Jordan Fisher Takes Over Title Role in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway

The Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen welcomes Jordan Fisher to the cast on January 28. Fisher takes over the musical's title role from Andrew Barth Feldman, who took his final bow at the Music Box Theatre on January 26.

Fisher made his Broadway debut in November 2016 as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton in Hamilton. Ahead of that turn, in January 2016 he flirted with musical theater as Doody in Fox's Grease Live! Fisher first worked with Dear Evan Hansen director Michael Greif in January 2019 when he played Mark Cohen in Fox's Rent: Live, which Greif also helmed. Fisher's other screen credits include the Teen Beach Movie franchise, Liv and Maddie and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. He was crowned winner of the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars.

Fisher joins a current cast that includes Tony nominee Christiane Noll as Cynthia Murphy, Jessica Phillips as Heidi Hansen, Ivan Hernandez as Larry Murphy, Jared Goldsmith as Jared Kleinman, Gabrielle Carrubba as Zoe Murphy, Phoebe Koyabe as Alana Beck and Dan Macke as Connor Murphy.

As previously announced, David Jeffery will take over the role of Connor Murphy on February 11.