Words Fail, So Here’s a Sketch! Happy Opening to Dear Evan Hansen. Sincerely, Us

Tap, tap, tap on this! The Ben Platt-led Dear Evan Hansen, featuring a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and a book by Steven Levenson, opens officially at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre on December 4. To celebrate, Broadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson penned the above portrait.

The whole cast is there. In addition to Platt as the titular Evan Hansen, the portrait features Rachael Bay Jones as Heidi Hansen, Laura Dreyfus as Zoe Murphy, Michael Park as Larry Murphy, Jennifer Laura Thompson as Cynthia Murphy, Will Roland as Jared Kleinman, Mike Faist as Connor Murphy and Kristolyn Lloyd as Alana Beck.

Broadway.com wishes a happy opening to the cast, director Michael Greif and the whole Dear Evan Hansen family. Break a leg…and an arm?


About the Artist: With a desire to celebrate the magic of live theater and those who create it, and with a deep reverence for such touchstones as the work of Al Hirschfeld and the wall at Sardi’s, Squigs is happy and grateful to be among those carrying on the traditions where theater and caricature meet. He was born and raised in Oregon, lived in Los Angeles for quite a long time and now calls New York City his home.