In-Box Alert: Broadway's 'Dear Evan Hansen' Recoups $9.5M

Dear Evan Hansen, which last month won the Tony Award for Best Musical, has recouped its $9.5 million capitalization after 8.5 months, producer Stacey Mindich said Monday. The show, starring Tony winner Ben Platt as a shy teen who becomes a social-media hero in the aftermath of another teen’s suicide, has been SRO at the Music Box Theatre since opening last December 4. "This show has been a labor of love for everyone involved – some of us for more than eight years,"…