MAYBE HAPPY ENDING Reviews- Page 38

[Ensemble1698878795]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 2:04am

BorisTomashevsky said: "“It's absolutely baffling they didn't just go with someone of 1/4 or 1/2 asian decent who is white passing like Darren. This seems to stem just because he is dating the lead actress over anything they used for their Tony voting.”

For the third time I’ll say there’s offering and then there’s accepting. Before offering, a person has to audition and be able to do what it requires technically. Even then, a person might not want to audition at all because replacing in a musical is not the aim of some performers. Especially when the first actor won an award. Even if the show is a smash hit. It’s just not an option for some actors and their agents.

Piser might have been offered and might have turned it down, because someone like him likely wants to shape a career where he isn’t known as the Eurasian who replaces the other Eurasian.

Sweeney Todd went through multiple offers before Tveit and Foster accepted, and you can tell that just by seeing how Wrong they were for the parts. A Sweeney and Lovett from a dinner theatre in Arkansaswould have been more appropriate.

And yes I’m also wondering why you haven’t been moderated."

Regardless. It is on the integrity of the creative team to find a replacement who matches the AAPI campaign they preached. No one is seeing MHE for Darren at this point. The show won the Tony, that’s why folks are curious. We can come up with excuse after excuse or we can demand they do better. Which is rightfully the movement right now. 

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 2:11am

Ensemble1698878795 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Piser would sell less tickets than Andrew is selling. That would be a death sentence. He’s just another three-name who’s done Boq and a couple of flops."

Trust me Andrew isn’t a name folks know in middle America. Andrew could also be a death sentence and your point would be mute. You’re missing the point but then again I forgot you’re racist and don’t care!"

*moot

Please cut and paste one example of me being racist. It seems to me the only racism is coming from the screamers, calling for a modern day artistic segregation.

Please cut and paste one example of “the AAPI campaign they preached”.

Updated On: 8/3/25 at 02:11 AM

[KrupYou]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 8:41am

This story is really picking up speed. MAGA outlets have discovered it and are running with it.....

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 10:01am

Johnny just made a whole lot of enemies. But he also demonstrates that what I said isn’t far from accurate and that more people than you’d think are okay with the casting:

‘In private, many on Broadway are largely OK with [the white guy being cast]. The most common refrain I’ve heard is: “Well, they’re robots.”’

https://nypost.com/2025/08/02/entertainment/broadway-is-in-a-bizarre-uproar-over-the-race-of-an-actor-playing-a-robot/

And if you REALLY want some twisted panties this Sunday, go read the comments on the Instagram post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DM5Cj8utLEk/

Updated On: 8/3/25 at 10:01 AM

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 10:15am

Well, yes, and that’s why the minority affected by it has been speaking out about it. This country and industry have a reputation of not supporting members of the Asian American community. There’s also the model minority myth where they think Asians won’t speak up about things out of fear. Since there are way too many examples of unfairness in theatre, it’s 2025 and AAPIs deserve to be heard how they are affected by decisions like this. Nine weeks may sound like a short amount of time, but even one performance sets a precedent.

Boris, you may believe you’re not racist, but your views regarding race are certainly antiquated. Also, no one uses or identifies as “Eurasian” anymore.

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 11:39am

Are there seriously no mods left on this ****ing site?

[hicaesar]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 11:56am

What about the representation and celebration of interracial couples? 

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 12:21pm

There's plenty of representation of interracial couples. You see it far more often than Asian actors are cast as leads (and when one actually is, the other lead won't be). Eva Noblezada with Reeve Carney. Eva Noblezada with Jeremy Jordan. Eva Noblezada with any number of Cliffs in Cabaret. Nicole Scherzinger with all but one of the Joe and Max understudies (and that one exception was quickly shuffled back into the ensemble). (And of course there's the current Gypsy casting, the Sally/Cliff casting until the current cast, most of the Moulin Rouge casting...) Interracial couples are not starving for representation. (Indeed, considering how many people claim they had no idea Darren Criss was part-Asian, you must have thought the show had interracial casting already...so maybe it's time for unmistakably Asian couple, which is almost never seen on Broadway?)

Updated On: 8/3/25 at 12:21 PM

[YankeeDani]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 1:21pm

BorisTomashevsky said: "“It's absolutely baffling they didn't just go with someone of 1/4 or 1/2 asian decent who is white passing like Darren. This seems to stem just because he is dating the lead actress over anything they used for their Tony voting.”

For the third time I’ll say there’s offering and then there’s accepting. Before offering, a person has to audition and be able to do what it requires technically. Even then, a person might not want to audition at all because replacing in a musical is not the aim of some performers. Especially when the first actor won an award. Even if the show is a smash hit. It’s just not an option for some actors and their agents.

