2018
name: label: Associated Name
content: Trensch, Taylor
label: maker
content: Mortensen, Daniel Scott
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Prop arm cast used in the original Broadway production of Dear Evan Hansen. The white cast is made of woven plastic tape wrapped around a stockinette sleeve and has the name Connor written on it in black marker. The show's creative team decided the actor playing Evan would wear a real cast, applied by wig and hair supervisor Daniel Scott Mortensen at half hour call before every performance and sawed off during intermission. This cast was worn by actor Taylor Trensch in a performance on November 27, 2018.
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
label: Subject
content: social media
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Autumn Smile Broadway LLC through Stacey Mindich
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0033.02
label: accession number
content: 2019.0033
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0033.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cast, arm
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic, cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/2 in x 4 in x 3 in; 29.21 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 4 in x 3 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm