The Toronto International Film Festival announced the musical “Dear Evan Hansen” will be the annual festival’s opening-night gala presentation.
Kicking the festival off on September 9, the Broadway adaptation starring Tony Award winner Ben Platt tells the story of a high school senior with a debilitating anxiety disorder whose therapeutic writing exercise winds up in the wrong hand with tragic consequences.
Directed by Stephen Chbosky, the musical also stars Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, and Amandla Stenberg. RELATED: Ben Platt Reprises His Tony-Winning Role In First Look At ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ “There was no question that ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ was the ideal film to launch the festival this year,” Cameron Bailey, artistic director
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