Piser might have been offered and might have turned it down, because someone like him likely wants to shape a career where he isn’t known as the Eurasian who replaces the other Eurasian.

Sweeney Todd went through multiple offers before Tveit and Foster accepted, and you can tell that just by seeing how Wrong they were for the parts. A Sweeney and Lovett from a dinner theatre in Arkansaswould have been more appropriate.

And yes I’m also wondering why you haven’t been moderated."

It's about integrity and morals. Something you clearly have none of. 

[YankeeDani]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 1:23pm

HeyMrMusic said: "Well, yes, and that’s why the minority affected by it has been speaking out about it. This country and industry have a reputation of not supporting members of the Asian American community. There’s also the model minority myth where they think Asians won’t speak up about things out of fear. Since there are way too many examples of unfairness in theatre, it’s 2025 and AAPIs deserve to be heard how they are affected by decisions like this. Nine weeks may sound like a short amount of time, but even one performance sets a precedent.

Boris, you may believe you’re not racist, but your views regarding race are certainly antiquated. Also, no one uses or identifies as “Eurasian” anymore."

Exactly. Boris using the argument of "well most people agree with me" shows how blind and ignorant he is. Thank you for this post. 

[YankeeDani]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 1:30pm

hicaesar said: "What about the representation and celebration of interracial couples?"

 

Are we in the 1980's?  

[Idiot]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 2:34pm

binau said:  "This is why if there is an appropriate opportunity to ringfence a leading role for an Asian man in a musical ESPECIALLY one that isn’t playing into traditional Asian culture stereotypes it’s a godsend for some of these men who can finally feel there is a place for them without the ongoing frustration of how their ethnicity, which they had no choice or control over, can limit their careers."

Thanks for this.  It moved my needle on this topic a bit.  

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 2:41pm

Dani, please give one example of the absence of my integrity and/or morals.

MrMusic, please give one example of how my views on race are antiquated. Also, the word Eurasian was absolutely used by Asians and Eurasians alike during my time traveling in Asia.

Everyone might enjoy this casting notice from June 2024 which states: “[OLIVER] Character is male (cis, transgender or non-binary), 20s—30s, any ethnicity.” The notice with “Asian” written in it, shared on this forum and by the Oracle in his video, is from 2019. For 2024, both Oliver and Claire were updated to “any ethnicity”.

Here’s an image link to the notice: https://imgur.com/a/HU8ROzF

https://www.broadwayworld.com/equity-audition/MAYBE-HAPPY-ENDING--Broadway--Maybe-Happy-Ending-Broadway-LLC-2024-43323?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwL8jFFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrNdLz4GEjoc5mKeGwGNhe3584hmiC7UoN2IIVGHQ2v0c5uBVTRPSD31iF6B_aem_EetL-QBV3kdEpWsoiv_FSw

Enjoy your time in the show, Andrew.

Oracle, you may want to update your next video with this more recent casting notice. I like your singing voice so another parody song might be nice too.  

Updated On: 8/3/25 at 02:41 PM

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 3:25pm

GottaGetAGimmick420 said: "Are there seriously no mods left on this ****ing site?"

Just say something that America’s sweetheart, Sutton Ross, doesn’t like and the moderators will instantly appear, like magic! 

[Huss417]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 3:46pm

Like so many other threads here (with the best of intentions) goes off the rails because 1 or 2 people feel the need to. It's unfortunate.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 4:04pm

Bwaygurl2 said: "Yankee dani, please stop quoting the troll. Many of us have it blocked because we don't want to see his crap. You can respond without quoting if you must,but you are just giving the troll oxygen."

Thank you for saying this. I've been avoiding the thread for this very reason, and only ventured a page back to catch binau's post that I missed.

Also, I see Zachary Piser mentioned. If it hasn't been noted, while he would be great, he's unavailable. He's scheduled to be in a show at LaJolla from 8/19-9/21. So that's one non-casting that's excusable.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMIx8wny_JO/

(Which just leaves every other Asian actor available. Because the idea that they auditioned and made offers to every possible Asian actor in New York, were turned down by all of them, so had to go with the star's boyfriend, is ridiculous.)

Updated On: 8/3/25 at 04:04 PM

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/3/25 at 4:11pm

Can someone please tell ForgettableUserName that just because actors may be “available”, they may not have what the role requires in acting or movement or singing. And they may not want to replace. 

Not that that matters, as the 2024 casting notice clearly states “Any ethnicity”. So if all the screamers could please start cleaning up their toys as their argument is entirely fraught…

Updated On: 8/3/25 at 04:11 PM