#noah kieserman

[bemorekleinman]

happy principal broadway debut to these four lovely people!!

plus some extra gaten (and ann) because I have a little thing called Jared Bias (and look at their little hip bump!!! my heart MELTED)

video source: yay show vids

[nothingunrealistic]

EXCLUSIVE: Stranger Things actor Gaten Matarazzo will return to Broadway this summer in the Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. Beginning July 19, Matarazzo will play the role of Jared Kleinman in the long-running musical.

The casting was announced today by producer Stacey Mindich.  Dear Evan Hansen is playing at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre.

“Words could never express how truly honored I am to be a part of this company,” Matarazzo said in a statement. “This show has taught me so much about myself and to be able to participate in any capacity, let alone on Broadway, makes me want to melt. I am ecstatic to be back on stage and eternally grateful for the opportunity.”

Matarazzo made his Broadway debut in the 2011 production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and returned for Les Misérables in 2014.

Also joining the Dear Evan Hansen cast on July 19 are Ann Sanders as Cynthia Murphy, and from the show’s North American tour, Noah Kieserman as Connor Murphy, and Ciara Alyse Harris as Alana Beck.

[dehpics]

[odamnbrien]

I wanted to contribute something to @sincerely-us's DEH closing tribute, but, unfortunately, I am neither an artistic (in any way, shape, or form), nor a writer.

Still, I couldn't pass on the chance to talk a bit about Connor. The real Connor, not made-up-by-Evan-and-everyone-else-Connor (although he's a delight). Because he's my favorite character. Even if he was only there for a blink-and-you-miss-it moment.

I haven't been in the DEH fandom for long to be exact, just a little over a month (and the show's closing, I have impeccable timing). But when I watched the show (knowing the basic story but none of the character's name), it took me about 5 seconds to fall for Connor, and another 5 to understand that, as my favorite character, he was the one who was doomed to die.

Doomed is not exactly the right word. Connor wasn't doomed, because not everything was darkness, there was also light (the cast-signing scene was both beautiful and heartbreak), and therefore, there was hope (thank god for fanfiction writers who exploit that).

Anyway, I digress. What I mean to say is that in what little time Connor was actually there and alive, he felt exactly like that to me. Alive. Complex. Fully fleshed-out and real, not just a character from a play that is going to be over in 2 hours. He felt (feels) like someone I might have gone to school with. Someone I would have cared to know, but not necessarily have gotten the chance to (I don't pretend to be any better than the characters in the play, and I can be an anxious mess).

I enjoyed the entirety (well, almost) of the play. I could talk at length about the different characters, the songs, and even the clothes. But still, I always go back to talking about Connor. I rejoice in the bread crumbs of information we got about Connor, continously feel a bit angry at the idea that no one seemed to truly like him, and get really, really sad that no one remembers the TRUE Connor. Not even the audience, because we barely got to know him. Evan reading Connor's favorite books really got to me for that very reason.

Connor is MY type of character. The dark, sad, angry, beautiful, tragic character. The type fix-it fics exist for. The one I end up focusing on and loving more than any other. For this reason, I would like to believe that I would have ended up loving him regardless of who played him the day I went to see him. But, let's be honest, each actor brings different nuances to the role and doesn't quite speak the lines quite the same way so the charactee can end up feeling quite different. I was so, so, so lucky that Noah Kieserman was my Connor. When Stephen Anthony left the show last week, he thanked Noah for "the unbelievable gift of [his] sensitive vulnerable Connor". And I could see that, truly. Thanks to him, that's how Connor will always be my mind.

[stanielman]

Gaten Matarazzo as Jared in Dear Evan Hansen?? Yes please!!

[penplattypus]

It cut off a row that included Ben Levi Ross, Sam Primack, Marcus Harman, and David Breeds, but here’s a collection of Evans (with a rainbow flag ofc)

[djbead123]

Connor Murphy appreciation post

Aka *POINTS TO YOU* SIMP!!

