Film adaptations of musicals have certainly taken off in the past few years, such as Hamilton last year and In The Heights this summer.
Evan Hansen, a high school student with Social Anxiety Disorder, has a therapeutic self-intended letter stolen by a classmate named Connor Murphy, who later dies by suicide.
Evan then inserts himself into the boy’s past, leading to a series of lies and confrontational events.
Connor’s family mistakes the letter as a letter sent to Evan by Connor.