AMusicLifeForMe
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 6, 2016
4/16/19 AND 4/18/19: Dear Evan Hansen In Orlando!!!
***Hi everyone. I want to start this update by saying that if you ever find yourself at Walt Disney World and would like to meet the person that has been writing this Trip Report, feel free to contact me. If the schedule works out, I would love to meet as many people as possible that read my Trip Reports. If you don’t feel comfortable, that is perfectly fine as well. If you see me around the parks, don’t hesitate to say hi. Plus, there’s a 90% chance that you will find me at the Voices of Liberty at some point during your trip.***
Welcome to an update that I have been really looking forward to sharing ever since it happened. I am adventuring off of the park updates with this to share an experience that I had off-property at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Well…”Dear Zach…Today is going to be a good day and here’s why. Because today” you get to see Dear Evan Hansen!!! (I will be happy if anyone understands this)
When I knew I was moving to Orlando, I immediately looked to see what show would be performing at the Dr. Phillips Center when I arrive. To my surprise, it would be a show that had recently came into my life by listening to its soundtrack over and over again. “WAIT WHAT?!?!…How in the world did you not listen to Dear Evan Hansen until 2019?” Trust me. I asked myself the same question. Anyways, every single show was sold out and was devastated. However, I looked at the website constantly. I sometimes looked 3-5 times a day to see if any seat had opened up. Well, to my luck, about 10 seats would open up for each show about 3 weeks prior. I don’t think I have ever bought a ticket so fast in my life. So, I can just say that I was now really excited to see this musical!
I would make the drive from Walt Disney World to Downtown Orlando (which was a really fun drive). I know people complain about I-4 traffic. I didn’t find it bad. It was “fun” for other reasons.
I would finally arrive at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts where I would soon experience a show that I wasn’t mentally prepared for.
I would enter the theater, and I would find out that I would have no understudies performing!!! It would be everyone in the actual cast!!! This made me even more excited! That is because I had been addicted to watching videos of Ben Levi Ross (actor playing Evan) online, and I knew at that moment that this would be an incredible show.
Words can’t express how excited I was to see this musical! The music for this show has been on repeat any chance that I could get for months!
So, I would buy some merchandise since I had some time before the doors to the theater opened.
The name of the main theater here at the Dr. Phillips Center is the Walt Disney Theater!
The lobby area is absolutely gorgeous.
Eventually, I would find my way to my seat and it was a great seat for sure. I don’t usually like sitting in the orchestra section, but it was the only section I could get with a decent view. So, I would end up being about 15 rows from the stage and in the center. Absolutely perfect!
It was time…
So, the show was over and I just sat speechless in the theater for a while. I was awe-struck in every way possible with the emotional experience I had just went through. I had known that I had probably just seen my new favorite musical, but I wasn’t fully prepared to say that at the time. I always like to think about decisions like this.
Eventually I would make my way out of the theater and to my car, because I would need to drive back to Walt Disney World at some point.
Fast-forward to the next day…
I was sitting around, and I just had this weird feeling. A feeling that I had never experienced before. I had the urge to see Dear Evan Hansen again.
At this point, I had come out and said that Dear Evan Hansen is my favorite musical. Yep. That means it beats several Disney musicals in my heart as the top musical I have ever seen. It was definitely difficult to say that, but I was fairly confident.
So, I did something that I had never done before. Bought another ticket to a show during its same run in a city.
I was going back to see Dear Evan Hansen the next day!!!
It was now the 18th of April.
I would make my way back to downtown to experience the same emotional rollercoaster ride that I experienced a few days prior.
This time, I would have a few understudies. 2 of these performers I would later say I liked more than the actual actors assigned to play these roles. All of the actors that I really wanted to see again (besides 1) were performing again this evening.
I was really excited to see this show again!!!
I would have about the same view that I had a few nights prior.
So, after a wonderful show once again, it was time head home. At this point, I would try my best to resist to not buy another ticket to see it AGAIN. I would succeed and hopefully I will get to see this amazing show again someday.
Dear Evan Hansen is a musical that has one incredible story. Be prepared to have some tears, because this show is full of so much emotion. I do not know how the actors can do this show every single night. If it is as emotional for the audience, I can’t imagine what the actors are feeling while performing this amazing story. The music is some of the best I have ever heard in any musical. The use of technology was fantastic! Everything about this show is demonstrated so well that it’s easy to tell why this show won the Tony Award for Best Musical a few years ago.
If you want to see Dear Evan Hansen, I do want to warn you that there is A LOT of use of foul language, as well as, some subjects that I wouldn’t want to expose children to. Obviously I can’t make this decision for any parents that read my trip report. I am just warning you that there are some things in this show that are very heavy subjects. It is advertised that this is a great family show that every member in the family will probably connect with at least one of the characters on the stage. Just know that there is quite a bit of foul language and some themes/subjects that might not be good for younger children to experience.
If you ever have the chance to go see Dear Evan Hansen, DO NOT HESITATE!!! Go see it now!!!
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this update from a time that I spent off of Walt Disney World property!
