Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are musical theatre composer/lyricists. Their newest musical, Dear Evan Hansen premiered at DC's Arena Stage before a run at New York's Second Stage Theatre. Their musical Dogfight had its world premiere at Second Stage Theatre, where it won the Lortel Award for Best New Musical. Theatre credits include A Christmas Story, The Musical on Broadway, which received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Outstanding New Broadway Musical; James and the Giant Peach; Edges. TV credits include "Smash," "Sesame Street," "Johnny and the Sprites." Pasek and Paul created the song "Unlimited" for Old Navy's 2014 back-to-school campaign, which earned them a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Upcoming film projects include "La La Land" (Lionsgate), "The Greatest Showman" (FOX), "Trolls" (Dreamworks Animation), "Medusa" (Sony Pictures Animation), and "Tom and Jerry Return to Oz" (Warner Bros Animation). Honors: Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre (American Academy of Arts and Letters), ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, Jonathan Larson Award. Both are B.F.A. Musical Theatre graduates of the University of Michigan and members of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.