Querido Evan Hansen is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The show centers on Evan, an anxious high school student who gets caught up in a lie after a classmate's suicide. The original Broadway production featured Ben Platt as Evan and Rachel Bay Jones as his mother, Heidi Hansen.
The musical's soundtrack includes songs like "Tu brillarás" (the Spanish version of "You Will Be Found"). The cast album reached number eight on the Billboard 200 chart. The show won several Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
A film adaptation was released in 2021. The musical deals with themes of mental health and isolation, particularly among teenagers.
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