Waving Through a Window: CVRep’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Is a Masterful Musical-Theater Production
As you look at your holiday to-do list, consider giving yourself a gift—a ticket to see Coachella Valley Repertory’s season-opening production. Dear Evan Hansen is theater at its finest!
The book was written by Steven Levenson, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The show won six 2017 Tony Awards, including the award for Best Musical. The London production later won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical.
Director Adam Karsten has put together a marvelously talented cast of 10 performers. The story centers on a high school senior, Evan Hansen (Pierce Wheeler), who lives with his divorced mother, Heidi (Christia Mantzke). Evan is a social misfit who wants to be accepted by others, but lacks the skills to make that happen. He is seeing a therapist and has some form of medication to help ease his anxiety. Evan’s dad left when Evan was 7 and is not involved with them, and Heidi is working a lot and taking classes to improve their life and earn money for Evan to attend college…
…If you love musical theater, as I do, don’t miss this production!
