Building the ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ empire

At the 2017 Tony Award nominee luncheon, “Dear Evan Hansen” producer Stacey Mindich received some sage advice from Stuart Thompson. “If you win the Tony, step on the gas and never stop,” Mindich recalls the late producer saying. “I never forget that.” Now almost two years into the Tony Award-winning Broadway show, the “Dear Evan Hansen” empire has expanded to include a national tour, an upcoming production in Toronto and on the West End, as well as numerous partnerships, album releases and a novel. As the show’s success has grown, Mindich has been able to check items off her bucket…