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Maybe Happy Ending

Why see Maybe Happy Ending?

A Seoul Searching Romance

Nominated for 10 2025 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for Darren Criss!

With its Broadway run collecting 10 Tony Award nominations, this Korean-English musical comedy is now touring across the United States, telling the tale of a whirlwind robot romance. Directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden, best known for his hit show Parade, this will surely be a night to remember!

What Is The Story?

As a HelperBot Oliver has reached the end of his service and is content to enjoy his retirement in his Seoul apartment, listening to jazz and watering his plants. But when his neighbor Claire knocks on his door seeking a charger, it looks like these two androids do dream of something...love! Follow Oliver and Claire has they head out on an adventure like no other. A balm to those worried by the AI takeover, Maybe Happy Ending is a sweet look at the inner lives of robots, and just what they can experience.

Key Information

Run Time

One hour and 30 minutes

Dates

Dates To Be Announced

Creative

  • Directed by Michael Arden
  • Written by Will Aronson and Hue Park
  • Scene and video design by Dane Laffrey
  • Costume design by Clint Ramos
  • Lighting design by Ben Stanton
  • Sound design by Peter Hylenski
  • Video design by George Reeve
  • Music Supervison is Deborah Abramson
  • Music Direction by John Yun

Awards

2025 Tony Awards

Nominations
  • Best Musical
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical - Darren Criss
  • Best Book of a Musical
  • Best Direction of a Musical
  • Best Orchestrations
  • Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
  • Best Scenic Design of a Musical
  • Best Costume Design of a Musical
  • Best Lighting Design of a Musical
  • Best Sound Design of a Musical

Reviews

Our review

Heartfelt Futuristic Lovestory

Premiering in Seoul in 2016, Maybe Happy Ending has now arrived at Broadway's Beslasco Theatre. Posed as a robot love story, we are instead met with something human and emotionally tender. Find out our thoughts below.The play opens with a mesmerizing fu

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