A Kind of Love Story: How the Creators of the Sci-Fi Adventure Romcom Maybe Happy Ending Learned to Connect
Partway through the new Broadway musical Maybe Happy Ending, the gloaming sky comes alight with the intermittent pinprick glow of a dozen or more fireflies and the musicians strike up a waltz. In between lightly plucked pizzicato notes, the strings tremble and quiver, rising and falling as if caught on the breeze. Our two heroes, a couple of wide-eyed robots, sing a wistful duet as they manage to catch a single twink…