Dear Evan Hansen – Review
A weird, anxious, and depressed teenager gains notoriety after he’s mistaken as the best friend of a classmate who commits suicide in Dear Evan Hansen. Evan Hansen (Ben Platt) is a lonely teenager, whose mother Heidi (Julianne Moore) is never home due to work. Even is assigned by his psychiatrist to write letters to himself to express his feelings and his latest letter is intercepted by Connor Murphy (Colton Ryan), who is angered by references to his sister Zoe (Kaitlyn Dever), a girl Evan has a secret crush on, with Connor believing that the letter is some sort of cruel joke by Evan. A few days later, Evan is approached by Connor’s mother Cynthia (Amy Adams) and stepfather Larry (Danny Pino), who tells him that Connor committed suicide and they found Evan’s letter in his pocket. Believing Evan to be the best friend they never knew he had, Evan is asked to Connor’s family to share stories of their friendship, while at the same time popular student Alana Beck (Amandla Stenberg) asks Evan’s help to form a charity in Connor’s memory.