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What an incredible show this is
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What's it been like for you living in the world of Dear Evan Hansen? It's been incredibly rich
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You know, on the one hand, it's incredibly rewarding because I think the material is so good
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I think the design and the work the designers have done is so good
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The cast is so sensational. And yet there are times when it's painful to live in that world because of its subject matter
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and because of the things that it asks of you. This show has touched audiences
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I've seen this show at second stage first, and then I saw it, of course, a few times on Broadway
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I just love the audience's reaction and the fans that this show has
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Well, I think people are responding extraordinarily emotionally to it. And I think that a combination of the great storytelling the great music which always provides unbelievable access to emotion
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Everyone's extraordinary performance led by Ben. I really think people can see themselves in the show
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And I think that they find the cathartic and ultimately uplifting, comforting message of the show incredibly meaningful to them
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Was there a defining moment for you, Michael, when you said, I want to be a director? Do you remember that time
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I don't quite remember that time. I certainly planned it. I directed some original musicals in high school
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In college, I knew that I wanted to pursue it. I guess probably in my junior year of college, I started feeling like I was okay at it
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and other people started letting me know that I was okay at it
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and I began to think that I might be able to do more of that
