dear evan hansen

Last night I finally got to take in the magic that was Dear Evan Hansen.  

It was a long awaited event. One for which I had put my name on that “please alert me when tickets are available in my area” list - then sent an urgent and overly excited email to my friend Abigail Pearl when the email finally landed in my inbox alerting me that DEAR EVAN HANSEN WAS FINALLY COMING TO LA. We bought tickets almost instantly. Then waited again. I am one of those who prefers to savor the performance on the stage, so I didn’t listen to the music before the live event. I wanted to fully saturate in every bit of the spectacular. 

Before the first song was done I knew I was going to LOVE this musical. I wished so much that I was surrounded by CHOSEN teens. I wished that I could be watching and taking in the depths of the meaning behind all that was being expressed with my teens who need to know how much they matter. Dear Evan Hansen is full of the awkwardness that IS high school, the lonely and desperate to be seen that is social media, the desire for community that will never be fully met by typing words into a device, plus constant reminders that SOMEONE does see you, someone does care, and you are never really alone. Oh my stars it just made me want to hug my kids! 

It really was one of the best musicals I have seen in a long time. I was so grateful to spend those hours in a red velvet chair staring in wonderment at a stage of exceptionally talented individuals as they brought deep truths to life in a way that perhaps only music can. I sat there with all the feels - goosebumps and tears all in a singular second. 

(Abigail and I decided to get season tickets - so 2019 is the year of the arts! Cheers to so many more moments holding my breath while being enchanted by the stage!)