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Amandla Stenberg has joined the Dear Evan Hansen film adaption.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterAmandla Stenberg has joined the cast of Universal Pictures’ Dear Evan Hansen, based on the original stage musical play with music and lyrics by Academy Award-winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.Stenberg will play Alana, a high school senior whose cheery façade and social-media savvy mask a deeper loneliness and isolation, and whose response to the death of a classmate ignites a movement.  The role has been reconceived and expanded for the film, with Stenberg

“The Hate U Give” star Amandla Stenberg has joined the cast of the film adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen” at Universal and features the music and lyrics from “La La Land” duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.Stenberg will play the role of the high school senior Alana, which has been expanded and re-conceived from the original stage musical; it will now have Stenberg singing a new song that she will also write in collaboration with Pasek and Paul.“Dear Evan Hansen” is the story of a high school senior

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAward-winning songwriter Benj Pasek has announced that two songs from “Saturday Night Seder,”  “When You Believe” and “Next Year” — have been released by Ghostlight Records with all proceeds benefitting Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.“Saturday Night Seder” premiered on April 11 on YouTube as a virtual Passover event featuring Jason Alexander, Pamela Adlon, Idina Menzel, Cynthia Erivo, Billy Eichner and a host of other celebrities to help tell the story of

By Greg Evans

A star-studded roster of celebrities will be participating in an online Passover Seder tonight!

John Ridley has signed on to the untitled musical drama in the works at Showtime.

By Nellie Andreeva