Broadway Hit ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Tackles Social Anxiety And Mental Health Among Teens.

Broadway Hit ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Tackles Social Anxiety And Mental Health Among Teens.

After six years on Broadway and numerous awards, the hit show “Dear Evan Hansen” is celebrating the first Asian-American actor to play the lead role of Evan Hansen, a bullied teen who is trying to cope with social anxiety. The show’s newest lead performer, Zachary Noah Piser, and President of the Child Mind Institute, Dr. Harold Koplewicz, joins News NOW to discuss how the show tackles mental health among teens and what they hope young people will take away from the show. 

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