a parade and a girl

Guess whose back at it again. 

Every wondered what the 4 leading men of Dear Evan Hansen sound like??? 

Well enjoy this quartet of Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Michael Lee Brown and Colton Ryan all singing Waving Through A Window as it is in my mind. 

Photo: Heath Saunders, Courtney Bassett, Shoba Narayan, Mary Spencer Knapp, Cathryn Wake, Brittain Ashford, Gelsey Bell, and Grace McLean at (Le) Poisson Rouge on August 21st, 2017

Murder/romance shows

Heathers

Bonnie & Clyde

Dr Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Sweeney Todd

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Chicago

Little Shop of Horrors

Biographies of Famous Dead People

Hamilton

Evita

Elisabeth

Zelda

Gypsy

Historical Events

Newsies

Come From Away

Eastland

Disney

I won’t list everything.

Anastasia is an honorary member of this category

It Was Your Entire Childhood Probably (not to be confused with Disney)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Sound of Music

Starlight Express

Oh No We Are All Social Minorities

Rent

Next to Normal

Fun Home

In The Heights

Ragtime

Dear Evan Hansen (mental illness)

Bare

Falsettos

Straight White People in Love

ok a few of the earlier ones could fit in here also

The Last 5 Years

Lalaland

Hello, Dolly!

If/Then (it’s about her love life lots so this is where it fits best)

Let’s Take Advantage of a Famous Band/Musician Being Famous and Make Their Songs Into a Show

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Mamma Mia!

Sunshine on Leith

Across the Universe

Movin’ Out

On Your Feet

American Idiot

Jersey Boys

Edgy™

Spring Awakening

Avenue Q

The Book of Mormon

They Were Famous Enough Books/Movies/Plays to Make It Seem Reasonable to Make Them a Musical

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812

Groundhog Day

Miss Saigon

Les Misérables

Amélie

Merrily We Roll Along

The Lightning Thief

Wicked

Legally Blonde

The Phantom of the Opera

Rebecca

Shrek

Spongebob

Big Fish

Be More Chill

School of Rock

West Side Story

Billy Elliot

Jesus Christ Superstar

literally everything not on this list and some others that are already let’s be real

Cats

Anastasia

Dave Malloy being made to feel like the show he created, composed and orchestrated, and re-worked over years to make it into the incredible, innovative and beautiful artwork it is now, isn’t attractive without a Big Name.

That it’s not worthwhile in itself, in its cast and creatives, and that there’s “no future” for his work