'Maybe Happy Ending' scores 6 Tony Awards including Best Musical

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June 20, 2025

Here & Now Newsroom

Darren Criss and Helen J Shen in "Maybe Happy Ending" on Broadway. (Courtesy of Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)

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We revisit host Robin Young's April 2025 conversation with Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen, who star in the musical "Maybe Happy Ending." The show centers around two failing 'Helper-Bots' navigating their retirement years in a community for obsolete — yet disturbingly sentient — robots. Both Criss and the show won Tony awards on June 8.

This segment aired on June 20, 2025.

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