It takes a special type of theatrical talent, one loaded with heart and wit and insight, to imbue something that looks like an Apple MagSafe iPhone Charger with more romantic appeal than a decade’s worth of Valentines Day chocolates,

NEW YORK — Oliver, played by Darren Criss, is a lonely, nerdy apartment dweller with a love of Chet Baker, a plant as his sole companion and a persistent air of melancholy. Claire, played by Helen J.

The retired Helperbots — merely trying to stay afloat in the final chapter of their lives — slowly realize their capacity for love and the result is a wondrous commentary on relationships and the passage of time, woven together by tender storytelling and inventive stagecraft.

Are we human, or are we… robots? “Maybe Happy Ending,” a Korean musical now making its Broadway debut, asks this exact question - or in some ways, asks the inverse. It examines what it means to be human,

Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen star in the wholly original new musical "Maybe Happy Ending," which brings a thoughtful robot love story to Broadway.

Meet Claire (Helen J Shen) and Oliver (Darren Criss), two isolated and retired robots who have come not to save us, but to teach—or perhaps to remind—us what it is to love and be human. There is no “maybe” about it when it comes to the brilliance and winning charm of Maybe Happy Ending (Belasco Theatre,

Shen and Darren Criss star in the new musical production, about two robots who develop an unexpected friendship.