Dear Evan Hansen first debuted on stage in 2015, and in the years since, it has earned critical acclaim for its heartfelt story and genuine performances. Fans of the stage musical knew that it was ...

"Dear Evan Hansen" has been criticized because Ben Platt is a 27-year-old playing a student. It's also come under fire for an irresponsible portrayal of mental health issues. The film, also ...

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Dear Evan Hansen hits theaters Sept. 24, and its soundtrack comes out the same day. Some songs from the soundtrack are already available for streaming, and these releases aren’t limited to songs ...

There are scathing reviews, and then there are the initial reactions to Dear Evan Hansen, the film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical that premiered last week at the Toronto ...

Five years ago, Ben Platt received rapturous near-universal praise for his work as the protagonist of Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. This month, he’s faced nearly the opposite reaction for ...

Even though it introduces a new crop of fans to its hummable soundtrack, “Dear Evan Hansen” is the perfect example of why not every hit Broadway musical should be made into a movie.

When Dear Evan Hansen premiered on Broadway in 2016, it drew near-universal praise from New York’s theater critics. Ben Platt, playing an anxious teenager who becomes an internet celebrity after ...

Steven Levenson's script has moments of humor, delicacy and feeling. Warning: The flawed but stirring film version of the Broadway smash “Dear Evan Hansen” is not the crime against humanity ...

By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Universal’s Dear Evan Hansen sang off-key in its big-screen debut with a $7.5 million second-place finish as superhero sensation Shang-Chi and the Legend ...

Ben Platt returns in the movie version of the Broadway hit about a lonely teenager who exploits a classmate’s tragedy. transcript The director Stephen Chbosky narrates a sequence from his film ...