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title: Newsday profiles Broadway's Will Roland '07
description: "Broadway's newest \"Be More Chill,\" alumnus Will Roland talks the show, its genesis, and his time at Friends Academy."
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# [Newsday profiles Broadway's Will Roland '07](https://www.friendsacademy.org/news/newsday-profiles)

 Written by [Andrea Miller](https://www.friendsacademy.org/news/author/amiller) | Feb 28, 2019 3:21:00 PM

Former cast member of "Dear Evan Hansen" and now Broadway's newest "Be More Chill," alumnus Will Roland talks the show, its genesis, and his time at Friends Academy.

*Newsday* profiles [Friends Academy alumnus Will Roland '07](https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/theater/be-more-chill-broadway-will-roland-1.27782632) as he stands ready to open his second Broadway musical as the leading man in "Be More Chill." In previews now, the musical opens on March 10th at the Lyceum Theatre.

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