Stay tuned for more updates from my time as a local in Orlando, Florida!
***Hi everyone. I want to start this update by saying that if you ever find yourself at Walt Disney World and would like to meet the person that has been writing this Trip Report, feel free to contact me. If the schedule works out, I would love to meet as many people as possible that read my Trip Reports. If you don’t feel comfortable, that is perfectly fine as well. If you see me around the parks, don’t hesitate to say hi. Plus, there’s a 90% chance that you will find me at the Voices of Liberty at some point during your trip.***
Welcome to an update that I have been really looking forward to sharing ever since it happened. I am adventuring off of the park updates with this to share an experience that I had off-property at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Well…”Dear Zach…Today is going to be a good day and here’s why. Because today” you get to see Dear Evan Hansen!!! (I will be happy if anyone understands this)
When I knew I was moving to Orlando, I immediately looked to see what show would be performing at the Dr. Phillips Center when I arrive. To my surprise, it would be a show that had recently came into my life by listening to its soundtrack over and over again. “WAIT WHAT?!?!…How in the world did you not listen to Dear Evan Hansen until 2019?” Trust me. I asked myself the same question. Anyways, every single show was sold out and was devastated. However, I looked at the website constantly. I sometimes looked 3-5 times a day to see if any seat had opened up. Well, to my luck, about 10 seats would open up for each show about 3 weeks prior. I don’t think I have ever bought a ticket so fast in my life. So, I can just say that I was now really excited to see this musical!
I would make the drive from Walt Disney World to Downtown Orlando (which was a really fun drive). I know people complain about I-4 traffic. I didn’t find it bad. It was “fun” for other reasons.
I would finally arrive at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts where I would soon experience a show that I wasn’t mentally prepared for.
I would enter the theater, and I would find out that I would have no understudies performing!!! It would be everyone in the actual cast!!! This made me even more excited! That is because I had been addicted to watching videos of Ben Levi Ross (actor playing Evan) online, and I knew at that moment that this would be an incredible show.
Words can’t express how excited I was to see this musical! The music for this show has been on repeat any chance that I could get for months!
So, I would buy some merchandise since I had some time before the doors to the theater opened.
The name of the main theater here at the Dr. Phillips Center is the Walt Disney Theater!
The lobby area is absolutely gorgeous.
Eventually, I would find my way to my seat and it was a great seat for sure. I don’t usually like sitting in the orchestra section, but it was the only section I could get with a decent view. So, I would end up being about 15 rows from the stage and in the center. Absolutely perfect!
It was time…
So, the show was over and I just sat speechless in the theater for a while. I was awe-struck in every way possible with the emotional experience I had just went through. I had known that I had probably just seen my new favorite musical, but I wasn’t fully prepared to say that at the time. I always like to think about decisions like this.
Eventually I would make my way out of the theater and to my car, because I would need to drive back to Walt Disney World at some point.
Fast-forward to the next day…
I was sitting around, and I just had this weird feeling. A feeling that I had never experienced before. I had the urge to see Dear Evan Hansen again.
At this point, I had come out and said that Dear Evan Hansen is my favorite musical. Yep. That means it beats several Disney musicals in my heart as the top musical I have ever seen. It was definitely difficult to say that, but I was fairly confident.
So, I did something that I had never done before. Bought another ticket to a show during its same run in a city.
I was going back to see Dear Evan Hansen the next day!!!
It was now the 18th of April.
I would make my way back to downtown to experience the same emotional rollercoaster ride that I experienced a few days prior.
This time, I would have a few understudies. 2 of these performers I would later say I liked more than the actual actors assigned to play these roles. All of the actors that I really wanted to see again (besides 1) were performing again this evening.
I was really excited to see this show again!!!
I would have about the same view that I had a few nights prior.
So, after a wonderful show once again, it was time head home. At this point, I would try my best to resist to not buy another ticket to see it AGAIN. I would succeed and hopefully I will get to see this amazing show again someday.
Dear Evan Hansen is a musical that has one incredible story. Be prepared to have some tears, because this show is full of so much emotion. I do not know how the actors can do this show every single night. If it is as emotional for the audience, I can’t imagine what the actors are feeling while performing this amazing story. The music is some of the best I have ever heard in any musical. The use of technology was fantastic! Everything about this show is demonstrated so well that it’s easy to tell why this show won the Tony Award for Best Musical a few years ago.
If you want to see Dear Evan Hansen, I do want to warn you that there is A LOT of use of foul language, as well as, some subjects that I wouldn’t want to expose children to. Obviously I can’t make this decision for any parents that read my trip report. I am just warning you that there are some things in this show that are very heavy subjects. It is advertised that this is a great family show that every member in the family will probably connect with at least one of the characters on the stage. Just know that there is quite a bit of foul language and some themes/subjects that might not be good for younger children to experience.
If you ever have the chance to go see Dear Evan Hansen, DO NOT HESITATE!!! Go see it now!!!
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this update from a time that I spent off of Walt Disney World property!
Stay tuned for more updates from my time as a local in Orlando, Florida!