[schantzscribbles]

A small collection of DEH cast photos that live rent free in my mind:

[starz-in-our-eyes]

the biggest win for funderstudy nation oh my GOD 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Maria went on as Zoe last night so for the first time all four original tour understudies went on together and i am emotional about it

[lovelyreprisethirteen]

t r e e b r o s

[cristallsnoww]

i saw dear evan hansen livee (review)

i meant to post this sooner but school was busy so here i am

this was the national tour in sac

i went w/ my sisters and my friend plus her siblings

i had upper balcony seats, i wish i got to see it closer, but i’m grateful they even came to my city uwu

let’s get to it~

STAGE & INSTRUMENTAL

*the stage was same as the og

* the projection of the social media posts were a good touch for the bg

* the lights were good too, the bg would change color (orange in sincerely me, pink in only us)

* the sound effects sounded real

* the lights were glowing the same as the the beat in good for you

* the way all of them kept walking around looking at “social media posts” on the projection bgs in some songs

* showing evan’s speech on the bg and the videos for the connor project too

* we can see the musicians bc they had a balcony where you can see a few of them

* the sound and instrumental were sounded real (guitar and piano)

* props to the musicians

ACTING:

* sam primack played evan

* he was super good !

* he portrayed evan well, the anxiety and all

* he gave a young fresh vibe of evan

* the panic in his voice, the sobbing and sniffing were so well acted

* evan looking lost in waving through a window

* the “WOOOOOOAAAHHHH” at the end of waving through a window

* them high notes in for forever and words fail tho 👌🏼

* “i’M NOT hYpERVenTILaNG!!” and then “Dear Connor Murphy..”

* when he dropped the note cards in you will be found

* he kept apologizing and picked them up w/ a small voice

* he sat on the ground for a while and starts to have a breakdown

* he tugs his knees and sobs there 😢

* when he walked up and KNEELED DOWN in only us, zoe was sitting on the bed, it was at evan’s verse, he went up to her and kneeled w/ both knees while singing + staring into her eyes singing “so it can be us~ it can be us and oooonly us~ and what came before won’t count anymore or matter we can try that~”

* that was unexpected by me since the only version i saw was the og broadway performance and it didn’t have that which rlly knocked my socks off

* the sloppy kissing tho 😔👌🏼✨

* he’s so LoUD in act 2, like damn he went all out

* his voice was squeaky/cracked from broken sobs at some points

* the way he looked so StResSed & shouting when talking to jared and alana before good for you

* his begging when connor took his letter and when alana posted the “suicide note” so painful but good

* also the way evan always wiped his hands on his pants when zoe would stick her hand out

* how panicky he was when he freaked out that zoe was gonna “break up” w/ him

* their chemistry honestly 😭💙

* he also said a lot “what do you means” throughout the show i noticed

* his lines in good for you w/ heidi, jared, and alana singing in bg were so overwhelming but in a good way

* just an overall fresh, awkward, anxious vibe to him 😔💙

* noah kieserman played connor

* his voice reminded me of the og broadway

* the face connor gave at cynthia when larry and zoe said he was high

* the way he play punches evan in sincerely me

* the choreo in sincerely me is so iconic

* “if i stop smoking POT then everything might be alright”

* he was snapping when he sang that which i thought was new lol

* that dance they did for “our friendship goes beyond..” between connor and evan

* “..your average kind of bond” they had their arms around their shoulders and stared into their eyes before evan said “BUt not Bc we’Re gAY-“

* living for treebros moments y’know

* his high notes in disappear tho

* “when you’re falling in a forest, and there’s nobody around, all you need is for somebody to find you..”

* evan was crouching down and connor crouched next to him when he sang

* “when you’re falling in a forest, aND WhEN YoU hIT THe GrOUNd,,ALL YOU NEED IS FOR SOMEBODY TO FIND YOUUUU~”

* he stands up and reaches his hand before leaving the stage

* one of my fave lines in deh honestly

* “did you fall? or did you let go?” will always hit

* “you can’t even tell yourself the truth” also

* when evan told the truth and the murphys left the living room, they showed connor too and he also left walking away w/ disappointment/pity

* zoe was played by stephanie la rochelle

* she was good and sounded nearly the same as the og broadway/laura

* the way how zoe was nice in the beginning to evan, distant to him at first in her house about connor, then slowly opens up to him and accepts him for who he is is just 🤧

