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The musical Dear Evan Hansen has been turned into a feature film and the first trailer just dropped!

Ben Platt is reprising his Tony-winning role of Evan Hansen from the Broadway musical in the film adaptation of the stage show.

Also featured in the cast are Kaitlyn Dever as Zoe Murphy, Julianne Moore as Heidi Hansen, Amy Adams as Cynthia Murphy, Danny Pino as Larry Murphy, Colton Ryan as Connor Murphy, Amandla Stenberg as Alana Beck, and Nik Dodani as Jared Kleinman.

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A release date has been announced for the upcoming Dear Evan Hansen movie!

Ben Platt is reprising his Tony-winning role from the Broadway musical in the film adaptation of the stage show.

Also featured in the cast are Kaitlyn Dever as Zoe Murphy, Julianne Moore as Heidi Hansen, Amy Adams as Cynthia Murphy, Danny Pino as Larry Murphy, Colton Ryan as Connor Murphy, Amandla Stenberg as Alana Beck, and Nik Dodani as Jared Kleinman.

Stephen Chbosky, the author of the book “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and the director of that book’s film adaptation, is directing the movie.

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who already won a Tony Award for the show’s music, have written a new song with Amandla for her character, who didn’t have a solo in the stage version.

The movie is hitting theaters on September 24, 2021.

Colton Ryan, one of the original cast members of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, has joined the upcoming film adaptation!

The 25-year-old actor, who currently stars in the Apple TV+ series Little Voice, was the understudy for Evan, Jared, and Connor on Broadway.

Colton will be playing the role of Connor, a troubled a high school senior, in the movie, according to Deadline.

It was also announced that Nik Dodani, best known for his role on the Netflix series Atypical, will be playing the role of Jared, Evan’s family friend.

Ben Platt will be reprising his Tony, Grammy, and Emmy-winning work as Evan Hansen alongside Kaitlyn Dever as his love interest Zoe Murphy and Amandla Stenberg as overachieving student Alana Beck.

Another recent Broadway show is being made into a movie right now with a star-studded cast

Little Voice is the hot new show to watch on Apple TV+ and Colton Ryan is one of the rising stars featured in the musical drama series.

The 25-year-old actor is well known to Broadway fans for playing Evan Hansen in the Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and he also originated a role in the new musical Girl from the North Country.

On Little Voice, Colton plays the role of Samuel, a guitar player who is part of a love triangle with the lead character Bess (Brittany O’Grady). Fans are rooting for them to become a couple, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens!

See below for 10 Fun Facts from Colton:

• 1. I received a black belt in Taekwondo because I desperately wanted to be a Power Ranger.
• 2. I bought a pair of Heely’s in the fifth grade and on the first day of owning them, I broke my wrist.
• 3. I had a birthmark on my left cheek that was about the size of a penny. It was removed for being slightly cancerous. It left a scar and I purposefully don’t tell people why so they wonder.
• 4. I gifted my girlfriend (Adrian) a dog (Rumble) for our first Christmas together (ambitious) and the three of us still love one another. Christmas’s have been hard ever since.
• 5. I practice yoga a lot.

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The first official trailer for the upcoming Apple TV+ series Little Voice has been released!

Sara Bareilles co-created the series and wrote original music for lead character Bess King, played by Brittany O’Grady, to sing throughout the season.

Little Voice follows Bess King (O’Grady), a uniquely talented performer struggling to fulfill her dreams while navigating rejection, love and complicated family issues. Also starring in the series are Sean Teale, Colton Ryan, and Shalini Bathina.

The show was also co-created by Jessie Nelson, who wrote the musical Waitress with Sara. The other executive producers on the highly anticipated series are J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot partner Ben Stephenson.

Little Voice will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on July 10. Listen to the studio version of the show’s theme song, which Sara wrote 16 years ago.

The cast of the upcoming Apple TV+ series Little Voice, which will feature new original music by Sara Bareilles, has been announced!

The four leads will be rising stars Brittany O’Grady, Shalini Bathina, Sean Teale, and Colton Ryan, according to Deadline.

Also joining the cast are Samrat Chakrabarti, Gopal Divan, Sakina Jaffrey and Emma Hong.

Sara is executive producing the new series alongside her Waitress collaborator Jessie Nelson, who is the lead writer on the show. Also executive producing are J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot partner Ben Stephenson.

Little Voice shares the title of Sara‘s debut album and it “will explore the journey of finding your voice in your early 20s. It is described as a fresh, intensely romantic tale of the search to find your true voice… and then the courage to use it.”

Brittany was spotted on set with Sara over the summer while filming in New York!