6-time Tony Award Winner "Maybe Happy Ending" by WILL ARONSON and HUE PARK, Directed by MICHAEL ARDEN Journeys to PPAC February 23-28, 2027.
Tickets Go on Sale Friday, October 16, 2026.
Part of the Taco and The White Family Foundation Broadway Series
Critic’s Pick! “Astonishing. Joyful, heartbreaking, cutting edge. Brilliantly executed.”
– Jesse Green, The New York Times
“A swoony, refreshingly original darling gem of a show with a big heart and a captivating sideways sensibility. It will fly you to the moon.”
– Naveen Kumar, The Washington Post
★★★★★ “Utterly Enchanting! The fact that this show is casting its firefly glow on Broadway at all feels like a gift. These are the droids you’re looking for.”
– Adam Feldman, Time Out New York
“Maybe Happy Ending, like Pixar at its very best, nourishes the soul in a way few Broadway shows even attempt to do. Most shows are lucky to have a single breathtaking moment. At the Belasco, you lose count.”
– Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
Providence, RI – Tickets for the critically and widely acclaimed Tony Award winning Best Musical, MAYBE HAPPY ENDING will go on sale in Providence at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on Friday, October 16 at 10A. Written by Tony Award winners and Grammy Award® nominees Will Aronson and Hue Park and directed by Tony Award winner Michael Arden, MAYBE HAPPY ENDING will play a limited engagement at PPAC February 23 – 28, 2027and is part of the Taco and The White Family Foundation Broadway Series.
On October 16, tickets may be purchased at the PPAC Box Office window (220 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903), online at ppacri.org or by phone at 401.421.ARTS (2787). Box Office window and phone hours are Monday – Friday, 10A – 5P and Saturday, 10A – 2P. The Box Office is also open two hours prior to curtain time(s) on performance days. Groups of 10 or more may purchase tickets by contacting Group Sales Manager Seiana Barbato at 401.574.3162 or by emailing sbarbato@ppacri.org.
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING’s engagement at PPAC includes a BankNewport Family Night performance on Wednesday, February 24, 2027 at 7:30P. Families can experience MAYBE HAPPY ENDING’s “utterly enchanting” (Time Out New York) story about connection and adventure while enjoying a special offer: purchase one regularly priced ticket and receive a complimentary ticket of equal value for a child aged 18 or younger. BankNewport Family Night tickets are available in limited locations on a first-come, first-served basis in person at the PPAC Box Office window or by phone at 401.421.ARTS (2787); they are not available online. Standard service fees apply.
BankNewport is the title sponsor, and Coastal ABC and NOW 93.3 are the media sponsors of Family Night.
The national tour of MAYBE HAPPY ENDING will star Original Broadway cast members Steven Huynh as Oliver and Claire Kwon as Claire. The cast will also include Francisco Javier González as Gil Brentley, James Seol as James, Juneseo & Others, and standbys Bryan Chan, Erica Durham, Kennedy Kanagawa, and Mia Nicole Nelson.
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING by Tony Award winners and Grammy Award nominees Will Aronson and Hue Park (Il Tenore, Ghost Bakery) is directed by Tony Award-winner Michael Arden (The Lost Boys, Parade, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol) and features Set and additional Video Design by Tony Award-winner Dane Laffrey (The Lost Boys, A Christmas Carol, Once on This Island), Costume Design by Tony Award-winner Clint Ramos (KPOP, Eclipsed), Lighting Design by Tony Award-nominee Ben Stanton (A Christmas Carol, Fun Home), Sound Design by Tony Award-winner Peter Hylenski (Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Beetlejuice), Video Design by Tony Award-winner George Reeve (Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends); Deborah Abramson (The Gardens of Anuncia) is the Music Supervisor and John Yun is the Music Director. Casting is by The Telsey Office, Craig Burns, CSA, the Production Stage Manager is Eric Sprosty and Foresight Theatrical is the General Manager.
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING opened on Broadway on November 12, 2024 at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th St.) to immense critical and audience acclaim, with the show being selected as the “Best Theatre of 2024” by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Time Out NY and Entertainment Weekly and many others.
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.
2025 AWARD WINS
Winner of six Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score
Winner of six Drama Desk Award Awards: Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Lyrics, Outstanding Book of a Musical, Outstanding Music, Outstanding Direction of a Musical, Outstanding Scenic Design of a Musical
Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards: Outstanding New Broadway Musical, Outstanding Director of a Musical, Outstanding Book of a Musical, Outstanding Score
Winner of two Drama League Awards: Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Direction of a Musical
Winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Outstanding Musical
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING
Grammy Award-nominated for Best Musical Theater Album, the Original Broadway Cast Recording for MAYBE HAPPY ENDING is available via Ghostlight Records, to stream or download, or purchase the CD and vinyl editions, please visit https://maybehappyending.lnk.to/OBCR. The album – which preserves the new romantic musical comedy’s score by the internationally acclaimed duo Will Aronson and Hue Park – is produced by Deborah Abramson, Ian Kagey, Will Aronson, and Hue Park. Both the CD and the vinyl include liner notes from Grammy nominated songwriter Stephen Trask, a synopsis, color production photography, and complete lyrics.
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