whoa whoa ♪ [cheering] now, benjoining me , nominatedhe writer for best book of a musical. welcome. you here. tell me about your character. ben: evan hansen is a lonely kid who has trouble connecting to other people. that is sort of heightened by the hyper connectivity of social media and with young people, everything to do online is being instantaneously judged and look that -- and looked at. he really feels under deep scrutiny which pulls him deeper and deeper into himself and makes him retreat into more and he cannot find a place to belong and be heard and feel connected to anyone or anything. he starts to come out of his shell, all predicated on the fabrication. charlie: is it also a critique of social media? >> one we started working on this, we initially talked about it as more of a frontal critique on social media, more of a parody or satire. as the show has evolved, what we became interested and was -- interested in was explained, yes how social media does , promote this kind of false idea of who we are. we are all kind of performing on there. charlie: do we belong and all o