<Tr> <Th> Productions </Th> <Td> 2015 Arena Stage 2016 Off - Broadway 2016 Broadway </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Awards </Th> <Td> Obie Award for Musical Theatre Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Original Score Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical </Td> </Tr> <P> Dear Evan Hansen is a musical with music and lyrics by Pasek and Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson . </P> <P> The musical opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre in December 2016, after its world premiere at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC, in July 2015 and an Off - Broadway production in March to May 2016 . </P>

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