Andrew Barth Feldman will join the Broadway cast of Maybe Happy Ending for a limited nine-week run, succeeding Darren Criss in the role of Oliver.

Maybe Happy Ending brings romance both on and off the stage.
Real-life couple Andrew Barth Feldman and <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/helen-j-shen-broadway-interview-maybe-happy-ending-tony-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helen J. Shen</a> will star as the musical&rsquo;s central duo, playing obsolete Helperbots Oliver and Claire in a near-future Seoul. Feldman will take on the role of Oliver for a limited run from September 2 through November 1, while Shen will originate the role of Claire alongside him.

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The couple has been together since 2021, having met during their studies at the University of Michigan&rsquo;s Musical Theatre program. It was there that their shared passion for theater brought them together. On the popular podcast Drama, Helen reveals that the writers fell in love with Andrew&rsquo;s take on the role of Oliver when he appeared as the reader in <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/helen-j-shen-broadway-interview-maybe-happy-ending-tony-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Helen J. Shen&rsquo;s</a> initial audition tape back in 2024.&nbsp;
In the production&rsquo;s joint casting announcement, Feldman states, &ldquo;I am so in love with this show and with Helen J. Shen,&rdquo; noting he&rsquo;s been &ldquo;a plus one on this Broadway journey from the beginning,&rdquo; and that sharing the stage with her is &ldquo;an honor beyond words.&rdquo;

Feldman will join the continuing original cast, which includes Shen, Marcus Choi as James, and Dez Duron as Gil Brentley, along with understudies Steven Huynh, Hannah Kevitt, Daniel May, Claire Kwon, and Christopher James Tamayo.&nbsp;
Since its opening in November of 2024, it has won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Direction of a Musical, Best Original Score, and an award for Criss for Best Actor in a Musical. Maybe Happy Ending is also a 2025 Tony Award winner for Best Musical.&nbsp;

The performance will be Feldman&rsquo;s first time back on Broadway since starring in the title role of Dear Evan Hansen in 2019, a Broadway debut performance that came hot on the heels of his 2018 win at the Jimmy Awards for his high school performance in Catch Me If You Can. The New York native has since enjoyed a&nbsp;successful film career, starring opposite Jennifer Lawrence in&nbsp;No Hard Feelings, as well as in performances in&nbsp;High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, A Tourist&rsquo;s Guide to Love, Saturday Night, and voicing&nbsp;Dopey in Disney's live-action Snow White.

Andrew Barth Feldman Joins Girlfriend Helen J. Shen in Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending'

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