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MAYBE HAPPY ENDING To Release Cast Recording
A Cast Recording for HAPPY ENDING, Starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen is On the Way
By: Team BWW
An Original Cast Broadway Recording of Maybe Happy Ending is in the works, featuring the musical comedy’s score by Will Aronson and Hue Park. The Original Broadway Cast Recording will be released in the spring of 2025, with exact release date to be announced soon.
Maybe Happy Ending opened on Broadway on November 12, 2024 at the Belasco Theatre. The production recently announced a new block of tickets is now on sale through Sunday, September 7, 2025. Tickets can be purchased at the Belasco Theatre box office, at Telecharge or by calling 212-239-6200.
Maybe Happy Ending stars Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Darren Criss, Helen J Shen, Dez Duron, and Marcus Choi. The cast also includes: Steven Huynh, Hannah Kevitt, Daniel May, and Christopher James Tamayo who round out the production as the understudies.
Maybe Happy Ending was directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden and features Set and additional Video Design by Tony Award nominee Dane Laffrey, Costume Design is by Tony Award winner Clint Ramos, Lighting Design is by Tony Award nominee Ben Stanton, Sound Design is by Tony Award winner Peter Hylenski, Video Design by George Reeve, Deborah Abramson is the Music Supervisor and John Yun is the Music Director. Casting is by Telsey & Co, Craig Burns, CSA and Justin Scribner is the Production Stage Manager.
Inside a one-room apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, Oliver (Criss) lives a happily quiet life listening to jazz records and caring for his favorite plant. But what else is there to do when you’re a HelperBot 3, a robot that has long been retired and considered obsolete? When his fellow HelperBot neighbor Claire (Shen) asks to borrow his charger, what starts as an awkward encounter leads to a unique friendship, a surprising adventure, and maybe even...love? Winner of the Richard Rodgers Award, Maybe Happy Ending is the offbeat and captivating story of two outcasts near the end of their warranty who discover that even robots can be swept off their feet. Helmed by visionary director and Tony Award winner Michael Arden (Parade, Once on This Island), with a dazzling scenic design by Dane Laffrey (A Christmas Carol) and book, music, and lyrics by the internationally acclaimed duo Will Aronson and Hue Park, Maybe Happy Ending is a fresh, original musical about the small things that make any life worth living.
Maybe Happy Ending was written in both Korean and English-language versions. The Korean-language version opened in December of 2016 at DaeMyung Culture Factory in Seoul and subsequently won six Korean Musical Awards including Best Musical. The English-language version was awarded the 2017 Richard Rodgers Production Award and had its U.S. premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta in the 2019-2020 season under the direction of Michael Arden.
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