A version of this story about Benj Pasek and Justin Paul first appeared in the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.
Every since composers and songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul had the formidable one-two punch of “La La Land” and “Dear Evan Hansen” in 2016, they’ve been on the verge of making showbiz history.
They won the Oscar for “City of Stars” from “La La Land” in February 2017, two Tonys for “Dear Evan Hansen” less than four months later, and Grammys for both soundtrack albums the following January.
In less than 12 months, they completed three of the four legs of the Egot, lacking only an Emmy to complete that Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony grand slam. And with their 2018 Emmy nomination for the song “In the Market for a Miracle” from the live broadcast of their 2012 musical “A Christmas Story,” the 33-year-old University of Michigan graduates could become both...
Every since composers and songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul had the formidable one-two punch of “La La Land” and “Dear Evan Hansen” in 2016, they’ve been on the verge of making showbiz history.
They won the Oscar for “City of Stars” from “La La Land” in February 2017, two Tonys for “Dear Evan Hansen” less than four months later, and Grammys for both soundtrack albums the following January.
In less than 12 months, they completed three of the four legs of the Egot, lacking only an Emmy to complete that Emmy-Grammy-Oscar-Tony grand slam. And with their 2018 Emmy nomination for the song “In the Market for a Miracle” from the live broadcast of their 2012 musical “A Christmas Story,” the 33-year-old University of Michigan graduates could become both...
- 8/22/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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