Dear Evan Hansen The Movies 8 Biggest Differences From The Musical
Dear Evan Hansen: The Movie’s 8 Biggest Differences From The Musical
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Some of these changes may seem small but have a big impact on the Dear Evan Hansen film – and will stand out to anyone who has seen the musical.
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In the transition from stage musical to movie adaptation, it is no surprise that Dear Evan Hansen has undergone a number of big changes. As the story changes mediums, changes are necessary for the sake of time, scope, and structure but it is also an opportunity for the filmmakers to address criticisms and alter the original story.
Some of these changes may seem small but end up having a significant impact on the overall film and some are obvious changes that will stand out to anyone who has seen the play. While the film makes major positive changes to the film’s ending in an attempt to hold Evan more accountable for his actions, some of the other changes made along the way help and hurt the effectiveness of the story.
8 Cut Songs
One of the first changes that audiences will notice is the removal of several songs from the stage play, including “Anybody Have a Map,” “Good For You,” To Break in a Glove,” and “Disappear.” Each of these songs plays an important role in the play, shining a light on a supporting character or further developing a theme.
By removing “Anybody Have a Map?” in particular, the whole story is altered, and keeping this cut song would have made Dear Evan Hansen very different. Rather than giving the worn-down but loving mothers’ the first song, “Waving Through A Window” becomes the opening number and serves as the introduction to Evan and the world of the movie, setting a different tone for the story.
7 New Songs
It is common for many musical adaptations to introduce a new song, typically one that will be eligible for award nominations at the end of the year, and Dear Evan Hansen sees Alana sing an original song titled “The Anonymous Ones” and Connor sing the closing number “A Little Closer.”
The songs are a strong addition to the soundtrack that further develops the movie’s messages about mental health and taking small steps towards progress. Additionally, the songs also help give more dimension to the characters of Alana and Connor.
6 The Cast
An inevitable change from the play to the movie version is the cast. The Dear Evan Hansen cast is filled with recognizable actors from other movies and TV shows. Having familiar faces that the audience already has an attachment to certainly helps make the characters, especially the ones who make morally questionable choices, more endearing.
While Ben Platt returns to the role of Evan after having originated the character on Broadway, he has grown up and changed since the last time he performed the play. While his older appearance does impact the perceived naivety of the character, he also changes his performance to better fit the more grounded tone of the film by highlighting Evan’s anxiety and insecurity more.
5 Smaller Role For Jared
In the play, Jared is one of the largest supporting roles and mostly serves as someone for Evan to play off of. He also brings a lot of comedic relief as he calls out Evan for his strange or questionable behavior. However, Jared mostly disappears by the end of the movie. Because he is less crucial to the second half of the story, the film decreases his role and increases Alana’s role.
The play does a great job of balancing a quirky tone and serious message, but the movie tones down the humor and leans into the message more. As a result, it makes sense that Jared does not factor into the movie as much as he does the play.
4 Larger Role For Alana
In the play, Alana has an important but mostly one-note role in the story. However, in the film, she has one of the larger supporting roles and gets more screentime to develop. She has more of a personality and even gets her own song to express herself, which makes her connection to the Connor Project more meaningful.
This is one of the movie’s most effective changes as Alana is transformed from a fairly generic side character in the play to one of the best characters in the Dear Evan Hansen film.
3 Connor
While Connor only has a limited physical presence in the story, he is a hugely significant character. In the play, Evan sees visions of Connor after his death, who encourages him to keep his memory alive. The film does not include this element of the story. The movie also makes him more of a sympathetic character and gives him more depth. He is portrayed more as a tortured soul than an abusive bully.
The play mostly uses these sequences to manifest Evan’s internal thoughts and feelings but the movie is able to convey this effectively enough without the visions. Because the movie is more grounded than the play, it makes sense to make this change and use video footage of him so he can return for the finale instead.
2 Confessing The Truth
One of the biggest criticisms of the play is the lack of accountability that Evan faces at the end of the show. The Murphys conceal his lie and the public never finds out what he has done. The movie, however, corrects this by having Evan make the decision to confess the truth to the world.
Given the magnitude of Evan’s deception, even this ending still feels like he is let off the hook too easily. But it is definitely an improvement and helps to make Evan a better character. This ending better fits the messages of the movie and is a more satisfying conclusion to the story. Dear Evan Hansen may not be the best coming-of-age movie ever, but this moment of accountability and growth is a significant improvement over the play.
1 Getting To Know Connor
After Evan and Heidi have their heartfelt conversation in the play, the musical jumps ahead a year in time to present the closing scene between Evan and Zoe at the orchard. But the movie uses an extended third act to show Evan finally paying proper respect to Connor by trying to get to know who he was through conversations with people who really knew him, reading his favorite books, and watching videos of him playing the guitar in rehab.
While this is briefly mentioned at the end of the play, the movie fleshes this out more fully and allows the audience to actually see Evan putting in the time and effort to learn about this person he claimed to be best friends with.
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