Dear Evan Hansen - Noel Coward

I think it does. If the real story is that West End Wilma published an article that was inadequately fact-checked, and if the young actor in question always knew it was a fake and posted it for fun to a private group and if he now suffers reputational damage...Lots of ifs but the question for me is who is actually at fault.

ETA I also like @baemax’s reading of the situation as it assumes positive intent (and, in the spirit of revealing confirmation bias, fits my world view of ‘social media influencers’ being a menace.)

Drama student’s dream of landing West End role shattered in elaborate hoax

West End Wilma really has no shame

Sounds like the sort of copy that even The Sun would reject...or maybe not?

I'm just catching up on all of this.

Meanwhile - tickets arrived today!

“If you accept to undertake this part you will have to be studying a lot more material than other roles... you will also be taking part in other procedures related to the musical”. 

and “Evan Hansen (Primary Actor)” shouldn’t that be Primary Character? 

I’m sure he didn’t notice how wrong it all reads in the excitement of getting the ‘offer’. You’d imagine that someone with a bit more experience of the industry would have found it suspect though? 

I put Magic on when I was taking parents out the other day and it was played at least 5 times in the couple of hours I was in the car.

Mum said 'my god that boy has got a lovely voice, we'll have to go see it'- it's working at least.

And it's not a quick 15-second advert, I'd say it's a bit longer than 30. Has snippets of WTAW and gushes about awards and Pasek and Paul's other work as well as the awards it's won. Agreed that it's an effective advert for it!

Yes, because anyone who’s received an email from an African billionaire wanting to share his wealth has discounted it but still shown it to friends regardless, in the hope the press catch on and a real African billionaire comes forward as a result.

Not too sure where the assumption that his peers are legal, theatrical contractural gurus has come from. Wasn’t it confirmed just that they were students, perhaps not even studying arts/theatre, just student friends. They’re not necessarily likely to have a pre-conception of the wording of such documents. Even the ‘victim’ as a student may not necessarily have received a contract like this before, so in his obvious excitement is likely to have got over excited.

Screams of innocent naivety from all angles; the victim, the friends, Wilma, and us.. haha

Can Ben Platt really sell out a 3,500 seat venue??

Anyone else had theirs?

I booked on the first day of the presale and still not here! 

I don't have mine yet either!

the Broadway production has now hit 1000 performances!