The trailer for Dear Evan Hansen is set to the backdrop of the Act I closing song “You Will Be Found.” As the lyrics tell the movie’s story about isolation and hope, the characters of the movie musical come together. Ben Platt’s title character is a lonely high school student crippled by anxiety, who happens to have an encounter with classmate Conner Murphy (Colton Ryan) shortly before his suicide. Misunderstanding and tragedy set off a series of events that make for Dear Evan Hansen‘s many twists and turns.
Director Stephen Chbosky assembled a killer cast to bring Dear Evan Hansen to life on the big screen, and join original actor and Tony Winner Ben Platt. Julianne Moore plays his mother Heidi, a single mother trying to keep her head above water and monitor her son’s mental health issues. The mixup with Conor puts Evan in direct communication with his grieving parents (Amy Adams and Danny Pino), and sister Zoe (Kaitlyn Dever).
As the trailer shows, Evan ends up lying to Conner’s family, in hopes of giving them some sense of closure in the midst of a horrible tragedy. Eventually that lie snowballs, as a movement forms about Connor’s suicide, and Evan’s message of hope. As you can imagine, there are plenty of tears along the way. Oh and lots of songs too, with Ben Platt’s signature voice shining throughout the first Dear Evan Hansen trailer.
More to come…