That Evan Hansen is not just a kind of hero but one whose story will stay with a generation of young theatergoers forever is testament to the power of skillfully crafted art to reframe, manipulate, and even obscure moral concerns. Most of the reviews, which have been overwhelmingly positive, have portrayed Hansen’s lies with a minimum of moral judgment.
The New Yorker’s Hilton Als is one of the few critics who has not only zeroed in on the darker undercurrent here but also criticized the creators for not emphasizing it more. Dear Evan Hansen is the first major Broadway musical to explore these subjects, so it’s peculiar that most of the empathy in its story is directed at the character responsible for the elaborate digital deception. It’s particularly amazing that this gifted dissembler has received such goodwill at a time when there is such anxiety about fake news and Internet disinformation.
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