If you'd asked Darren Criss years ago what his dream stage role was, “Hedwig was it,” says the Golden Globe winner. Well, Criss did perform the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway in 2015. So in the decade since, what is his new dream? Answers Criss: “If I'm being really honest, it's being able to originate something that hasn't been done on Broadway yet.” So, you can say his newest Broadway project, the new musical Maybe Happy Ending, is another check off the bucket list.
Maybe Happy Ending, from Will Aronson and Hue Park, takes place in 2060, where humanoid-looking Helperbots assist humans with our daily tasks. Maybe Happy Ending follows two of those Helperbots, played by Criss and Helen J Shen, who have been abandoned after their owners have traded them in for newer models. With no one but each other to occupy their time, the bots form a friendship, and then fall in love. The show was first performed in South Korea in 2016 and has been revived there five times since. It has also been performed in Japan and China...READ MORE