{"id":31474,"date":"2019-12-02T07:33:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/?p=31474"},"modified":"2019-12-02T07:33:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T15:33:45","slug":"jessica-phillips-to-tour-again-as-part-of-broadways-dear-evan-hansen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/theater\/jessica-phillips-to-tour-again-as-part-of-broadways-dear-evan-hansen\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Phillips to Tour Again as Part of Broadway\u2019s Dear Evan Hansen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;For Forever&quot; | DEAR EVAN HANSEN\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2D_lNXxooU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stage veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/dear-evan-hansen-tickets\">Jessica Phillips<\/a> joined the company of the Tony-winning Broadway production of \u201cDear Evan Hansen,\u201d at the Music Box Theatre on November 26th.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips has replaced Lisa Brescia in her role as Heidi Hansen and will repeat her national touring performance on the upcoming tour. The Broadway alum will begin performances in December 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica Phillips is best known for her role as Sheriff Marla in Alan Menken&#8217;s \u201cLeap Of Faith\u201d. She has also appeared on Broadway as Marion in \u201cPriscilla\u201d, as well as \u201cQueen of the Desert\u201d, \u201cNext To Normal\u201d (OBC), \u201cJesus Christ Superstar\u201d, and \u201cThe Scarlet Pimpernel\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2013 and 2016, Phillips played attorney Pippa Cox in \u201cLaw &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit\u201d on NBC and was nominated for Emmy Awards in the category of the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Her other TV appearances include television series \u201cUnforgettable\u201d, \u201cRoyal Pains\u201d, and \u201cElementary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Phillips, Dear Evan Hansen production will welcome more new company members from the show&#8217;s first national tour. \u00a0This includes Tony nominee Christiane Noll, who will play Cynthia Murphy, Jared Goldsmith as Jared Kleinman, and Phoebe Koyabe as Alana Beck.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Evan Hansen, directed by Michael Greif, is the winner of 6 TONY Awards, including Best Musical and critically acclaimed as \u201cOne of the most remarkable shows in musical theatre history.\u201d It features a music and lyrics by Academy Award, and Tony &amp; Grammy Award-winning composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why the people should come see \u201cDear Evan Hansen\u201d on tour, Jessica Phillips said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis group is so very special, the performances so incredibly potent, the magic inside the relationships so palpable. Even if you&#8217;ve seen the show before, you haven&#8217;t taken the ride with us and we&#8217;re so proud to bring it to your city!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, take it from her, and check out the show in your city. Tickets for all the upcoming performances can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/dear-evan-hansen-tickets\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dear Evan Hansen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Show Date and Time: December 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2019 \u2013 April 11<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Show Location: Music Box Theatre, New York, NY &#8211; Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts, Greensboro, NC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stage veteran Jessica Phillips joined the company of the Tony-winning Broadway production of \u201cDear Evan Hansen,\u201d at the Music Box Theatre on November 26th. Phillips&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theater"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31475,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31474\/revisions\/31475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ticketcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}