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 Dreyfuss in September 2019 | |
| Born | Laura Catherine Dreyfuss August 22, 1988 New Jersey, U.S. [1] |
| Alma mater | Boston Conservatory (BFA) |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
Laura Catherine Dreyfuss (born August 22, 1988) [1] is an American actress and singer, known for her roles as Zoe Murphy in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen , Madison McCarthy on the FOX musical series Glee and McAfee Westbrook on the Netflix series The Politician .
Dreyfuss earned a BFA in musical theatre from the Boston Conservatory. [2] Dreyfuss was cast in the ensemble of the Broadway revival of Hair, then served as stand-by and later was a replacement for the main character of Girl in the musical Once . [3]
Dreyfuss originated the role of Zoe Murphy, the love interest of the title character, Evan Hansen, in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen after previously playing the role in both the Arena Stage and Second Stage Theatre productions. [4] On July 12, 2018 it was announced that Dreyfuss would leave Dear Evan Hansen, with her last show being July 15, 2018. [5] On July 16, 2018 Dreyfuss was announced as a series regular on Ryan Murphy's Netflix series The Politician, with her Dear Evan Hansen co-Star, Ben Platt. [6] On July 26, 2018, Dreyfuss released her debut single "Be Great" under the stage name Loladre.
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
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| 2010 | Hair | Swing | — | National tour |
| 2011 | St. James Theatre | Broadway | ||
| 2012–2013 | Once | Girl (standby) | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | Broadway |
| 2013 | Girl | |||
| 2013–2014 | What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined | Performer | New York Theatre Workshop | Off-Broadway [7] |
| 2015 | Dear Evan Hansen | Zoe Murphy | Arena Stage | Original Washington, DC. production |
| 2016 | Second Stage | Off-Broadway | ||
| 2016–2018 | Music Box Theatre | Broadway | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2017 | After Party | Lana | Lead role |
| 2021 | Voyagers | IVF Technician |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2015 | Glee | Madison McCarthy | Season 6; 11 episodes |
| 2018 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Deecy | Season 2; 2 episodes |
| 2019–2020 | The Politician | McAfee Westbrook | Main cast |
| 2022 | Atlanta | Amber | Episode: "Three Slaps" |
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | Helen Hayes Award | Dear Evan Hansen | Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Resident Musical | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Broadway.com Audience Award | Favorite Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Won | ||
| Favorite Onstage Pair | Won | ||||
| Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female) | Won | ||||
| 2018 | Grammy Awards | Best Musical Theater Album | Won | ||
| Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | "You Will Be Found" (performed on The Today Show ) | Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program (Ben Platt & the Cast of Dear Evan Hansen) | Won | [8] [9] |
Michael Frank Park is an American actor, best known for his roles as Jack Snyder on As the World Turns, Larry Murphy in the original Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen (2016), and reporter Tom Holloway in the third season of the Netflix series Stranger Things (2019).
Jennifer Laura Thompson is an American actress and singer, best known for her theatrical performances. She originated the role of Cynthia Murphy in the Tony Award-winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen, and received a Tony Award nomination for her performance as Hope Cladwell in Urinetown. She is also known for being the first replacement for Kristen Chenoweth as Glinda in Wicked on Broadway.
Marc E. Platt is an American producer who has worked in film, theatre, and television. He has received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for three Academy Awards.
Benjamin Schiff Platt is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theater producer Marc Platt, he began his acting career in musical theater as a child and appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in Broadway coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017). His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades, including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical, the youngest solo recipient of the award at the time, in addition to a Daytime Emmy, and Grammy Award. Platt reprised the role of Evan Hansen in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical, produced by his father. He then played Leo Frank in the 2022 New York City Center Gala production of Parade, which transferred to Broadway in 2023 and earned him nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Dear Evan Hansen is a coming-of-age stage musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson. The musical follows Evan Hansen, a high school senior with social anxiety, "who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn".
Rachel Bay Jones is an American actress and singer. She has played the roles of Catherine in the 2013 Broadway revival of Pippin and Evan Hansen's mother, Heidi Hansen, in Dear Evan Hansen. The latter earned her an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, and the 2017 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She emerged as one of few artists to have received three of the four major American entertainment awards.
