Dear Evan Hansen going to West End!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Confirmed-DEAR-EVAN-HANSEN-to-Wave-at-the-West-End-in-2019-20181004

I couldn't find any posts on this from using the search function though I recall reading in this forum that Mindich wanted a British cast for West End.

I'm quite excited! I watched DEH on Broadway several times last year and will admit have not seen it since Nov 2017 but I am willing to fly to London next year to see the show there! Anyone else excited for this?

The musical will be at the Noel Coward theatre in the West End. I was just there two weeks ago to watch THE INHERITANCE pt 1 preview and it's an intimate space (and smaller in terms of capacity than the Music Box) though it has 4 levels!

Also, do any of you think Ben Platt would eventually go to London and perform (limited engagement) some time after the original west end Evan leaves?

That's what I thought too but I think he would if he'd be eligible to be nominated for an Olivier. Isn't it possible for replacements to be nominated for Olivier Awards too? I know it's rare but I remember in the West End revival of My Fair Lady back in the early 2000s, Jonathan Pryce originated the role of Henry Higgins and got nominated for Best Actor in a musical in 2002, then a year later his replacement Alex Jennings also got nominated for Best Actor in a musical and won the Olivier! Have the rules changed?

I wonder if Gentleman's Guide will ever play West End.


From the 2000's it's the only winner that has not been there, right?

MadsonMelo said: "I wonder if Gentleman's Guide will ever play West End.

Gentleman's Guide is having a short season at the end of Oct. in Melbourne as part of The Production Company's yearly season.

Mitchell Butel stars--can't wait and it's an Australian premiere.

It's off West End, but it's eligible for the Olivier tho (as far as I know).

Scripps2 said: "MadsonMelo said: "I wonder if Gentleman's Guide will ever play West End.
From the 2000's it's the only winner that has not been there, right?"

SomethingPeculiar said: "Wow, that's kind of a shocking stat! Especially since it's SO British."

But it's not SO British at all;it is an American perception of what British is.

And that is why it hasn't transferred.

"

Good point. That’s why The Mystery Of Edwin Drood never really caught on in the UK. The original West End production, mounted by the same team responsible for the Broadway hit version and with a starry cast, flopped miserably.

ajh said: "Good point. That’s why The Mystery Of Edwin Drood never really caught on in the UK. The original West End production, mounted by the same team responsible for the Broadway hit version and with a starry cast, flopped miserably."

Yes, that's another.

Full credit to the Kinky Boots team who were determined to produce something that had an authentic voice and would therefore transfer successfully. Which, of course, it did. Full credit to the late Mr Lerner too.

Could be a concert in London...or a new song about rain...or an umbrella fashion line...or a trailer for his film Broken Diamonds...or something for The Politician...or something else!

I doubt it's DEH, though. Unless he's dying to win an Olivier and Stacey Mindich has offered him an insanely high salary to open the show for 10-15 weeks?

If Ben was doing it surely it would've been announced when the show was first put on sale.

Hypotheticals of any of the Toronto cast being transferred? Robert Markus, Sean Patrick Dolan and Shakura Dickson (Evan, Connor, Alana) are the only people from that cast who weren't transferred to another production of the show.