moment Stage Theatre
Pop score and outcast protagonist hit all the right notes as Benj Pasek and Justin Paul production explores intense issues – and critiques internet culture Can a performance go viral? Ben Platt’s should. As the title character in Dear Evan Hansen,the new musical from Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, he offers acting so precise yet so painfully clear that it should overwhelm the operating systems by which most modern musicals operate.
Platt’s gestures, and his expressions,his phrasing, even his vocal range – which is impressive but tends to lean out toward the top notes – all combine to communicate the fretfulness, and uncertainty and timorous goodness that define his character.
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Source: theguardian.com