Sam Tutty will return to role which earned him the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical when the hit London production of Dear Evan Hansen resumes performances at the Noël Coward Theatre on 26 October 2021.
London’s Evan Hansen will reunite with returning cast members Lucy Anderson (Zoe Murphy), Doug Colling (Connor Murphy) and Marcus Harman (Evan Hansen at certain performances), Jack Loxton (Jared Kleinman), Rebecca McKinnis (Heidi Hansen), Lauren Ward (Cynthia Murphy) and Rupert Young (Larry Murphy) with Iona Fraser taking on the role of Alana Beck. Completing the company are Tricia Adele-Turner, Haydn Cox, Hannah Lindsey, Mark Peachey and James Winter with new cast members Ellis Kirk, Samantha Mbolekwa, Hannah Qureshi and Mitchell Zhangazha.
Produced by Stacey Mindich, the West End production which reunited the creative team behind the show’s record-breaking Broadway production began preview performances at the Noël Coward Theatre on 29 October 2019.
Directed by Michael Greif, the show which boasts a book by Steven Levenson, and a score by Tony, Grammy and Academy Award-winning composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, debuted on Broadway in 2016.
An instant critic and crowd-pleasing success, the production collected six Tony Awards as well as the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. Along with Tutty’s acting Olivier Award, the West End production also won the 2020 Olivier Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.
Dear Evan Hansen features choreography by Danny Mefford, scenic design by David Korins, projection design by Peter Nigrini, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, sound design by Nevin Steinberg and hair design by David Brian Brown.
Music supervision, orchestrations and additional arrangements are by Alex Lacamoire, Ben Cohn is the associate music supervisor, vocal arrangements and additional arrangements are by Justin Paul and UK casting is by Jill Green Casting. Judith Schoenfeld is production supervisor with general management by 101 Productions, Ltd.
Currently booking until 13 February 2022, the curtain will rise on the West End production six weeks ahead of the return of the original Tony Award-winning production which is due to welcome audiences back to its New York home, the Music Box Theatre on 11 December, five years after its debut. The record-breaking North American tour is also due to resume performances in December, opening in Greensboro, North Carolina before visiting over 30 cities across the US and Canada.
Angela Thomas
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