Dear Evan Hansen: Original Broadway Cast Recording is the cast album to the 2015 musical Dear Evan Hansen, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson. The recording stars Ben Platt, Rachel Bay Jones, Laura Dreyfuss, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Michael Park, Mike Faist, Will Roland and Kristolyn Lloyd. The album was produced by Alex Lacamoire, Pasek and Paul, and featuring musicians include Rob Jost, Adele Stein, Justin Smith, Ben Cohn, Jamie Eblen, Dillon Kondor, Justin Goldner, Christopher Jahnke and Todd Low. The album was released by Atlantic Records on January 27, 2017, and featured at #8 on the Billboard 200, making the highest debut for a cast album after Camelot (1961). It also topped the Internet Albums chart. It further received the Best Musical Theater Album award at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
William Frederick Roland is an American actor and singer, best known for originating the role of Jared Kleinman in the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, for which he received a Grammy and Daytime Emmy Award. On film, he is known for his role in the drama film One Penny. Most recently, he played the lead role of Jeremy Heere in the musical Be More Chill both off-Broadway and on Broadway.
Michael David Faist is an American actor. An alumnus of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Faist is the recipient of a Grammy and a Daytime Emmy Award, with nominations for a Tony and a British Academy Film Award.
Steven Levenson is an American playwright and television writer. He won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dear Evan Hansen.
"Waving Through a Window" is the second song from Act 1 of the 2015 musical Dear Evan Hansen, which premiered on Broadway in 2016. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote both the music and lyrics for the song, which serves as the main protagonist Evan Hansen's "I Want" song. It has since become the signature tune of the character, one of the musical's most famous songs and an anthem for those who have felt depressed and alone and show a desire for connection.
"You Will Be Found" is the Act 1 finale of the 2015 musical Dear Evan Hansen, which premiered on Broadway in 2016. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote both the music and lyrics to the song.
The Politician is an American comedy-drama television series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan and released on Netflix. The trio also serves as executive producers with Alexis Martin Woodall, Ben Platt, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The series centers on the story of Payton Hobart (Platt), a wealthy Santa Barbaran, and each season revolves around a different political race his character is involved in.
Andrew Barth Feldman is an American actor and singer. He began his acting career in musical theater by participating in local productions as a child. Feldman won a Jimmy Award for his high school's production of the musical Catch Me If You Can in 2018. In 2019, he played the title role in the musical Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. Feldman has also played a guest role in the television musical series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series in 2021 and expanded to films in 2023 with a supporting role in A Tourist's Guide to Love and a leading role in No Hard Feelings.
Mallory Bechtel is an American musical theatre actress based in New York City. She has performed as lead and understudy in several musicals including the Tony Award-winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway. She has also appeared in multiple television shows and films. In 2022, she starred as twins Karen and Kelly Beasley on the Max series Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.
Dear Evan Hansen is a 2021 American coming-of-age musical film directed by Stephen Chbosky from a screenplay by Steven Levenson, based on the stage musical of the same name by Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Ben Platt plays the title role, reprising the performance that he originated on stage six years earlier. The cast also includes Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, Julianne Moore, and Amy Adams.
"Sincerely, Me" is a song from Act 1 of the 2015 musical Dear Evan Hansen, which premiered on Broadway in 2016. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote both the music and lyrics to the song, whose title takes its name from the phrase with which the musical's main protagonist, Evan Hansen, ends his daily letters to himself.
"Only Us" is a song from Act 2 of the 2015 musical Dear Evan Hansen, which premiered on Broadway in 2016. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote both the music and lyrics to the song.
Evan Hansen is the titular character and main protagonist of the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. A bullied 17-year-old high schooler with social anxiety and depression, who lives with his single mother Heidi Hansen after she divorced from his father Mark Hansen ten years before, he attempts to find the acceptance and love he has been lacking in his life. On his journey to be found, he discovers the consequences of risking it all for the chance to be heard.
Stephanie La Rochelle is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She first became known for finishing in second-place on the 2012 Canadian reality television series Over the Rainbow. Since then, La Rochelle has released an EP Wildflower, which is nominated for a Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the 2024 Juno Awards. La Rochelle also originated the role of Zoe Murphy in the Canadian production of Dear Evan Hansen, which played at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in 2019.
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