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Coffee Break: Dear...

Ben Platt stars as the title character in the musical Dear Evan Hansen.
Ben Platt stars as the title character in the musical Dear Evan Hansen.Margot Schulman/Courtesy of Arena Stage, via NPR

June 12, 2017

Last night, "Dear Evan Hansen" won 6 Tony Awards including best new musical and best performance by a leading actor in a musical for 23-year-old Ben Platt.

The play centers around a lonely, eccentric high school boy who makes up a story about one of his classmates and the lie grows bigger than he can handle. As Platt tearfully accepted his award last night, he said: "To all young people watching at home, don't waste any time trying to be like anybody but yourself, because the things that make you strange are the things that make you powerful".

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that say "Dear..." and then a person's name?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

XTC - Dear God
Jean Shepard And Ferlin Husky - A Dear John Letter
The Beatles - Martha My Dear
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
John Prine - Dear Abby
Dessa - Dear Marie
Foo Fighters - Dear Rosemary
The Rolling Stones - Dear Doctor