Alex Pharo, who grew up in Madison and attended Auburn University, will star as Connor Murphy in the new national tour of the musical “Dear Evan Hansen.”
The tour will launch in Texas in September and will stop in Auburn in October.
“Dear Evan Hansen,” which ran on Broadway from 2016 to 2022, earning six Tony Awards. The musical follows a high school student, Evan Hansen, who tells a lie after the suicide of a fellow student, Connor Murphy, only to see it blow up on social media and affect the lives of Evan and others.
Pharo studied marketing and musical theater at Auburn and has appeared in shows such as “Legally Blonde,” “Heathers,” and “The Great Comet of 1812.” He also appeared in Red Mountain Theatre’s production of “Matilda.”
At Auburn, Pharo also performed with the Auburn University Singers.
The new tour of “Dear Evan Hansen” is a non-Equity tour, meaning the cast members do not belong to Actors’ Equity Association, the union that represents stage actors.
