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Maybe Happy Ending: Beloved South Korean musical wins six Tony awards Tony Awards: Maybe Happy Ending wins first Tony for South Korea
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Maybe Happy Ending premiered in South Korea in 2016 and debuted on Broadway in 2024 to glowing reviews. South Korea has now achieved EGOT status after winning its first Tony
The Broadway version of the beloved Korean musical Maybe Happy Ending has won six Tony awards, including best musical. South Koreans are celebrating their first win in the Tony Awards, which they say highlights their country's status as a cultural powerhouse.
The production about the friendship between two humanoid robots was nominated for 10 awards on Sunday. It also won best book of a musical and best original score. The acclaimed Broadway production of Maybe Happy Ending, which debuted in South Korea almost a decade ago, won six Tonys, including best musical.
Maybe Happy Ending premiered in South Korea in 2016 and debuted on Broadway in 2024 to glowing reviews. Maybe Happy Ending is about the romance between two humanoid robots living in an apartment building on the outskirts of Seoul. It entered Sunday night's awards ceremony with 10 nominations.
The Tony wins have given South Korea EGOT status, meaning it has won the four most important awards in US entertainment. South Koreans have also won Emmys for television, Grammys for music and most recently, four Oscars for the film Parasite in 2020. The wins have given South Korea EGOT status - recognition from the four most coveted awards in US entertainment. Squid Game won Emmy awards in 2022 while Parasite won four Oscars in 2020. Soprano Sumi Jo won a Grammy in1993.
Hue Park and Will Aronson took home the Tony for best book of a musical. On Sunday, South Korean lyricist Hue Park and American composer Will Aronson took home the Tony for best original score and best book of a musical.
Before making their Broadway debut with Maybe Happy Ending in 2024, the ex-classmates at New York University had written the musical in both English and Korean.
"This is amazing!" one post on Threads reads. "I heard the Broadway version got even more polished. I'm so proud that Korea is becoming a true cultural powerhouse."
"This feels like a dream come true for the Korean Wave," reads another post. "I'm just as thrilled as when Parasite won the Oscars, Squid Game won the Emmys, and Han Kang received the Nobel Prize."
Former Glee star Darren Criss, who played one of the robots, Oliver, won best lead actor in a musical. It was his first Tony win.Former Glee star Darren Criss, who played one of the robots, Oliver, won best lead actor in a musical. It was his first Tony win.
The musical, which also stars Helen J. Shen as robot Claire, was already on a streak this awards season.The musical, which also stars Helen J. Shen as robot Claire, was already on a streak this awards season.
It bagged some of the top prizes at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Drama League Awards this year.It bagged some of the top prizes at the Outer Critics Circle Awards and Drama League Awards this year.
First directed by Kim Dong-yeon, Maybe Happy Ending premiered in Seoul nearly a decade ago to much critical acclaim. It has since been revived several times in South Korea and abroad - in both Korean and English. First directed by Kim Dong-yeon, Maybe Happy Ending premiered in Seoul in 2016 ago to much critical acclaim. It has since been revived several times in South Korea and abroad - in both Korean and English.
Maybe Happy Ending's success comes as South Korean artists continue to break ground in entertainment, especially in pop music in the last few years. Maybe Happy Ending's success comes as South Korean artists continue to break ground in entertainment, especially with K-pop acts like BTS and Blackpink dominating music in the last few years.
In 2022, the historical drama King's Affection became the first South Korean series to win an International Emmy Award - which recognises television programming produced and aired outside the US. It also serves as a window into Korean culture, some social media users say.
That same year, the South Korean dystopian thriller Squid Game became the first non-English television series to be nominated for and win the Primetime Emmy Awards. "It's amazing that Korean elements like Jeju Island, fireflies, and hwabun (a plant pot) were kept in the Broadway version too," reads on post on Threads.
As for the Grammys, South Korean soprano Sumi Jo won one for best opera recording in 1993 - the first in the country to take home that award. "I already felt proud just seeing it nominated, but watching the local audience react so positively made it even more special."
Hopes have been high for boyband BTS, which has been nominated thrice for best pop group performance since 2021, but it has yet to win it.