The Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen won six Tony Awards in 2017.
At the 71st Tony Awards, Dear Evan Hansen won six prizes, including Best Musical. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul won Best Original Score, while Ben Platt won Best Actor in a Musical for originating the title role on Broadway. The production also won awards for its book, orchestrations, and featured performances.
The musical, with a book by Steven Levenson and music and lyrics by Pasek and Paul, centers on a socially anxious high-school student whose lie expands after the death of a classmate. Its themes include grief, social media, loneliness, and the desire to belong.
The six-award total is sometimes confused with the number of nominations or with the film adaptation’s reception. Dear Evan Hansen’s Tony success followed its 2016 Broadway opening and helped establish it as a prominent contemporary musical.