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The movie adaptation of Tony-winning Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen will hit theaters on September 24, Universal Pictures said Friday. Ben Platt is reprising his Tony-winning title role alongside Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani, DeMarius Copes and Danny Pino. The…

Roger Berlind, the 25-time Tony-winning producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals ranging from Amadeus, City of Angels and Doubt to The Book of Mormon, Dear Evan Hansen and Mean Girls, has died. He was 90. His family said he died December 18 in Manhattan of cardiopulmonary arrest. During his stunning…

EXCLUSIVE: Isaac Powell, the star of Ivo van Howe's 2020 Broadway revival of West Side Story, has joined the cast of Universal’s Dear Evan Hansen. The project will mark Powell’s feature film debut. Powell will play high school jock Rhys in the feature adaptation of the six-time Tony winning Broadway musical. He joins…

Giant Pictures has acquired North American rights to The Sounding, the feature directing debut of Catherine Eaton. She also co-wrote with Bryan Delaney and stars in the pic, which is shifting release gears from theatrical owing to the pandemic lockdown and now will premiere on-demand nationwide October 20. HBO Europe…

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway original cast Mean Girls actor DeMarius Copes has joined Universal’s feature musical Dear Evan Hansen, we can exclusively report. Copes will be making his feature debut playing Oliver, one of Zoe Murphy’s friends. Zoe is played by previously announced actress Kaitlyn Dever. Copes joins a growing…

Oscar winner Julianne Moore is set to join the ensemble cast of Universal's movie adaptation of the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen, joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams and Amandla Stenberg. The story follows Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the…

EXCLUSIVE: Danny Pino has signed on to join the ensemble of the Universal’s movie adaptation of the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen, joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams and Amandla Stenberg. The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family…

Universal’s big-screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen is about to add some A-list talent. Oscar-nominated actress Amy Adams has signed on to join the ensemble of the studio’s adaptation joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever and Amandla Stenberg. The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social…

EXCLUSIVE: Nik Dodani and Colton Ryan have joined the cast Universal’s Dear Evan Hansen based on the original stage musical play with music and lyrics by Academy Award-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Dodani will play Jared, Evan's enterprising family friend, and Ryan will play Connor, a troubled high school…

Amandla Stenberg has joined the cast of Universal Pictures' Dear Evan Hansen, based on the original stage musical play with music and lyrics by Academy Award-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Stenberg will play Alana, a high school senior whose cheery façade and social-media savvy mask a deeper loneliness and…

We certainly don’t need another reason to wish the coronavirus gone and Broadway back in business, but here’s one anyway: Ben Platt wants to return to the stage. “Hankering,” is the word he uses. “I’m looking at film offers and scripts, but once it's possible,” Platt says, “I'm certainly looking to get back on…

The producer and creators of Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen has donated $100,000 to organizations fighting racism in the theater industry, including $50,000 to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition to sponsor a 2021 continuation of the virtual forums conducted this week. In a statement released on social media, the Hansen team…