MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews — Page 33

this is messy. i don't like it.

YankeeDani said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "

I struggle to see how you are an actual empathetic member of the Broadway community given some of your extraordinarily outlandish takes on this page."

Boris is not empathetic. He's a conservative constantly spouting rightwing talking points. Many of us have him blocked.

It's really disingenuous of the NYT not to interview *anyone* involved with the production but to interview two people who have no connection to the production at all. A reputable journalist would have reached out to the production's representatives and to Feldman himself for comment at the very least.

Updated On: 7/31/25 at 05:07 PM

Mr. Wormwood said: "I think that's a really thoughtful statement from Helen"

I agree, and it's a shame she even has to comment on this at all. She is not responsible for who her employers hire, regardless of who she's dating.

I've seen the show several times now, and obviously love it. Until I read about the cast being of all Asian descent, I had no idea that Darrin Criss has a Filipino heritage.

I thought it made a statement about the character of James Choy that because he was obsessed with American jazz culture, of course he would order a HelperBot that looked like those performers.

Mr. Wormwood said: "I think that's a really thoughtful statement from Helen"



I agree. I hope the comments under her statement are kind.

blaxx said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "The writers have demonstrated their valid position in about as clear a way as possible, but Wayman and Ensemble know better. If this was Lin putting out a statement, everyone would say “oh yes, oh yes, we support you Lin!”

Someone on Instagram commented that, basically, it’s a shame that after the show got Asian support the production is now saying they wrote the Robots as being able to be played by anyone. I.E., Asians supported you so why didn’t you reserve those roles for Asians forevermore!

Asians are being offended by theories and hypotheticals.

The mental health and wellbeing of the writers and of the performers can only be on a downward spiral.

Congratulations, mob! You are ruining lives that had actually given you roles when they didn’t even have to."

Only a white person could've written thiscomment.

"Asians are being offended by theories and hypotheticals."

Or maybe because they are being taken by the production team as gullible, naive and credulous.

I think I would respect those who don't regard representation much more if they at least owned it. Stand strong for your actions, don't tippy toe around them or thing of minorities as dumb."

He’s a Trumper. What more would you expect of him?

BorisTomashevsky said: "“Boris is not empathetic. He's a conservative constantly spouting rightwing talking points. Many of us have him blocked.”

Nice is different than good. Many of you might not like what I say, but I get plenty of DMs from members who are glad I say what I say. I’d imagine there are non-members reading who are also in agreement with my points."

Quick poll - which would be more embarrassing, that Boris is so toxic that nobody wants to be seen agreeing with him publicly, or that all of these DMs he's talking about have been coming from girlfriends in Canada?

witchoftheeast2 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "“If they changed lead members with someone of AAPI descent who is a name in theater, ticket sales would be very supportive”

I’m repeating myself here, but people across the board are forgetting that it takes two to tango with casting. The offer can be made, but might not be accepted. Name actors, especially, are not usually enthusiastic to replace another name actor. This appeal decreases even more when the previous actor has won a major award for it.

So anyone screaming “just get an Asian name to do it!” doesn’t realize that the name has to be willing, and available, and agree to the payment terms. Those can be big hurdles.


“I do agree however that continuing down this road will lead to less support for the show”

Less support from the offended people who weren’t even planning to see it, maybe. But this publicity will help in the long run. Ticket sales for Andrew’s early performances are selling well now. Streisand Effect, anyone?"

Exactly this. People think understudies are asked and they can always say no. They can ask around, but scheduling may not work in the actors favor. So many things to consider."



Do you realize how slow the industry is right now? How few parts there are for AAPI actors right now? The people defending this decision simply have not done their research on anything they are espousing to defend right now it's laughable.

BorisTomashevsky said: "Wayman_Wong said: "New York Times: 'Maybe Happy Ending' Casting Change Ignites Debate About Asian Representation

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/theater/maybe-happy-ending-casting-controversy.html"

So the Times will interview Ricamora, Wong, and quote from the Coalition’s statement and the production’s statement, but was unable to find anyone to interview who supports Andrew’s casting? To quote the woke mob, “Do better!”"



so just for clarity you are probably a Trump voter correct? "Woke mob"?



And no one with a brain would be supporting this heinous decision besides on an anonymous message board such as this

AC126748 said: "It's really disingenuous of the NYT not to interview *anyone* involved with the production but to interview two people who have no connection to the production at all. A reputable journalist would have reached out to the production's representatives and to Feldman himself for comment at the very least."



You think ANYONE wants their name associated with this mess they themselves caused? At most you'd get a "sources say" defense

Mr. Wormwood said: "I think that's a really thoughtful statement from Helen"



Completely disagree. "I understand people are hurt but I'm choosing to support my boyfriend over my community"

YankeeDani said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "YankeeDani said: "Had to make an account here just to say how utterly disappointed I am in some of these messages defending the MHE team. I can start from here, but some of the absurd responses show a total lack of awareness for AAPI visibility and inclusion. On a BROADWAY WORLD message board? It's absolutely shocking."

Oh don’t worry, they’re plenty visible now, they’ve made sure of that! In fact, can we drop the “PI” from this discussion? The Tongans and Samoans are probably like, leave us out of this bullsh!t.

I hope Andrew and Helen have a bunch of kids who go on to be industry leaders who play the Engineer and Korean robots and Song Liling and who then look at everyone who persecuted Andrew and say “How dare you do that to my dad, out with you!”. I mean seriously, this man could be the father of Asian performing artists. Ease up people."



I struggle to see how you are an actual empathetic member of the Broadway community given some of your extraordinarily outlandish takes on this page."

He’s not. He’s just a garden variety ignorant right wing troll.