* in for forever, “there’s nothing that we can’t discuss, like girls we wish would notice us but never do” evan looks at zoe and dramatically clears his throat and continues singing

* in if i could tell her, when evan said “he thought you looked rlly pretty ER-you looked pretty COOL when you had indigo streaks in your hair” she says “he did!” and evan says really fast “he dID AHAHAHAHAH”

* it made the theatre laugh and same

* the intro to only us “i need something for me”

* “i want...you”

* 🤧🤧🤧😭😫💙💙💙

* just;;;;;; i cry

* the way zoe would hold evan’s hands and the way evan would hold zoe’s hands—

* how she and evan would copy each other’s tone of voice

* “ᵗʰᵃⁿᵏ ʸᵒᵘ” “ᵈᵒⁿ’ᵗ ᵐᵉⁿᵗᶦᵒⁿ ᶦᵗ”

* “you’re so weeeeeird.” “i knooooww.”

* i love me so bandtrees ok, my crops have been watered and is flourishing

* jared was played by alessandro costantini

* his portrayal was accurate to the og

* “i have skills son”

* his laughs were A++, especially in sincerely me

* his evil maniac laugh in the sincerely me reprise

* he was so smol compared to evan and connor, especially during sincerely me

* vocals were gr8 in sincerely me and you will be found

* the dance w/ connor when he tried to put himself into the story

* he runs so fast to the stage when his parts came, tiny lil quick feet uwu

* he tilts his head a lot when giving evan the ‘duh’ face

* we all live for his sarcasm and jokes

* “do you need a paper bag? you’re having a considerable trouble time breathing—“

* the bitterness/sad look when evan says he doesn’t have any other friends/when zoe comes up and kisses evan

* my kleinsen heart 🤧💔

* alana was played by ciara alyse harris

* she was more lively than the og but sounded exactly similar

* she acted well, her vocals and the way she exaggerated words

* vocals in good for you 👏🏼

* alana singing “on the outside always looking in will i ever be more than i’ve always been cuz i’m tap tap tapping on the glass, i’m waving through a windoww”

* “very close acquaintances”

* all the titles + positions she gives herself in the connor project video

* while evan said he was just co-president

* murphys were played by claire rankin and john menphill

* cynthia had some light raspy voice? it was interesting

* larry sounded the same as the og

* the way they hugged each other so tight in you will be found and the lights were all on them T-T

* high vocals in requiem

* cynthia’s thank yous to evan

* break in a glove had some good vocals too

* when connor’s “suicide note” was posted around and “YOU ARE NOT ALONE” kept singing while the murphys were looking lost and afraid

* opposite to the other soft “you are not alone” while the murphy parent were hugging

* heidi was played by jessica e. sherman

* she was good, close to the og

* her gestures and little dances to evan to cheer him up

* she SNAPPED after going to the murphys house

* “DO YOU KNOW HOW MORTIFYING IT IS TO KNOW THAT YOUR SON WAS SPENDING TIME AT SOMEONE ELSE’s HOUSE AND YOU DIDNT EVEN KNOW?”

* her good for you performance was great

* during the bridge, “i’ll shut my mouth and i’ll let you go..”

* she STRUTTED that walk ok ✨ w/ all the lights on her

* so big/small was calming w/ the guitar

* the way they hugged u~u

* “when it all feels so big!” teasing evan saying he’s growing after they hugged

* he laughs 🥺 w/ a cracked voice from crying

* all the family fighting were so real, the shouting, the raising of voices

im so grateful i got to see it, such an emotional ride 😔💙

i hope people who wants to see it gets to see it, you’ll be blessed

or should i say you will be found

[bemorekleinman]

jared goldsmith and david jeffrey are leaving DEH on july 17th. I am NOT prepared

[dehpics]

[bizoevan]

The Year Two Cast of the first National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen

photographed by Matthew Murphy

[castnotcast]

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14 Evan singing "For forever" mashup

[schantzscribbles]

DEH understudies hit DIFFERENT!!!