'Dear Evan Hansen' is closing its Broadway run. This Phoenix actor is taking the final lead

"Dear Evan Hansen" is closing its Broadway run on Sept. 18. But before it ends, Phoenix-born Sam Primack will take the stage on Sept. 6 at the Music Box Theatre in New York as the show lead.

"Dear Evan Hansen" is closing after a six year run. It won six Tony Awards in 2017 including Best Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical and Best Original Score, among others.

Primack is the show's eighth Evan Hansen, following Ben Platt, Noah Galvan, Taylor Trensch, Andrew Barth Feldman, Jordan Fisher, Ben Levi Ross, Zachary Noah Piser and Stephen Christopher Anthony.

Primack began performing in "Dear Evan Hansen" in April 2019 as the understudy for Evan Hansen, Jarden Kleinman and Connor Murphy, the three youth roles in New York City. He transitioned into the alternate Evan Hansen role in September 2019 for the show's national tour.

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Primack graduated from Scottsdale's Chaparral High School in 2019 where he won ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence nominations and awards, National Youth Arts Awards and flew to New York City as a finalist for The National High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards. He was also the male recipient of the ASU Gammage's 2017 High School Musical Theater Award.

How to see Broadway's 'Dear Evan Hansen' 

When: Now through Sept. 18 

Where: The Music Box Theatre, 239 W 45th St, New York.

Details: dearevanhansen.com

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