Ben Levi Ross (center) as Evan Hansen and the company of the first north American tour of ‘Dear Evan Hansen.’ The Tony Award-winning musical runs at the Curran in San Francisco through Dec. 30.
“DEAR EVAN HANSEN”: A LETTER OF HOPE TO THOSE ON THE OUTSIDE OF LIFE, AT THE CURRAN IN SAN FRANCISCO. High school student Evan Hansen has never been part of the in crowd, never popular, never known. He is road kill on the mean streets of teen-dom until a misdirected and misunderstood letter gives him the chance to finally fit it. A heart-rending look at how it feels to be desperate to belong, and a cautionary tale of how social media giveth and taketh away. Winner of six 2017 Tony Awards including Best Musical and the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, “Dear Evan Hansen” features a book by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson, a score by Grammy, Tony and Academy Award winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman) and direction by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Grief (Rent). Two hours and 30 minutes with one intermission. Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Z7PW44YpM.
STAGE DIRECTIONS AND TICKET INFORMATION. “Dear Evan Hansen” performs at the Curran, 445 Geary St. in San Francisco through Dec. 30. Tickets at (415) 358-1220 or SFCURRAN.com. A digital ticket lottery offers fans the chance to purchase a limited number of $25 tickets available per performance. Visit luckyseat.com/dearevanhansen until 9 a.m. the day before the performance you’d like to see and follow prompts to enter the lottery. Fans who have been selected will be notified daily via email and can then purchase up to two tickets at $25 each. The ticket lottery will continue on a rolling basis for every performance in the engagement. Entrants must be 18 years or older. A valid, non-expired photo ID that matches the name used to enter is required for pickup. Seat locations awarded by the lottery are subject to availability. Additional lottery requirements can be found at luckyseat.com/dearevanhansen.
OH, AND DID YOU KNOW? As of Dec. 12, the show’s anthem “You Will Be Found” has been streamed on YouTube 9,241,043 times. Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSfH2AuhXfw.
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ACCESSIBILITY. The Curran offers tickets in strict accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A number of accessible seats are located in the Orchestra in rows N (on the house left side) and U (on the left and right sides). Patrons may purchase these tickets online and are encouraged to call (415) 358-1220 to determine which seats are most appropriate. Please specify accessibility at the topic of the inquiry and an accessibility expert will respond. Plus-sized patrons may inquire about the location and availability of swing-arm seats in the orchestra as well as freestanding armless seats in the accessible rows. An American Sign Language performance is scheduled for the Dec. 15 matinee; an Open Caption performance is scheduled for the Dec. 23 matinee; an Audio Described performance is scheduled for the Dec. 29 matinee.
A VERY SPECIAL CAST APPEARANCE. The Broadway production of “Dear Evan Hansen” recently celebrated its two-year anniversary with a special donation to the Smithsonian, where the show’s iconic polo shirt and arm cast will now be part of the permanent collection at the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C.
Susan Cohn is a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle and the American Theatre Critics Association. She may be reached at susan@smdailyjournal.com.
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