Jordan Fisheris heading back to Broadway.
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that the actor, recording artist, andDancing with the Starsseason 25championwill join the Broadway production ofDear Evan Hansenthis January for a limited 16-week engagement in the Tony-winning musical’s title role.
It’ll be the first time Fisher is back treading the boards on the Great White Way since he made his debut as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton inLin-Manuel Miranda’sHamiltonback in 2016.
Fisher’s engagement inDear Evan Hansen, which is currently playing at New York City’s Music Box Theatre, begins Jan. 28, 2020.
“Evan Hansen is a 16-course meal for an actor. The complexity of this boy is akin to climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in my opinion,” Fisher, 25, said in a statement. “I doubt I’ll ever forget the first time I sat in the Music Box to see it, and the idea of being a part of that memory for others is mind-blowing. I’m so honored to join this amazing company.”
The move will also reunite Fisher withDear Evan Hansen‘s director Michael Greif, who led him in Fox’sRent: Liveat the top of this year.
“Jordan’s a remarkably talented, transformational actor, and a great musician,” Greif gushed in a statement of his own. “I thought he was spectacular inRent: Live, and I know he’ll be a thrilling Evan.”
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Since opening on Broadway on Dec. 4, 2016, the Stacey Mindich-produced show has become a sold-out smash, its message of teenage isolation and the importance of inclusiveness resonating with audiences of all ages. The show has won six Tonys and the Grammy for best musical theater album. A novel and a 20-track deluxe edition cast recording were later released, withKaty Perrysinging acover of the show’s signature song, “Waving Through a Window.”
The musical is also currently out on a national tour and has opened two international productions, one in Toronto and the other in London’s West End.
Four actors have played Evan full-time on Broadway:Tony-winner Ben Platt, who originated the role;Real O’NealsalumnusNoah Galvin;actor Taylor Trensch; and Andrew Barth Feldman, whose final performance will be on Jan. 26, 2020.
Feldman is the youngest actor to ever play the part,joining the Broadway cast last January at just 16 years old while still a junior at Lawrence Woodmere Academy in Woodmere, New York.
Fisher has 20 television and film credits to his name, includingThe Secret Life of the American Teenager,Liv and Maddie, Grease: Live, andNetflix’s upcoming sequel toTo All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, oppositeNoah CentineoandLana Condor.
HewonDancing with the Starsin 2017, beating out violinist and composer Lindsey Stirling and actor and race car driver Frankie Muniz. At 23, Fisher was the youngest male winner of the show. He’s gone on to hostDancing with the Stars: Juniors.
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In May, Fisher popped the question to his longtime loveEllie Woods, whom he first met when he was just 13 years old before theirrelationship turned romanticas adults.
“We were best friends growing up,” Fisher told PEOPLE exclusively of their engagement, adding that he knew “pretty much two months into dating” that Woods was “the one.”
“When I talk to somebody about love and being in love, it’s less the matter of envisioning your life with that person but trying to envision your lifewithoutthat person,” he added. “When I realized very early on that I couldn’t picture my life without Ellie, I was like ‘I gotta do something about that!’
source: people.com
