That said, I can't hear about Dear Evan Hansen now without remembering Jenny Nicholson's breakdown of the film version. It's hilariously and distressingly on point. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8quW...

A needlessly thorough roast of Dear Evan Hansen (2021)

YouTube video by Jenny Nicholson

(The line that haunts me: "Maybe Evan isn't a nice boy. Maybe he's just a quiet boy.")

It's so bad. I don't think I'd like the stage version, either, but it clearly had a very painful transition to film that obliterated anything appealing about it.