Pasek and Pauls own story began in a school setting too.
Paul self-deprecatingly calls their pre-Marx and Lopez songwriting primitive.
But three years earlier, a lunch that would change their lives had planted a slow-growing seed.
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Paul and Pasek pitched their concept forEvan Hansen, a story theyd been developing since college.
She was interested, and work began.
Mindich brought on Steven Levenson to write the musicals book and Michael Greif (Rent) to direct.
Its the same reason we met each other at Michigan, Pasek says.
Its about feeling like youre not alone.
Considering the path theyre on, it sounds like theyre going to get a lot of practice.
A version of this story story originally appeared in Entertainment Weekly issue #1438.
