by NYBroadwayTours | Jul 12, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: The Broadway company of Dear Evan Hansen has found a new leading lady. It has just been announced that newcomer Mallory Bechtel (an 18 year old recent High School Graduate from Houston, Texas) will make her Broadway Debut in the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit musical taking over the role of the love interest “Zoe Murphy” starting July 31st, 2018 at the Music Box Theatre.
Original cast member Laura Dreyfuss (who has been with the show’s road to Broadway since the very beginning) will sing one final REQUIUM this Sunday night, July 15th, 2018 (which will also be a special benefit performance for The Actors Fund).
The weeks following Dreyfuss’ July 15th departure and Bechtel’s July 31st start date (from July 17th – 29th, 2018), the role of “Zoe Murphy” will be played by understudy Olivia Puckett.
Congratulations to Mallory on landing your Broadway Debut fresh off of graduating High School. Break a leg!!
Happy Trails Laura!! Thank you for an incredible powerful and emotional performance.
Thoughts?
Mallory Bechtel Will Play Zoe Murphy in DEAR EVAN HANSEN
A fresh face is joining the cast of Dear Evan Hansen this summer! Newcomer Mallory Bechtel will make her Broadway debut, taking over the role of Zoe Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen beginning Tuesday, July 31. Laura Dreyfuss will play her final performance this Sunday evening (July 15) at an added Actors….
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jun 28, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
BROADWAY, WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?! (WHOOF WHOOF WHOOF WHOOF). The lineup of presenters for this year’s 20th Annual Broadway Barks is set. Expecting to be there are cast members from some of Broadway’s current and hottest shows out there.
For those who may not know, BROADWAY BARKS is a once a year free animal shelter event created by Tony winner Bernadette Petersand the late Mary Tyler Moore. It teams the Broadway community and numerous animal shelters helping orphaned cats and dogs find loving and caring homes. For the past 20 years, 2,000 cats and dogs have graced the spotlight and over 85% of them have been successfully adopted
This year’s event is set for July 14th, 2018 in Shubert Alley.
In addition to all the fun meeting the animals, the highlight of BROADWAY BARKS begins at 5pm when Peters along with her Hello, Dolly on Broadway co-star Victor Garber and some of your favorite Broadway stars (see the list in the post below) take center stage in Shubert Alley for the presentation of the cats and dogs needing a home.
Ever wanted to adopt a pet of your very own but needed a little help from Broadway?s best?!! HERE IS YOUR CHANCE!!
HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY BROADWAY BARKS!!
We at New York Broadway Tours are always excited every
year for this event,
Who is excited?!!!!
Stars From MEAN GIRLS, THE BAND’S VISIT, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, and More to Attend Broadway Barks
Broadway Barks returns in just a few weeks, and the lineup of stars in attendance has just been announced.
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jun 27, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
BREAKING NEWS: Rachel Bay Jones is set to depart the Broadway company of the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit Dear Evan Hansen later this summer. The actress (who earned a 2017 Tony Award for her performance in the Pasek and Paul musical) is set to take her final bow at the Music Box Theatre on August 5th, 2018. Up next for Jones is numerous upcoming Film and TV projects.
No word has been announced yet on who will be taking over from Jones as the struggling single mother “Heidi Hansen” in the Broadway production.
You will be missed!!
Who is sad to see Rachel leave?
?Dear Evan Hansen? Star Rachel Bay Jones to Exit Musical (EXCLUSIVE)
Rachel Bay Jones, who won a Tony Award in 2017 for playing the mother of an awkward teenager in ?Dear Evan Hansen,? will be leaving the Broadway production this summer, Variety has learned. Her last day at the Music Box Theatre will be on Aug. 5. ?It?s been a really long, beautiful run,? s…
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jun 8, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
HEY THERE BROADWAY FANS! We are officially 2 days away from the 72nd Annual Tony Awards. We have been so happy to keep you entertained as we lead up to Broadway?s biggest night on OUR TOP 40 TONY AWARDS COUNTDOWN. We have another powerhouse performance coming your way.
