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By Julianne Mosher For too short a time, the ocean comes alive onstage at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, where Disney and Pixar’s Finding Nemo takes audiences on a colorful, music-filled journey through the Great Barrier Reef. The production, based on Pixar’s beloved 2003 film, follows Marlin (Max Unlu), an anxious and overprotective clownfish who sets out across the ocean after his son Nemo (Ashley Huber) is captured and taken to Sydney. Along the way, Marlin meet

By Cindi Sansone-Braff Patch The John W. Engeman Theater opened its 2026/2027 Season with a bang, presenting “Dear Evan Hansen,” a Tony Award-winning musical. Let me take a moment to list the 2017 Tony Awards this not-to-be-missed musical received: a whopping six, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Featured Actress, and Best Orchestrations. Written by Steven Levenson, with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justi

By Julianne Mosher TBR Newsmedia There is something immediately uncomfortable about Dear Evan Hansen, and that is part of what makes the musical so compelling. At its center is Evan Hansen, a lonely high school student who desperately wants to feel seen and connected to the people around him. Evan struggles with anxiety and has difficulty fitting in at school. When a classmate, Connor Murphy, dies by suicide, Evan becomes caught in a lie after Connor’s family mistakenly belie

By Max Hechtman Hechtman Filmworks Joe Serafini and cast shine in this emotionally stunning non-replica production, now Running Through October 25 at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport Last night, I attended the first preview of Dear Evan Hansen at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport — and Long Island theatergoers should take note: this production is not a simple community-theater reproduction of the Broadway hit. From the moment the house lights dimmed, it was cle

By Chrissy Ruggeri The Northport Journal There are shows you enjoy. There are shows you appreciate. And then there are shows that leave you sitting in your seat for a few extra minutes after the lights come up, allowing yourself time to come back to reality. The John W. Engeman Theater’s production of Dear Evan Hansen is one of those shows. It’s stunning, emotional, uplifting, grounding and, at times, gut-wrenching. It’s also exhausting, in the best possible way. From the ope