There were the bobby soxers who went wild for Frank Sinatra, the crowds that went gaga for the Beatles. ... But to me, the rabidness of especially younger fans has been on the rise on Broadway, notably when the show and/or performer becomes a pop-culture phenomena: It happened with the stage door for Idina Menzel and ''If/Then'' (due to ''Frozen''); with Lin-Manuel Miranda and ''Hamilton,'' and now, Ben Platt and ''Dear Evan Hansen.''
On the BroadwayWorld message board, ''EM55'' pointed out the irony of ''Dear Evan Hansen's'' situation: ''So wait a show about a teen living a cultivated life on social media to mask social issues caused by mental illness is garnering a fan base of predominately teens clammering aggressively to get the attention of actors, so said teens can post the interaction and create a cultivated life on social media?'' |
