Of the 28 shows playing on New York City’s Broadway, the musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” probably gets the most people crying. The show centers on a lonely teenager, Evan Hansen, and his schoolmates. They find communicating with each other to be difficult -- even with tools such as Facebook. New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood praised the show and the young actor who plays Evan, Ben Platt. Isherwood wrote that Blatt’s eyes “blink in continual embarrassment” whenever “he has to interact socially, which isn’t often.” But Isherwood said that, below all the insecurity, Platt shows the character’s strong desire to be liked -- or even just to be noticed. The “Dear Evan Hansen” story centers on what happens when a teen-ager at Hansen’s school kills himself. Before the tragedy, Evan had been writing “Dear Evan Hansen” letters to himself at the suggestion of a doctor. The doctor wanted Evan to start out each day by saying something positive about himself. But one of Evan’s letters was taken by the boy who killed himself. The boy’s parents found it in his clothing. They thought their son had written the letter to Evan. They believed Evan was a friend they did not know their son had. They reached out to Evan. But, Evan did not admit to them that he and their son were not really friends. Evan later “trended” on Facebook after he gave a speech urging people not to let his so-called “friend’s” brief life go unnoticed.
Title: New York Show About Lonely Teen Brings Audiences to Tears
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/NY_show.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='New York Show About Lonely Teen Brings Audiences to Tears' data-article-id='2250'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11167'>Of the 28 shows playing on New York City’s Broadway, the musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” probably gets the most people crying.</span> <span data-start-time='11167' data-end-time='18875'>The show centers on a lonely teenager, Evan Hansen, and his schoolmates.</span> <span data-start-time='18875' data-end-time='27104'>They find communicating with each other to be difficult -- even with tools such as Facebook.</span> <span data-start-time='27104' data-end-time='36917'>New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood praised the show and the young actor who plays Evan, Ben Platt.</span> <span data-start-time='36917' data-end-time='48813'>Isherwood wrote that Blatt’s eyes “blink in continual embarrassment” whenever “he has to interact socially, which isn’t often.”</span> <span data-start-time='48813' data-end-time='61333'>But Isherwood said that, below all the insecurity, Platt shows the character’s strong desire to be liked -- or even just to be noticed.</span> <span data-start-time='61333' data-end-time='72083'>The “Dear Evan Hansen” story centers on what happens when a teen-ager at Hansen’s school kills himself.</span> <span data-start-time='72083' data-end-time='83271'>Before the tragedy, Evan had been writing “Dear Evan Hansen” letters to himself at the suggestion of a doctor.</span> <span data-start-time='83271' data-end-time='93271'>The doctor wanted Evan to start out each day by saying something positive about himself.</span> <span data-start-time='93271' data-end-time='100688'>But one of Evan’s letters was taken by the boy who killed himself.</span> <span data-start-time='100688' data-end-time='105063'>The boy’s parents found it in his clothing.</span> <span data-start-time='105063' data-end-time='110542'>They thought their son had written the letter to Evan.</span> <span data-start-time='110542' data-end-time='117583'>They believed Evan was a friend they did not know their son had.</span> <span data-start-time='117583' data-end-time='120604'>They reached out to Evan.</span> <span data-start-time='120604' data-end-time='128688'>But, Evan did not admit to them that he and their son were not really friends.</span> <span data-start-time='128688' data-end-time='142625'>Evan later “trended” on Facebook after he gave a speech urging people not to let 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data-correct-choice='uncertain and anxious'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/suicidal.m4a'><span>suicidal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/uncertain_and_anxious.m4a'><span>uncertain and anxious</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/desire_to_be_liked.m4a'><span>desire to be liked</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/confident_and_calm.m4a'><span>confident and calm</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8257 data-hint-location='105063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/what_did_the_parents_find.m4a'>What did the parents find?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a letter'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/a_friend.m4a'><span>a friend</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/a_facebook_page.m4a'><span>a facebook page</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/a_letter.m4a'><span>a letter</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/a_weapon.m4a'><span>a weapon</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=8258 data-hint-location='11167' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1732/the_show_centers_on_a__blank__teenager.m4a'>The show centers on a <span class='blank'>lonely</span> teenager.</div><div class='choices' 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