At # 2 on our countdown is one of the most powerful groundbreaking musicals ever to have hit Broadway. It follows the dark tale of a young High School outcast who finds himself in the center of something that was not to be seen by the Public and a lie that was never meant to be told. This is of course? Dear Evan Hansen. The show features a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul along with a book by Steven Levenson.
From last year?s telecast, the show?s Tony winning original star Ben Platt in the titular role of ?Evan Hansen? and the entire original Broadway cast perform musical?s theme song WAVING THROUGH A WINDOW.
DEAR EVAN HANSEN was originally inspired by a real incident from Benj Pasek years in High School where a troubled teenager was found dead due to drug problems and all of a sudden, he had more mourners in death than friends in real life. The incident always came back to Pasek, he along with his collaborator Justin Paul began to create a full musical inspired by that tragic event. They decided to tell the story following an outcast with social anxiety and mental illness be in the center of it all. The show was then passed on to director Michael Grief who fell in love. From there, the show went through many years of readings and workshops.
The show originally premiered in 2015 Arena Stage in Washington D.C. before making its way Off Broadway playing Second Stage Theater in the Spring of 2016. The response of the Off Broadway run was well received by critics and audiences, the show was then transferred to Broadway?s Music Box Theatre before becoming one of Broadway?s most popular hottest tickets. The show continues to sell out every night on Broadway. The cast consisted of?
Tony winner Ben Platt (later Noah Galvin and Taylor Trensch) as ?Evan Hansen?,
Tony winner Rachel Bay Jones as ?Heidi Hansen?,
Laura Dreyfuss as ?Zoe Murphy?,
Tony nominee Mike Faist (later Alex Boniello) as ?Connor Murphy?,
Will Roland (soon to be Sky Lakota-Lynch) as ?Jared Kleinman?,
Kristolyn Lloyd (later Phoenix Best) as ?Alana Beck?,
Tony nominee Jennifer Laura Thompson as ?Cynthia Murphy?,
and Michael Parks as ?Larry Murphy?.
The show was nominated for 9 Tony Awards last year in 2017 winning 6 including Best Musical, Best Score (for Pasek and Paul), and Best Leading Actor in a Musical (for Ben Platt).
Along with Broadway, DEAR EVAN HANSEN is set to embark on a US National Tour this Fall 2018 followed by a Canadian sit-down production in 2019.
Doesn?t this show make you really care for the underdogs who feel like they don?t have a voice?
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See The Cast Of Dear Evan Hansen Perform “Waving Through A Window”
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by NYBroadwayTours | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog, Broadway
THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND! Announcing the final 2 cast members rounding up the all new North American National Tour of the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit Dear Evan Hansen…
Australian born actress Maggie McKenna has been tapped to play the love interest “Zoe Murphy”
and
Marrick Smith (Broadway’s Fun Home The Musical) will take on the role of the rebellious underdog “Connor Murphy”.
In addition, it has been announced that newcomer Stephen Christopher Anthony will serve as the “Evan Hansen” alternate (playing 2 performances a week).
McKenna and Smith complete the full principal line up consisting of…
DEAR EVAN HANSEN Broadway company cast member Ben Ross as the title role,
Broadway veteran Jessica Phillips as “Heidi Hansen”,
Tony Award-nominee Christiane Noll as “Cynthia Murphy”‘,
Broadway veteran Aaron Lazar as “Larry Murphy”,
Jared Goldsmith as “Jared Kleinman”,
and Phoebe Koyabe as “Alana Beck”.
The National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen will officially launch September 2018 in Denver before traveling to over 50 cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle, Chicago, Tampa, Orlando, Boston, Washington D.C., and more.
Who is excited to see this incredible new lineup WAVE THROUGH A WINDOW?
Australia’s Maggie McKenna Completes Cast of DEAR EVAN HANSEN Tour Taking on the Role of Zoe
Fresh from a run in the Australian dark comedy Muriel’s Wedding, Maggie McKenna joins the touring cast of DEAR EVAN HANSEN as Zoe Murphy. Learn more about the Oz native below!
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