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This edition: "Dear Evan Hansen" Actors


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Original tape date: January 27, 2017. First aired: April 1, 2017.

We welcome three of the stars of “Dear Evan Hansen”: Ben Platt, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Rachel Bay Jones. They discuss the process of creating this popular new Broadway musical and the powerful sentiments that infuse it and have led to its success.

Guest List

Jesse Green Guest Co-Host; Theatre Critic, New York Magazine

Rachel Bay Jones Actress, “Dear Evan Hansen”

Ben Platt Actor, “Dear Evan Hansen”

Jennifer Laura Thompson Actress, “Dear Evan Hansen”

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